Re: Enabled.... hmmm
Patience... I have been looking for one for ages. I think one thing to do is to watch smaller forums than ebay, especially those that are not auctions, and shops that are not too experienced with used Pentax equipment. Ebay is too well known and the price gets too high. Pentax is not very popular in Norway any more but they did have a large marked share here in the 80's, so there is a lot of old equipment around and a lot of people with no idea of the price. Prices are usually lower than outside Norway. I've seen a couple of A* 85's and even A* 135's at good prices, but usually they disappear very fast. This time I was lucky. I found mine on a Norwegian forum http://www.foto.no/bruktmarked/ . Click on Alle 35mm on the left (or Alle mellomformat for medium format) and then choose Pentax under the box called Merke. The guy who sold me the 135 still has a K 50mm 1.2 for NOK 2000 (~$300), two A 70-210 for NOK 700, and in another ad one K40mm 2.8, two K35mm 2.8 and a K28 2.8 for NOK 300 each, as well as an A35-70 4.0 for NOK 500. He seems to be reliable and rates the quality of the lenses as good (mine was As new, which it is). DagT fra: Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] dato: 2004/12/03 fr AM 01:09:43 CET til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] emne: Re: Enabled hmmm i'd easily pay a few times that. but they are really hard to get by. the last one i saw on ebay went for $1500, iirc. so, yeah, you guys are disgrace to the human race! i only wish i could join you there :) best, mishka On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 13:48:33 +0100 (CET), Frank Wajer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mishka, you'll hate me even more, I found one for EUR 295, :-))) This lens is really difficult to find, and I couldn't believe it when I saw one for sale, grabbed it immediately of course, and I'll never ever let go. Frank i hate you too. mishka On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:05:52 +0100, DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The A*135 1.8 is even larger, but I couldn´t resist at the price of NOK 3500 (a little more than US $500).
Re: Enabled.... hmmm
Mishka, you'll hate me even more, I found one for EUR 295, :-))) This lens is really difficult to find, and I couldn't believe it when I saw one for sale, grabbed it immediately of course, and I'll never ever let go. Frank i hate you too. mishka On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:05:52 +0100, DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The A*135 1.8 is even larger, but I couldn´t resist at the price of NOK 3500 (a little more than US $500).
Re: Enabled.... hmmm
We'll have to start a most hated club :-) If you could see how my A* 85 1.4 looks after 15 years of hard use I'd be president of that club (the glass is fine, I had a CLA and check a couple of years ago). DagT fra: Frank Wajer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mishka, you'll hate me even more, I found one for EUR 295, :-))) This lens is really difficult to find, and I couldn't believe it when I saw one for sale, grabbed it immediately of course, and I'll never ever let go. Frank i hate you too. mishka On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:05:52 +0100, DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The A*135 1.8 is even larger, but I couldn´t resist at the price of NOK 3500 (a little more than US $500).
Re: Enabled.... hmmm
i'd easily pay a few times that. but they are really hard to get by. the last one i saw on ebay went for $1500, iirc. so, yeah, you guys are disgrace to the human race! i only wish i could join you there :) best, mishka On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 13:48:33 +0100 (CET), Frank Wajer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mishka, you'll hate me even more, I found one for EUR 295, :-))) This lens is really difficult to find, and I couldn't believe it when I saw one for sale, grabbed it immediately of course, and I'll never ever let go. Frank i hate you too. mishka On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:05:52 +0100, DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The A*135 1.8 is even larger, but I couldn´t resist at the price of NOK 3500 (a little more than US $500).
Enabled.... hmmm
It´s strange. I was planning to buy a 77mm because I sometimes think the A*85 1.4 is too big, and suddenly I´ve got a myth in my hands. The A*135 1.8 is even larger, but I couldn´t resist at the price of NOK 3500 (a little more than US $500). At least I saved it from the hands of a collector, it is almost without a scratch, even the PASSED sticker is intact, with hood, case and SMC Pentax UV filter. It is sad when these lenses are not used :-) DagT
Re: Enabled.... hmmm
i hate you too. mishka On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:05:52 +0100, DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The A*135 1.8 is even larger, but I couldn´t resist at the price of NOK 3500 (a little more than US $500).
