FA* lenses passing into legend (was Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?)

2006-02-17 Thread Mark Erickson
Gonz wrote: > Are good pentax lenses this scarce? > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7588234932 > > http://tinyurl.com/cqrge > > Guess it depends on the buying community. In a roundabout fashion, I offered to sell mine on the PDML a couple of weeks ago for $1499 (the most r

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-17 Thread Adam Maas
elelse- Fra: Adam Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. februar 2006 21:37 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens? Jens, I've got a ~1965 era M42 lens mounted quite nicely on my EOS 3. I can also put most every F mount lens on it with

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-17 Thread Lon Williamson
Cottyizing has been shown to result in wars, famine, clogged toilets, and an occasional PESO on PDML. The dark side is tempting, but evil. -Lon Cotty wrote: On 16/2/06, Adam Maas, discombobulated, unleashed: and of course I can Cotty-ize K mount lenses Fame at last. Cheers, Cotty

RE: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-17 Thread Jens Bladt
With adapteres it's different, isn't it? Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Adam Maas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. februar 2006 21:37 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens? Jens,

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/2/06, Adam Maas, discombobulated, unleashed: >and of course I can Cotty-ize K mount lenses Fame at last. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-02-16, at 22:44, Adam Maas wrote: Exactly the same as any 25 year old lens on a Pentax DSLR, except you don't have to hit any buttons and Aperture priority works properly. It's only KA and later lenses that do full aperture metering on Pentax DSLR's. It's just one press of the but

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Adam Maas
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: On 2006-02-16, at 21:37, Adam Maas wrote: I've got a ~1965 era M42 lens mounted quite nicely on my EOS 3. I can also put most every F mount lens on it with an adaptor (Which I own), Contax/Yashica, Olympus OM and Leica R glass (with adaptors that I don't own), all

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 2006-02-16, at 21:37, Adam Maas wrote: I've got a ~1965 era M42 lens mounted quite nicely on my EOS 3. I can also put most every F mount lens on it with an adaptor (Which I own), Contax/Yashica, Olympus OM and Leica R glass (with adaptors that I don't own), all support Aperture priority

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Adam Maas
in an interntional search. Regards Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. februar 2006 17:14 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens? Are good pentax lense

RE: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Jens Bladt
a: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. februar 2006 17:14 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens? > Are good pentax lenses this scarce? I don't know. All I do know is that I put 11 Pentax lenses on Ebay (the M and A series ones t

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Peter Jordan
Ow! One went in the UK last year for GBP 575 which seemed anbout right. Peter - Original Message - From: "Gonz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:06 AM Subject: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens? Are good pentax lenses this scarce? http://cgi

RE: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Wow! I'm glad I paid less than half for mine. Allthough prices in Scandinavia is usually higher. But then again mine had flaw :-/ I guess it's not really that bad if you need it. These lenses may have started becoming collectors items to some extend. Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk --

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Are good pentax lenses this scarce? I don't know. All I do know is that I put 11 Pentax lenses on Ebay (the M and A series ones that I find I don't use since I bought FA series replacements) and 7 out of 11 were sold within 48 hours at sensible BIN pricing. Whatever Pentax relevance or n

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread David Savage
On 2/16/06, Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are good pentax lenses this scarce? That one is Dave > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7588234932&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT > > http://tinyurl.com/cqrge > >

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Gonz wrote on 16.02.06 7:06: > Are good pentax lenses this scarce? > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7588234932&ssPageName= > STRK:MEWA:IT > > http://tinyurl.com/cqrge Much more expensive than new Nikkor AF-S VR 70-200/2,8 :-))) Now that's a nonsense! -- Balance is th