C'mon, fellas, let's not get carried away. I'm quite aware lenses can be bought for $!3 and change, on eBay. Happens all the time. Well, some of the time, anyhow.
What I was saying was - is - that lens is _worth_ far more than that, perhaps as much as 3 times as much. There is no store in the world, retail, where you are going to buy even junk lenses, new, for anywhere near that dollar figure, let alone a Pentax-quality lens! Don't compare it to anything else except lens performance. It's a fine little lens, and performs very well indeed. All for $13? My contention is that that extremely low price is a fluke. It's intrinsically worth far more. Geez, let's not take this thing so personally! keith whaley Ken Archer wrote: > > If it will make you feel better, I will sell you one in excellent > condition that I bought for $13.09 for only $40.00. If I had nowhere else to shoop for them, that would still be a bargain, considering what I get for my money... > I know lenses > aren't much good unless you pay a lot of money for them and I wouldn 't > want you to feel cheated. ;-) > > On Saturday 04 January 2003 12:33 am, Keith Whaley wrote: > > If an SMC Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7 is worth $40, there's no question in my > > mind the SMC Pentax-A 50mm f/2.0 is worth at least as much. > > For $15-20, I'd be glad to keep it, and all of it's bretheren you can > > find... > > > > Assessing a price/worth of $15-20 is ridiculous! > > -- > Ken Archer Canine Photography > San Antonio, Texas > "Business Is Going To The Dogs"
