graywolf wrote: > > We forgive you Ann. > > By the way, "or best offer" does not mean "to the highest bidder", it means it > means, I would like to get X for it, but will sell it to the one who offers the > closest to that. It is the opposite of "firm". >
Duh -- I really DIDN"T know that! I would have made the amount higher to start if I had :( It is getting a bit awkward. I'm so bad about asking people for money. I really did want to sell it to a list guy, though, and not through ebay. to save time, hassles and fees and strangers. sigh annsan > -- > > Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > Fred wrote: > > > >>>I have a solid $100 bid on it from someone across > >>>the big pond... > >>>Reminder that it has 49mm threads. Anyone in for > >>>more? > >> > >>I'm sure that we (almost) all agree that it's OK to mention items > >>that we personally are selling here (and many of us have done so), > >>but I'm not sure if running an ongoing auction here might be just a > >>bit much... > >> > > > > > > Fred - I'd rather see it go to someone here -- I'm > > hoping for more than > > $100 cause I'm really poor. I really don't think > > of it as a real auction - > > just a note that if someone wan'ts it and is > > dragging his heels and > > has more than that I'd love it, and I'm not going > > to do another note > > to the whole list on this.. I wanted to announce > > it to be fair and open to > > the guy who has offered me $100, too. > > > > Many others have mentioned things for sale with > > the line > > blah blah or best offer.... > > > > Someone told me he thought I should get more than > > $100 for it, it > > is just the least I'd take. > > > > But even if you are being a crumudgeon, thanks for > > the added info, > > below. I used mine with a 100 f 4 macro and a > > 50mm f 4 macro, both > > of which have 49mm threads (they are about 20 > > years old) > > > > annsan > > > > > > > >>As for the AF080C, it'd be a good unit for someone, to be sure. I've > >>used both one of them and an AF140C, and I've never found most of > >>the "improvements" in the newer unit to be very important (to me - > >>YMMV). > >> > >>The only difference that mattered to me was, in fact, those 49mm > >>threads - one of the adapters that comes with the 140 has allowed me > >>to use it with both the A 100/2.8 Macro and the A* 200/4 Macro (both > >>58mm threads), but I guess I probably could have gotten by with a > >>49mm to 58mm "filter step-up ring" instead. > >> > >>Furthermore, one thing that I liked with the 080 was that it can be > >>used with the AC Adapter II for AC power (just like with the AF400T) > >>- the 140 runs on batteries only. > >> > >>Fred (the Curmudgeon) > > > > > > > > -- > graywolf > http://graywolfphoto.com > > "You might as well accept people as they are, > you are not going to be able to change them anyway."
