The Tamron Adaptall 200-500 f/5.6 listed for $1943 in 1991. I have records of two prices:
$465 good, bigglass.net 2002-03-10 1522 Euros secondhandcamera.de, 2002-02-05, condition AB 2-touch zoom 1:3.5 macro Close focus: 8 feet, 2 inches Length: 14.25 inches Weight: 6 lb. 95mm filter Built-in lens shade Collected comments: Bogglass.com 2002-03-10: "Features built in slip out hood, rotating tripod mount, and drop in 43mm filter holder w/filter. This lens is not internal focus (front end of barrel extends and rotates as you zoom). The lens is quite large, 17 inches fully extended, but is not particularly heavy, so not hard to handle. (though definitely not handhold able). I brought it out for some shooting over the weekend and really enjoyed using it. Nice to use a zoom with so much range. You're not going to get quite the optical quality of some of the faster fixed lenses, but image quality is surprisingly good, and for the money you can't go wrong. A very good choice for those that want a long lens but don't want to dish out a lot of money." Paul Franklin Stregevsky
