Used Pentax lenses, both M42 and K mount have risen dramatically only in the last year or so on ebay. Their DSLRS have been out much longer than that. I think what is happening is the overall population of the DSLR cameras has now finally gotten signifigant relative to the population of used Pentax lenses and thus are affecting prices now much more than they did intially. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 10:30 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax glass As soon as Pentax began selling digital cameras. lens prices began to rise. I know. I was buying at the time. Paul On Dec 22, 2006, at 10:11 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote: > I wish lens prices would go down, but I can only see them going up. I > think you can be sure that Pentax high end glass will be premium > priced. The success of the K100 and K10 virtually guarantee that. Even > the introduction of the D sent the lens prices skyrocketing. It's > bound to happen again. > > ----- > An FA* 300 F4.5 just sold on eBay for over $2000. > > But I believe it was the DS that started this trend, not the D. > > Joe > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
