On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 09:38:08AM +1000, jim wrote:
>
> Have found a site that has for sale several new lens for sale such as
> Pentax - SMC P-A 15mm F3.5 Lens for $3.146 aus
> Pentax - SMC P-A 50mm F1.2 Lens for $1.582 aus
> Pentax - SMC P-FA 250-600mm F5.6 ED IF Lens for $17.925 aus
> Are these prices about right?
> The finance and pleasure minister will need to approve first, tho she would
> like the long zoom just as much as i would
The big zoom lists for around $12,000 US, with street prices
in the region of $8000 US.
It's a monster of a lens:
http://www.panix.com/~johnf/gallery/images/sdwap615.jpg
(that's a PZ-1p hanging off the back of it, for a size check)
but it certainly produces the results:
http://www.panix.com/~johnf/gallery/images/sdwap313.jpg
http://www.panix.com/~johnf/gallery/images/sdwap413.jpg
or, for a change of pace:
http://www.panix.com/~johnf/temp/PortlandPitStop.jpg
http://www.panix.com/~johnf/temp/CityStreets.jpg
http://www.panix.com/~johnf/temp/FatAlbert.jpg
The last two were taken with a *ist D; the others on film.
The CityStreets shot was taken at 250; FatAlbert at 600.
See also
http://www.panix.com/~johnf/digital/250-600.html
I was fortunate enough to be browsing this list a few years
ago[1] when somebody mentioned that Charlotte Camera had a
used 250-600 being listed at a mere $3200. Five minutes
later I posted a followup message saying they didn't have
one any longer. In the intervening years I've only seen one
other used one being offered, and that went for something
like $4000.
[1] From the modified dates on those files, apparently it was
back in 1999. That's somewhat more than a few years ago!
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