Larry, Ask him about the condition (fungus free) of the 3 lenses. If you can enquire about the 85mm being a Pentax, do so. The A85/1.4 is a treasure, but the K85/1.8 is very special, and the M85/2 is very nice. Even the screwmount 85mm's from Pentax are worth the $100+. Go get 'em! Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 05:40:56PM -0500, Adam Maas wrote: > # If it's the A*, $1300+. If its merely the Zeiss ZK, $800 or so. > # > > Maybe he was wrong about it being f/1.4. He said that it was the most > expensive of the three lenses (28, 50 & 85) but if it's worth that > much, I can't see him letting all three go for $100. > > I called him, he wasn't at home, told me to send him an email and he'd > get back to me tonight or tomorrow morning. But if it is, it sounds worth a > 100 mile drive, each way, before work tomorrow. > > > # -Adam > # > # On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > # > Speaking of short tele primes, there's an ad in craigslist today for a > # > 28, 50 and an 85 manual focus lenses. I talked to him on the phone and > # > he said that the 85 is indeed f/1.4. I neglected to ask whether it's > # > K or m42 mount. > # > > # > What's the manual focus 85/1.4 worth? KEH has the f2 for $265. > # > > # > -- > # > It's not the steps in the dance, it's the dance in the steps. > # > Larry Colen [email protected] > http://www.red4est.com/lrc > # > > # > > # > -- > # > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > # > [email protected] > # > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > # > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > # > > # > # > # > # -- > # M. Adam Maas > # http://www.mawz.ca > # Explorations of the City Around Us. > # > # -- > # PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > # [email protected] > # http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > # to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > -- > It's not the steps in the dance, it's the dance in the steps. > Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
