The Pentax-M 100mm f4 macro is not exactly rare. Many copies have sold in Flea-Bay over the last 30 days bringing between $50 and $200 with the average being around $100 USD. I would suggest you certainly don't need it if you have the excellent DFA 100mm Macro. The M is a great bang-for-the-buck lens, getting comparable ratings by users as does the DFA, for roughly 1/4th of its' selling price.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > I suppose two questions, really. > > Is this at all a desirable lens? I'm kind of off my if it says Pentax I have > to have it kick, so I'm not on auto buy mode. > As I already have a couple of 100mm macro lenses, including the most > excellent DFA 100/2.8 macro, I'm not especially interested in this lens no > matter what. > > However, others may not be as fortunate as I am, and may decide this is a > desirable lens, so... > > My pusher has an M100/4 Macro lens on his shelf. It appears to be in very > good condition for a lens that has to be pushing 30 or more years old. There > are some dust specks in thew thing, a couple of which are on the largish > side, and one of the specks may be a bubble. However the aperture runs > smoothly, and stops down smartly when the lever is moved, and the focus is > smooth and well damped, so I think I am looking at a lens that was well > cared for. It certainly isn't showing anything other than what I would > expect from a three decade old lens. > > The price tag is one hundred Canadian dollars, plus, I expect, five percent > GST. While I don't want the thing myself, I am more than willing to enable a > third party into this lens, presuming said person is willing to make the > leap of faith involved in buying a sight unseen used lens. > If I have piqued anyone's interest, please reply off list. I wil figure out > what the shipping costs are and give you an number that you will need to > send me via PayPal to make the transaction happen. > > Best > > bill > > > > -- > 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. -- "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - Peter Galassi -- 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.
