i feel like i am completely missing something here. are these lenses "collectibles" (i wasn't aware pentax glass has this status) or simply so much better than competition (i mean, cannon 85/1.2 goes for the same $ as pentax 85/1.8)? if (as i suspect) they are neither, wouldn't it make more sense to get a similar cannon or nikon lens with a *free* body for this kind of money? $600 for 85/1.8, 20 years old, even though in excellent shape, just strikes me as something completely irrational. unless it has an adapter for hasselblad mount.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 11:34 PM Subject: Re: Rare 35mm lenses (was Re: Melbourne lens shopping + Beethoven's Ninth.) > > I know, I know, someone of you traded a used 50mm f2 and some > > bubble gum wrappers for one. But most of the rest of us, we spend > > years looking for these lenses. > > I was fortunate enough to be able to find some of the "toughies" you > mentioned (A* 135/1.8, A* 85/1.4, K 85/1.8) before they (recently) > got a ~lot~ tougher to get hold of (and before the prices went > through the roof). A couple of other Pentax lenses that took me a > while to track down were the K 28/2 (whew!) and the A 100/2.8 Macro. > > One 3rd-party "cult lens" that took a while was the Vivitar Series 1 > 450/4.5 Aspheric Mirror (with 2X Macro Matched Multiplier). > However, some of the other 3rd-party "cult lenses" turned out to be > not too difficult at all - e.g., the VS1 90/2.5 Macro (with 1:1 > Macro Adapter), the optically identical Tokina AT-X 90/2.5 Macro > (with 1:1 Macro Extender), the VS1 90-180/4.5 Flat Field Zoom, and > the VS1 600/8 and 800/11 Perkin-Elmer Solid Cats. > > But one critter I'm still in the hunt for is the Pentax K 35/2... > > Fred > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
