Timothy, I had thought that it would be hard to locate these lenses available for sale. I have been surprised to find that I have already received multiple emails from both PDML'ers and others who have these lenses available and willing to sell. What I anticipate is having to pay the going price (i.e. Top Dollar) to get them. No one is going to cut you a bargain on something so in demand. But I won't be taken advantage of either just because this is a premium lens. By the way I just bought the A* 200 2.8 yesterday off KEH and it will be here on Tuesday. I can't wait.
Thanks for your input, Glen -----Original Message----- From: Timothy Sherburne [mailto:tim@;sherb.org] Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 2:04 PM To: Pentax Discussion List Subject: Re: Pentax-A* 85 f/1.4 & Pentax-A* 135 f/1.8 Glen... While these lenses are relatively rare, I don't think it would be a challenge to find one *if* you have the financial means to pay market price for one and have a couple of months or so to look. That said, I think you will look for a long time (years) before finding a bargain on either of these. It seems to me that lenses like the K120/2.8 and A*200/2.8 are more difficult to find. IIRC, Shel Belinkoff, a past member of this list, recently had one of each of the lenses you seek for sale. His website can still be found at <http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/> and the last email address I saw was [EMAIL PROTECTED] Other than that, there's eBay and camera shops that advertise on the web (use Google). Good luck! t On 10/31/02 6:47 PM, Glen O'Neal wrote: > Hello everyone. I think I may be a fool to ask but I am looking for one of > each of these two lenses. I know they are hard to find and expensive to > purchase. But I am look for two top notch primes in these focal lengths. If > anyone has one they would like to sell or knows (now or in the future) on > any for sale please let me be the first to know. I know what they are worth > and I am willing to pay top dollar. > > Glen O'Neal >
