Used Glass

2010-05-17 Thread Luiz Felipe
... interesting words from Bob... . . I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. . It turns out he bought it from some guy named John Francis. . . .A good lens is like syphilis - you get it from your friends. . .Bob ... come on... Mark!!! Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at

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2010-05-17 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br Subject: Used Glass ... interesting words from Bob... . . I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. . It turns out he bought it from

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2010-05-17 Thread eckinator
2010/5/17 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: If you get that from friends, what do you get from your enemies ? uhm... decentered 16-50s with intermittently faulty SDM motors? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

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2010-05-17 Thread Bob W
... interesting words from Bob... . . I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. . It turns out he bought it from some guy named John Francis. . . .A good lens is like syphilis - you get it from your friends. If you get that from friends, what do you get from

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2010-05-17 Thread Larry Colen
On 5/16/2010 6:01 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. It turns out he bought it from some guy named John Francis. The lens has a knob on it to keep the lens from rotating in the tripod mount collar. One of the screws holding that knob on is

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2010-05-17 Thread Brian Walters
On Sun, 16 May 2010 17:17 +0100, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. It turns out he bought it from some guy named John Francis. A good lens is like syphilis - you get it from your friends. ...which puts me in mind of

Used glass

2010-05-16 Thread Larry Colen
I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. It turns out he bought it from some guy named John Francis. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

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2010-05-16 Thread AlunFoto
The world is a small place sometimes... :-) Jostein 2010/5/16 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. It turns out he bought it from some guy named John Francis. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML

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2010-05-16 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 9:04 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: The world is a small place sometimes... :-) Its still big enough to have a pee out back by the spruce bushes.;-0 Dave Jostein 2010/5/16 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck

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2010-05-16 Thread Bob W
I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. It turns out he bought it from some guy named John Francis. A good lens is like syphilis - you get it from your friends. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

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2010-05-16 Thread Subash
On Sun, 16 May 2010 17:17:31 +0100 Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. It turns out he bought it from some guy named John Francis. A good lens is like syphilis - you get it from your friends. i guess Bob, as opposed to

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2010-05-16 Thread Larry Colen
On May 16, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Bob W wrote: I picked up that Tamron 300/2.8 from my friend Chuck today. It turns out he bought it from some guy named John Francis. A good lens is like syphilis - you get it from your friends. When it comes to hand me downs, I could do a lot worse than

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2010-05-16 Thread Boris Liberman
On 5/16/2010 7:17 PM, Bob W wrote: A good lens is like syphilis - you get it from your friends. Bob Gee, that was aimed right and square at the next PDML annual... Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Amazing used glass prices

2007-01-23 Thread John Whittingham
Well now I'm sad that I don't have a stash of dispensable old Pentax glass: Hard to find SMC Pentax-A 24mm f/2.8. Excellent Approximately US $355.66 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=250076095661 Yeah, that one sold well, they were only £110 new IIRC. John

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2007-01-23 Thread Amita Guha
Hey Rob, do you have a link for that FA 300? I think that's the one I'm going to sell next. You guys should see the prices I got for my Limited lenses on ebay. Over $700 each for each of the 77mms, and $835 for the 31mm. Needless to say, I'm pretty happy... Amita On 1/22/07, Digital Image

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2007-01-23 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 24/01/07, Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Rob, do you have a link for that FA 300? I think that's the one I'm going to sell next. I don't know if he was just lucky but I hope you do as well: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=220060064881 You guys should see the

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2007-01-23 Thread Kenneth Waller
Absolutely unbelievable. I paid $775 for mine new when I bought mine! Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Amazing used glass prices On 24/01/07, Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Rob, do you have a link for that FA 300

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2007-01-23 Thread Doug Franklin
Kenneth Waller wrote: Absolutely unbelievable. I paid $775 for mine new when I bought mine! On 24/01/07, Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Rob, do you have a link for that FA 300? I think that's the one I'm going to sell next. I don't know if he was just lucky but I hope you do as

Amazing used glass prices

2007-01-22 Thread Digital Image Studio
Well now I'm sad that I don't have a stash of dispensable old Pentax glass: Hard to find SMC Pentax-A 24mm f/2.8. Excellent Approximately US $355.66 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=250076095661 SMC PENTAX -F 1.7X AF ADAPTER MINT CONDITION LENS W/BOX US $355.55

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2007-01-22 Thread Paul Stenquist
Pretty funny. You can buy the FA 85/1.4 new at BH for $799. Paul On Jan 22, 2007, at 5:50 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: Well now I'm sad that I don't have a stash of dispensable old Pentax glass: Hard to find SMC Pentax-A 24mm f/2.8. Excellent Approximately US $355.66