SMC Pentax-F 70-210mm F4-5.6 - what's a reasonable price ??

2005-03-18 Thread Fred Widall
Could someone please tell me what a reasonable price for this lens would be (in VG condition) into today's 'hot' market. Looking at Jim's Colwell's excellent spreadsheet it shows an Ebay range of US$75-115. Is that still reasonable ? They don't seem to show up very often. I understand this is

Re: SMC Pentax-F 70-210mm F4-5.6 - what's a reasonable price ??

2005-03-18 Thread David Zaninovic
Widall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 10:41 AM Subject: SMC Pentax-F 70-210mm F4-5.6 - what's a reasonable price ?? Could someone please tell me what a reasonable price for this lens would be (in VG condition) into today's 'hot' market. Looking

Re: SMC Pentax-F 70-210mm F4-5.6 - what's a reasonable price ??

2005-03-18 Thread Peter J. Alling
I paid $69.00 for mine not too long ago. I wouldn't part with it for 3x that much today. It's a bit slow but it is very sharp and contrasty. Works very nicely on the *ist-D, and even though manual focus sucks compared to many other lenses it's still very usable on a LX. As you can see here:

RE: SMC Pentax-F 70-210mm F4-5.6 - what's a reasonable price ??

2005-03-18 Thread Jens Bladt
PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 18. marts 2005 20:02 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: SMC Pentax-F 70-210mm F4-5.6 - what's a reasonable price ?? I paid $69.00 for mine not too long ago. I wouldn't

RE: SMC Pentax-F 70-210mm F4-5.6 - what's a reasonable price ??

2005-03-18 Thread Fred Widall
Thanks for the input(s). We settled on a price of CAD$180 (US$150). Seems like a very reasonable price for one in excellent condition, complete with lens hood, well cared for from a good home (a co-worker who was an avid Pentax user until he went over to the Dark Side and swapped to N*k*n), plus

RE: SMC Pentax-F 70-210mm F4-5.6 - what's a reasonable price ??

2005-03-18 Thread Joseph Tainter
I wonder if the price of these will stabilize or decline now that the DA 50-200 ED has been announced. Joe