Macro shooters please form an orderly queue

It will sell. Ian has some clever pricing structures. Pentax sales are on the up since the K7 and Kx were launched. There will be one punter out there that will want exclusivity.

Regards

Second that K10D, Ian Hobday is a very helpful seller.

Well it didn't sell. So second chance for everyone link

When you consider they were also selling the DA* 200mm f2.8 for almost a quarter of the price then it seems they will never sell the FA unless they find an ardent film user

Now sold. Anyone here? Mike?

Dan

You do realise that was the legendary 200mm macro, don't you? Completely different beast than the DA*200mm.

Dan

Well I very nearly bought it but having exchanged a couple of messages with the seller (Ian), I decided against it. Now at least I have almost £2500.00 to spend on other toys, coz I got the approval of my financial adviser (my lovely wife). Well actually, approval is perhaps slightly over-stating it, "DON'T YOU B****Y WELL DARE!!!" were her actual words. Close enough for me though.

Pete, would you care to share your exchange with Mr Hobday, PM me if you like. I was seriously considering the 200mm A Macro he had on sale, but someone beat me too it.

Sure, for the benefit of everybody, I asked him what the import duty/VAT 'hit' was likely to be. He said that he always declares items shipped to UK and he estimated about $US40.00.

Then I tried to get the price down. When it was at around £2330.00 GBP, if he had agreed to £2000, I would have had it. As it was, it sold at his asking price. I think it was probably in as near new condition as you could expect to find but he has sold others for more money.

Ian is a genuine and highly respected seller on ebay, he's a Canadian but has lived in Osaka, Japan, for the last 15 years and specializes in the 'exotica' of the photography world.

I simply lust after the FA* 200mm Macro, I certainly don't need it. I'm sticking with the Sigma 180mm and I'm going to try and use it more in 2010 too.

My thoughts are that Pentax might produce a DA* 200mm Macro in the future. If they do, it would seriously devalue the FA* version bearing in mind that at the end of their production life of around 1000 pieces, they sold for £US1500.00.

Ian Hobday doesn't think they will because it was never a volume seller. It has certainly become a cult lens though and I still want one, but I am resisting.

Not me, I lost interest when I saw the A mount 200mm macro he had.
Much more in my price bracket

Brilliant.

The A* is back on EBAY

Now where did I put that drooling smiley

Yes, sorry long day is my only excuse.

I love the depth of field scale on that A* 200mm macro. Basically equates to b@@@@r all even at f/32...

K.

I wish someone would hurry up and buy it