PENTAX FIT Sigma OS APO DG HSM 50 - 500 mm F/4.5-6.3 Lens + HOOD + BAG + BOX

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123897465604?ul_noapp=true#rwid
Starting price of £299 - no bids yet

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K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)

or if you are in a hurry! :- https://www.ffordes.com/p/SOR-18-023676/lenses-sigmapentax-af/50-500mm-f4-63-apo...

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C.O.L.B.A.S victim
(Compulsive Obsessive Lens Buying Addiction Syndrome)

What you need are lenses, more lenses, bigger lenses, better lenses, faster lenses, and when you have these, your pictures will be perfect!

That's the older non OS version, not as good optically but not a bad price for 500mm.

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Thanks for pointing that out which I had not noticed. However, as you rightly also pointed out, it's not a bad price for someone in the market for such as this and with Pentax's built in OS, they wouldn't miss out either. As for the former having better optical quality, that may be the case but for most users in a real life scenario, I think they would be hard pressed to detect any discernable difference.

Have a good weekend....

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C.O.L.B.A.S victim
(Compulsive Obsessive Lens Buying Addiction Syndrome)

What you need are lenses, more lenses, bigger lenses, better lenses, faster lenses, and when you have these, your pictures will be perfect!

Still no bids - anyone thoughts as to what a reasonable Reserve figure might be (I'm guessing somewhere around £500-600)?

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K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)

Why don't sellers simply start listings at the minimum price they'd accept? I avoid listings with a reserve price.

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John K

Obviously because someone will try to snap up an item at that price - whereas, with a hidden reserve price, the seller has a decent chance of getting more than that!

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K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)

... Or more than likely not sell it at all.

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John K

In some cases, I would rather not sell something if the only alternative was to sell it at a ridiculously low price -> wait a bit and try again!

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K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)

If you have to put a reserve price then put how much it is in the listing, that way if people aren't interested then they can just move on to the bargain they are looking for. Personally I just start it at the lowest price I am willing to take, if it goes for that then I'm happy enough.

I also don't bid on items with a reserve price.

Edit: Notice there is a bid on it now, having had 3 of these in the past first thing I would do is ditch the UV filter. Wonder if the mount conversion has been done for the K-1/KP.

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Mike

What's your thought (as one who has had several of these lenses) as to a "reasonable" final sale price for it?

PS: Really wish I could be "interested" in buying it, but a combo of circumstances (bad back, dodgy knee, expensive holiday(s?) coming very soon, probably not really able to use it enough to "do it justice", + other things I "need"!) means I am trying to avoid being "tempted"

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K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)

Very Clever Seller!! Obviously already fooled all the buyers on here

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Half Man... Half Pentax ... Half Cucumber

Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff

Algi

Anything under £500 is a good price, it's really worth around £600 I would say. As far as I am concerned if you can't run to a 150-450mm then this is a very good second best. The wider capability is handy at times and It also has very good close focus ability, not quite macro but not far off.

Must admit I had seen it before this thread was posted, was toying with making a cheeky bid once the reserve price became known but my cash is needed elsewhere now.

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Last one I had...

500mm f/8


White Egret - Keyhaven by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

You know how small a jumping spider is ... 100% crop 300mm


Jumping Spider - Blashford Lakes (100% Crop) by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

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@Mike-P

£600 was my guess as well.

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K-3 II, K-3 and a K-70 from SRS (having now relegated the K-30 /"K-50" to a backup body), & some Sigma and Pentax lenses (and a lot of old 35mm gear!)