Pentax SMC DA 15mm Limited

elfer
Posted 30/01/2019 - 10:42 Link
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With box and both caps. Lens itself is immaculate. Only the metal screw-on front cap has any sign of use, where there's a very small amount of paint wear to its serrated outer edge.

The original, green-band SMC version.

My favourite lens. Bought from another user on here for £360. For sale to help fund other projects.

For sale for £290. I'll pay the RMSD if you BT or PP F&F (or if you add the extra for PP payment protection should you want that)
elfer
Posted 31/01/2019 - 11:08 Link
I may have overstated the wear to the lens cap. This is the worst of it.

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BruceStrachan
Posted 02/02/2019 - 21:05 Link
Pm sent
Cheers,

Bruce
elfer
Posted 02/02/2019 - 21:12 Link
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BruceStrachan
Posted 03/02/2019 - 01:05 Link
Would go up another tener..
Cheers,

Bruce
elfer
Posted 03/02/2019 - 10:21 Link
Sorry Bruce. Still too far away.

I've not been following lens values and they must have really come down since I bought. I'd been looking for a while and £360 was a good price then, so I thought my asking price was very keen. I guess the move to FF must have hit values for crop lenses, even the Limiteds. So I'll reduce it to

£275 + RMSD.
nigelsnape
Posted 03/02/2019 - 15:27 Link
There were a couple of others advertised during January - both were asking £220
elfer
Posted 03/02/2019 - 15:41 Link
I've only seen the HD version going that low myself. Were those two SMC too or HD?
Edited by elfer: 03/02/2019 - 15:42
HarisF1
Posted 03/02/2019 - 16:26 - Helpful Comment Link
Really depends on what you want to hold out for. Both versions can sell for up to £330ish (or more) as long as you're willing to wait for a while.
All the gear with no idea
elfer
Posted 03/02/2019 - 16:42 Link
Thank you, HarisF1.

Looking on ebay there's one used SMC listed at £340 + £8.35 postage, and one new copy listed at £548.85. There is one other used, at £226 + £17.55 postage, but from Japan (so will be subject to import VAT and fees on arrival) and it's missing the screw-on lens cap. That also makes me more comfortable that my price is reasonable.
Mike-P
Posted 03/02/2019 - 21:34 - Helpful Comment Link
The HD version that recently sold was priced to just get rid of judging from the asking prices of the other kit he was selling (most of it well under what it's worth). Unfortunately when someone does that it straight away devalues everyone elses kit for months to come as prospective buyers will always quote that (rediculously low) price.
elfer
Posted 03/02/2019 - 22:08 Link
Thanks, Mike. I appreciate that insight.
Mike-P
Posted 03/02/2019 - 22:12 Link
Just a shame I couldn't spell ridiculously correctly as well
JAK
Posted 03/02/2019 - 22:31 Link
On eBay some things go for well under their normal value and others much more. It all depends on what someone is prepared to pay and how many are after it at the time of the sale. A bit of a lottery really!
John K
ronniemac
Posted 04/02/2019 - 00:18 Link
F.w.i.w., exactly two years ago I paid £275 on Ebay for an SMC version.

Happy that I did.

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