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Benz3ne
Posted 08/03/2022 - 10:54 Link
Howdy all. Hope everyone is well and safe.
I'm in a pickle. Since receiving the 8E Tak from our own LennyBloke, I've seldom used any other lens on the A7iii. Furthermore, using a Fujifilm X-E2 with a TTArtisan 35mm f/1.4 lens, placed neatly in my bike bag, has made me realise how many lenses I truly need and that I should learn to scale back to stop dust accumulation.
With this in mind, I'm in a position where I'm tempted to offload a significant number of my lenses, to put that money towards perhaps one or two lenses I have my eye on, and take it from there. The lust to try all the old lenses with their individual characters has, admittedly, waned a bit recently.
This is where you lovely lot come in! I have an idea of pricing for most lenses, but want to hear the collective's thoughts on pricing. I know I can check eBay for commensurate pricing, but this is more fun. List as below:

Pentax SMC-M 50mm f/1.4.
Pentax SMC-A 50mm f/2.8 Macro.
Pentax SMC-M 135mm f/3.5.
Sigma Super-Wide 24mm f/2.8 (in PK/A mount).
Industar 50-2 (50mm f/3.5) in M42 mount.
Minolta MD 50mm f/2.
Mamiya 55mm f/1.4 in M42 mount.
Helios 44-2 in M42 mount.
Jupiter-9 85mm f/2 in M42 mount.
A lovely little diaplan 80mm f/3.5 projector lens adapted to Sony FE mount (covers full frame).

1x Pentax MX - CLA'd by Asahiphoto around a year ago. Lights flicker slightly when changing shutter speeds but otherwise functions flawlessly.
1x S1a with ASAHI light meter - bought from our own Danofmk. Described as working but appears to act as a 'bulb' shutter at speeds less than 1/30s. If you press the shutter quickly at e.g. 1s, however, it will shutter for the 1s. Not sure why but thought worthwhile mentioning for clarity.

And potentially the following:
Pancolar 50mm f/1.8 in M42 mount.
Flektogon 35mm f/2.4 in M42 mount.
Kiron 28mm f/2 in PK/A mount.
Voigtlander Ultron 40mm f/2 with close-up lens in PK/A mount.

Let the games begin!
Edited by Benz3ne: 08/03/2022 - 10:55
womble
Posted 08/03/2022 - 11:10 - Helpful Comment Link
One can sell lenses? Wow, learn something new every day...
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
Benz3ne
Posted 08/03/2022 - 11:31 Link
womble wrote:
One can sell lenses? Wow, learn something new every day...

We're off to a good start
Posted 08/03/2022 - 12:54 - Helpful Comment Link
Benz3ne wrote:
womble wrote:
One can sell lenses? Wow, learn something new every day...

We're off to a good start

And from LennyB - who knew? (Says the guy who bought an outstanding lens from him.)
Be well, stay safe, but most of all, invest in memories
JAK
Posted 08/03/2022 - 12:54 Link
Benz3ne wrote:
womble wrote:
One can sell lenses? Wow, learn something new every day...

We're off to a good start

I'm sure you know better than that.
John K
Benz3ne
Posted 08/03/2022 - 13:31 Link
Urbanmeister wrote:
Benz3ne wrote:
Quote:
One can sell lenses? Wow, learn something new every day...

We're off to a good start

And from LennyB - who knew? (Says the guy who bought an outstanding lens from him.)

I'm struggling to think of lenses that I HAVEN'T bought from the main man, LennyB.
womble
Posted 08/03/2022 - 15:19 Link
Benz3ne wrote:
Urbanmeister wrote:
Quote:
womble wrote:
One can sell lenses? Wow, learn something new every day...

We're off to a good start

And from LennyB - who knew? (Says the guy who bought an outstanding lens from him.)

I'm struggling to think of lenses that I HAVEN'T bought from the main man, LennyB.



The ones where I beat you to it?
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
Benz3ne
Posted 08/03/2022 - 15:27 Link
womble wrote:
Benz3ne wrote:


I'm struggling to think of lenses that I HAVEN'T bought from the main man, LennyB.

The ones where I beat you to it?

Touché!
That Tak 35/2 still haunts me.
cardiffgareth
Posted 08/03/2022 - 15:43 Link
Jupiter-9 85mm f/2 in M42 mount - tempting me
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Benz3ne
Posted 08/03/2022 - 15:55 Link
cardiffgareth wrote:
Jupiter-9 85mm f/2 in M42 mount - tempting me

The focusing is a little stiff on it but it's quite clean otherwise. Let me know if you want me to send pictures.

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