Last time I was in New York, a small camera shop on 42nd Avenue tried to sell me a Bower 2x converter for $400, in spite of the fact that I had a K7 with Sigma 10-20 attached around my neck: you might have thought he would have concluded I may know the price of some photgraphic gear, but he told me with an air of authority that Dixons in the UK sold them for £600! Needless to say i won't be going there again.

To change the subject, a NYC meet would be great if I could fit it in with work..

None of it looks particularly sharp to me....

Here in the desert there is definitely value in the WR lenses: In Botswana I once had a lens wrecked by dust/sand, which, unlike water, doesn't disappear after keeping the lens inside for a few days.

Interesting. Both shutter and/or aperture priority at once.....

I'd second that, I love Gotham.

I really like the second B+W one. Is the colour one taken on Lexington Avenue? I think I recognise that tarpaulin, very near the hotel we use in NY. Wonder why it would still be there a month later?

Thanks for that Clarky and Yves: I think I understand.... Can't really see why it's so complicated, surely just having one aperture ring would make the lens easier to build...what's the logic behind it?
It doesn't sound like a lens that can be used on a moving subject. Hopefully I will get some pics of it soon, if so I will post them here. A lens without aperture blades of this focal length would I guess be used for portraiture, but it seems a bit odd to make a lens that removes the ability to increase depth of field. I suppose if it was a lot cheaper it may have interested some studio photgraphers.

I hve been waiting for this to go on sale, and it's just appeared on a few websites. It seems to be going for about £230. Has anyone bought one, any first impressions before I splash out and get one?

Hello and welcome, Rusty! Athur too!

Hello and welcome!