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 Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:23 am Post subject: Century Tele-Athenar II 650 mm 6.8 |
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bilbo10235 wrote:
This has been a good old lens for me over the years. It has been sitting in my closet unused for quite a while. Is there a market for this lens? Should I just put it up on eBay? Any info you guys can provide would be appreciated.
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danfromm
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danfromm wrote:
These stovepipes don't surface often enough for eBay prices to be a good guide.
That said, I have the impression that demand for them is weak. Perhaps ten years ago my 500/5.6 TA-II got just one bid on eBay. I took a bath on it, was glad to have had the little it brought.
A year ago my 300/5.6 TA got no bids. |
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bilbo10235
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bilbo10235 wrote:
Thanks for your insight. What Do you think that this lack of interest on eBay is due to? Is it a lack of name recognition, or quality, or just outdated technology, or what?
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luisalegria
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luisalegria wrote:
Lack of knowledge.
The collectors or potential collectors know Kilfitt or Astro Berlin but not Century.
Also Century was American not German, so no special cachet attaches to them.
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danfromm
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danfromm wrote:
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| Thanks for your insight. What Do you think that this lack of interest on eBay is due to? Is it a lack of name recognition, or quality, or just outdated technology, or what? |
Century has a good name in Hollywood, isn't that well known by still photographers.
Quality? Opinions differ. My 500/5.6 had severe chromatic aberration and a bad central hot spot. I never took an acceptable shot with it. I used my 300/5.6 on a Beaulieu. It passed acceptance testing but I never got anything I could use in a film. Could be operator error, lenses that long (I shot Super  are very demanding.
Technology? Well, TeleAthenars are just achromatic (Century says) doublets hung in front of a long tube. Modern teles really are teles and are better.
Or what? I dunno. Would you rather have a TA or a Bigma?
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luisalegria wrote:
The long Astros and etc. are also just doublets.
The difference is in collectibility.
Even Pieskers are more collectible, because they have "Berlin" engraved.
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