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Which one is the most expensive lens you have bought so far?
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
poilu wrote:

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And how much did you pay for it ?

450 euros
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Why did you buy it?

because the 200 euros little sister was very good
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Did you regret it?

yes I regret I didn't buy it sooner


Forgotten?

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Which one is the most expensive lens you have bought so far?


PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's a Zeiss T* of some description... poilu has the shortest Sig ever!


PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nikkor 24/2.8 AI at £60. I don't regret buying it at all, it's not in pretty condition but optically great and in good condition they have been going for 3-4x that lately. Doesn't get much use now, although I will get an F mount NEX adapter to use it soon.

Counting AF, the Pentax 55-300 was £200 and is a fair price for a well built and optically good mid range telezoom.


PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Olympus OM Zuiko 400mm f6.3 £299
Olympus OM Zuiko 500mm f8 Mirror lens £249
Samyang 7.5mm m4/3 fisheye £224
Samyang 85mm f1.4 £156

Why did I buy them?

For the telephoto Zuikos, the only way to find out how much better a quality lens is than the cheap equivalent is to buy them and find out.
For the Samyangs, this was the cheapest way to get that FL and aperture respectively.

No regrets with any of these. The Samyangs were new, and the Zuikos are mint so they can all be sold if I decide I don't want them anymore.


PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I paid EUR 3000 for a SMC Pentax-F* 250-600mm f/5.6 ED [IF] zoom, near mint in its original trunk.


PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
SXR_Mark wrote:
Olympus OM Zuiko 400mm f6.3 £299

I paid for this one 50 euro

My most expensive is Helios-40-2 85/1.5 - paid EUR 200
...my friends bought a similar one for EUR 22
Life is like a box of chocolates... Wink


PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
£80 for a bespoke leather case that had a Praktica VF and a set of Pentacon lenses - 29mm, 30mm, 50mm, 135mm and 200mm - all mint condition.
The 50mm had fungus, but the 135 and 200 were the 15 blade versions.
I tend to come over all cheap when anything costs more than £20, but I bought a Sigma 17-70 AF for about £250.


PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Spotmatic wrote:
I paid EUR 3000 for a SMC Pentax-F* 250-600mm f/5.6 ED [IF] zoom, near mint in its original trunk.


Shocked Shocked


PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
$95 shipped for Vivitar Series 1 90mm/f2.5 (unfortunately without 1:1 converter).


PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
izvar wrote:
SXR_Mark wrote:
Olympus OM Zuiko 400mm f6.3 £299

I paid for this one 50 euro

My most expensive is Helios-40-2 85/1.5 - paid EUR 200
...my friends bought a similar one for EUR 22
Life is like a box of chocolates... Wink


Indeed Laughing Laughing

Money is only a means to an end. Why regret spending it once its gone?


PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

3k...I regard it as a savings bond Smile

even though it's small and easy to loose, I take it everywhere



Leica 28/2


PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
$1500 for a new Sigma 50-500 a couple of years ago.


PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
$ 70 for a Schneider Tele-Xenar 360/5.5


PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Three lenses tie at my self imposed limit of $100:
Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 Macro (fortunately with 1:1 converter)
Zeiss Flektogon 35/2.4
Meyer Optik Görlitz Orestegor 300/4

I love all three, but I'm no better a photographer with them than I am with my $20, $30, and $40 lenses.


PostPosted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Seton Rochwite Hyponar, Astro-Berlin Fernbildlinse 1000mm, Zeiss Jena Prakticar 1000mm....

Klaus


PostPosted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Where's Hari?

Mine may have been a Nikkor 105/1.8 new, in the mid-1990's. Recently it's my C/Y 60/2.8 Makro $600. Worth every penny.


PostPosted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8/21, bought second hand for £850.

Why? Bargain price for a dream lens.

Regrets? None whatsoever.


PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Olympus Zuiko SHIFT 35mm f/2.8 bought for €280. By far the most expensive MF lens I've ever bought (next in line is Zuiko 80mm f/4 MACRO).

A wondeful lens indeed but not very useful on my 4/3 cameras (2x crop).

So I sold it.

I don't regret buying it in the first place. What I regret is that I couldn't afford a Canon 5d MkII to put it in use.


PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I regret buying every one of my lenses (and bodies) because I do not have the skill (and the time, but that's an excuse) to make the most of ANY of them Sad


PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Which one is the most expensive lens you have bought so Reply with quote
ForenSeil wrote:
And how much did you pay for it Smile ?
Why did you buy it?
Did you regret it?

MF lenses only of course Wink

My was only a new Samyang 8mm F3.5 MC Fisheye for "only" about 285€ Very Happy
But I guess there I will buy much more expensive lenses within the next months Wink


1) My most expensive MF lens purchase was a new Samyang 85/1.4 Aspherical, which I believe I paid a bit over $250. I bought it because I wanted a fast 85, I didn't want to pay a ridiculously high price for a 20-year old Nikkor 85/1.4 Ais, and the Samyang has a good reputation.

Did I regret it? No. It's been as good or better than claimed. Maybe it isn't quite on par with a Nikkor Ais, but it's good enough for less than 1/3 the price. Oh, and the bokeh is spectacularly good.

2) My next most expensive was a Leica Elmar 100/4 Macro (bellows). I believe I paid about $225 for this lens. I bought it because I wanted an excellent, 100mm lens for bellows macro work, and Leica has a reputation for quality. Some pundits on the Net proclaim the absolute superiority of anything Leica over everything else. It's not true.

Do I regret buying it? Yes. Not long after getting the Leica, I found a beat-up EL Nikkor 105/5.6 enlarger lens for $15, so I had to give it a try. In direct comparisons, here's what I found: at non-macro distances, I preferred using the Leica--not because it was sharper and better, but because it has one of the best lens hoods I've ever worked with: regardless of difficult lighting, there was no issue with flare and reduced contrast. BUT, at macro distances (which is what I bought the lens for), the Leica has big problems with lateral CA, where the El Nikkor has no serious CA problems. Both seem equally sharp (meaning, I can't tell a difference, so it doesn't matter). For an order of magnitude less money, the EL Nikkor is a better macro lens.

3) My third most expensive lens was a Rodenstock APO Rodagon 75/4. I paid about $215 for it. After the debacle with the Leica Elmar 100/4, I bought the Rodenstock because I wanted a macro lens that would NOT have CA problems. It exceeded my expectations. The Rodenstock is the sharpest lens I have, and it has zero CA problems. I do not regret buying it. Not only is it better than the Leica Elmar at everything, it was about the same price.


PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Arninetyes, thanks for sharing about the Leica 100/4.

Shocked


PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
"Lens" is such a limiting word Smile
My most expensive single lens was a nearly-new Novoflex kit for €250 and by the time I'd added on another head and an adapter or two it came in at €350. Not bad for something I've used about twice. Its retail price in the day was quite high, so I still regard it as a bargain.
I've made up for that by every other lens costing no more than €20 each (and many for €10) Smile


PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nikkor 200mm f2 IF-ED N AI-S ....bought it for obvious reasons and it cost more then a few clams....and absolutely no regrets.





PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
mine is Tamron Adaptall2 SP 90/2,5, came with complete original caps&case with additional Tamron Extention tube SP 18, it is in Pristine condition


PostPosted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Boomer Depp wrote:
Nikkor 200mm f2 IF-ED N AI-S ....bought it for obvious reasons and it cost more then a few clams....and absolutely no regrets.


Uh, yeah. I've priced them, and I'm sorry to say, this lens is a bit over my budget! What they normally sell for would buy a Zeiss 25/2 Distagon T* and a Zeiss Makro-planar 100/2 T*, and leave some change in my pocket. Not likely I'll have any of the three anytime soon.

Do enjoy it!!
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