My response to the alleged rarity is "Male Bovine Feces." The 35/2.8 shift
is *not* rare, just not common. "Rare" is a 40/2 pancake or an 8/2.8
fisheye. In the U.S. I see them come up for sale regularly. Right now KEH
has three in condition worth buying (EX or EX+) and a fourth in "bargain"
condition (the pricing looks good on them too, albeit without cases). I
would be sorely tempted to rub his nose in the current KEH listings. eBay
has (or had) at least one if not two or three within the past week or so,
some which may be active auctions right now. Yes, that's more than normal,
but knowing where to look on the web, you can usually find at least one or
two being offered for sale nearly all the time. I wouldn't call that rare.
Your camera salesman was hoping "'lympus lust" for the lens would make you
sell your soul for it. Then again, with the deal he offered you, maybe it
is a rare lens *_for_him_and_his_store_* along with any other OM lens
besides a 50/1.8 "body cap." He wouldn't get too many trade-ins if the
deal he offered you represents his normal trading practices. Yes, dealers
need to buy low and sell high to stay in business, but there are limits to
how low and how high.
-- John
At 08:27 6/26/00 , Olafo wrote:
[quoted from Frieder]
>>Sure he explained me, that his lens is so rare, neraly unpossible to get
>>anywhere....., but there are masses of all the lenses I`m offering to him
>>on the marked, ....
>
>Bollocks!!!
>Sure, the 35/2.8 Shift is not that often found, but it's not _that_ rare
>either. It's the 24/3.5 Shift that is the rare one, for that one the
>suggested trade would be considerable.
>
>>(But he can´t explain why there is none of them among the 30 OM-lenses in
>>his shop-window...) Well, but I won`t complain too much about this dealer.
>>Another one told me he can only offer me about DM 10.- ( in words: "ten")
>>for my SC Zuiko 2.8/24, which I asked to trade in for a MC variant of the
>>same lens (498.- with OM10 -only availabe with this camera!).
>
>That's another laugh!!!
>I can't believe that these dealers at times (think they can) get away with
>crap like this. Offer 10 marks (i.e. $5) for a 24/2.8, that's ridiculous, as
>this is (even as an SC version) a $200 lens!
>In other words: if you want to get this MC lens; just buy the one at the
>shop (the price isn't bad at all), and sell the SC one and the OM-10 on
>e-bay, and you should more or less break even...
>
>>-But altough looking fine it was`t in that condition, so I`d really wanted
>>to change anymore after examin even if he`d give me money.
>
>Right. Besides, I believe the whole SC <-> MC issue is way overrated. Sure,
>MC will prevent flare a bit better than SC (especially in an ultra wide,
>such as the 24), but it's not like your pictures will all of a sudden be 10x
>better or so when you "upgrade" from SC to MC. I must say that my SC 24/2.8
>is not my favourite lens, but this is not because it's an SC variant. Flare
>control typically is fine, except in extreme conditions such as street
>lanterns being directly in the picture (ahum!), so I wouldn't worry to much
>about that.
[snip]
>spotted is fair. $550 is about as good a price you will normally find this
>lens at. Just make sure to not obtain the lens via such an unfavourable
>trade...
>
>Cheers!
>Olafo
>
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