Roughly, a nice 55/1.2 is worth around $200. A CLA can be had for $50 or
so. If you get it for $70-100, and assuming that the lens is otherwise in
excellent condition, you're way ahead.
Tom
From: <nrky@xxxxxxxx>
> BTW, Would a 55/1.2 silver nose with oily leaves (and no other obvious
> faults)
> be worth ~100USD? It really does release s-l-o-w-l-y when stopped
> down...I've
> already mentioned the fact that the lens is not usable as-is, but didn't
> press
> the price that they asked (yet!!) Was thinking of offering ~70USD just
> to see if
> they would bite, but don't have a clue as to what it would take to get
> the lens
> back to usable condition. Any help on that would be appreciated by this
> digest lurker...not that I have the $ to even pay for the glass in the
> first place >;(
>
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