Good prices indeed. Both lenses are failry sought after lenses. I just
recently paid a bit over $300.00 for a 135 f4.5 with caps and felt that was
a pretty good (but not Fang) deal. To get either lens for $350.00 with the
telescopic tube is very good.
Hard to say whether the softening prices is a temporary trend or not. I
guess the next thing for Skip to do is track selling dates and graph the
prices over time, perhaps the prices drop around the beginning of the year
on a regular basis. (BTW, just kidding about the date tracking Skip!)
Jim Couch
"Dean C. Hansen" wrote:
> Hi OM'ers,
> George S. recently wondered if prices on OM equipment were
> softening. I recently bid on two macro lenses on eBay, the 80mm f4
> (automatic version) and the 135mm f4.5. Both were being sold with the
> 65-116 telescopic autotube as part of the deal. The 80mm with tube went
> for $350, the 135mm went to $305 but didn't reach the reserve. Assuming
> the autotube is worth--what? $100? $125?--these two lenses were being
> high-bid at @ $180-$250, or fairly well below the mean (about $305) of
> Skip Williams's data set.
> Okay, the pictures of the 135mm lens were inadequate. But aren't
> these two fairly sought-after lenses? Am I missing something? Maybe no
> one thinks of taking photos of insects in the dead of winter?
> Dean
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