on 10/8/02 1:38 AM, Ian G Skelly at I@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I'm not particularly into wide angle but I could be tempted......
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1385539806&rd=1
>
>
> is this a 'silvernose', if not what is one and why are they so revered? This
> is the first I've ever seen that may qualify for that title.
>
> At the moment this price looks low for UK but I expect it will jump just
> before the end of auction - what do you think it should fetch? No, I'm not
> bidding... no, no, no, no :-(
>
> regards
> Ian
>
You don't 'need' this lens, but what does that have to do with anything...?
All the 'fast' Zuiko wideangles are MC, even if they have the 'silver-nose'
appearance. Silver-nose is the finish of the early Zuiko lenses, many of
which were also single-coated, and there are some who prefer the 'look' if
then lens is silver-nose. This may be kind of like the legendary "Leica
Glow", there if you look hard enough... I have both SC silver-nose and MC
Zuiko lenses, and find that they most all do a pretty good job.
As of now the lens is at ~105GBP, which is ~$150 or so. A typical auction
price for this lens will end in the $250 to $350 range, depending on
condition. So I guess that the GBP price would be around 200GBP, probably
the reserve is near that.
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
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