I got outbid recently by a wide margin. The 500mm went for $353 or
something like that.
Warren
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:34 PM, DrT (George Themelis) <drt-3d@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> A bit excessive don't you think? (Even for me!)
>>
>> Not if you can get TWO.
>
> OK Ken, I think you see my problem....
>
> I have a confession to make. I already bought one of these. From ebay of
> course. It showed up with a buy-it-now price of $300. Looked OK but did
> not have the original caps. I struggled for a while, but finally pulled the
> trigger.
>
> The lens arrived today (Olympus 500mm and Questar 700mm arrived the same
> day... talking about a party at home - good thing my wife has no idea what
> is going on... she sees me opening packages and pulling out strange-looking
> lenses, and she could not care less).
>
> The lens looks good. It is clean and well-cared for, but not mint and no
> caps. I put it in an Olympus OM camera and looked around. Nothing strange.
> So far so good.
>
> But now I want another one for the ultimate of stereo telephotography.
>
> Having already paid $300 for one lens, I don't see myself paying $600 for
> the 2nd. Now my limit is $300 for this lens. I was tempted for a while at
> KEH. I even put the lens in my shopping cart, just to see how the total
> looked. But finally took it out and proceeded to pay for the rest.
>
> George
>
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