Nikkor 13mm f5.6, only $33,000

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NIKON-13mm-f...XTREMELY-RARE-
/272033062643?

Get 'em while they're hot!

--
Sandman

In article , RichA wrote:

Sandman:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NIKON-13mm-f...XTREMELY-RARE-
/272033062643? Get 'em while they're hot! -- Sandman

Well, it hasn't reached the level of the 6mm fisheye (or has it?)
but I remember five years ago seeing this for $4000 in a local
camera store. A lot of these very rare lenses are appreciating a
lot.

Uh, the Nikon 6mm f2.8 fisheye goes for about $150,000 when available.

--
Sandman

In article ,
Sandman wrote:

Well, it hasn't reached the level of the 6mm fisheye (or has it?)
but I remember five years ago seeing this for $4000 in a local
camera store. A lot of these very rare lenses are appreciating a
lot.

Uh, the Nikon 6mm f2.8 fisheye goes for about $150,000 when available.

no it doesn't.

here's one for $55k and it did not sell:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/181643556224

another for $42k and listing ended early:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/231176170563

there's another one that pops up from time to time for around $90k from
a guy in bakersfield, california, if i recall. it hasn't sold either.

In article , nospam wrote:

In article
,

RichA:
Well, it hasn't reached the level of the 6mm fisheye (or has
it?) but I remember five years ago seeing this for $4000 in a
local camera store. A lot of these very rare lenses are
appreciating a lot.

Sandman:
Uh, the Nikon 6mm f2.8 fisheye goes for about $150,000 when
available.

no it doesn't.

here's one for $55k and it did not sell:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/181643556224

another for $42k and listing ended early:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/231176170563

One was sold for $160k he

http://petapixel.com/2012/05/08/1600...on-on-a-nikon-
d800/

There were two versions, the AI and non-AI versions, the non-AI is the one that
most collectors want if I remember correctly, maybe that is why there's a price
difference, or maybe it's because of the quality of the lenses at time of sell.


--
Sandman

In article ,
Sandman wrote:

Uh, the Nikon 6mm f2.8 fisheye goes for about $150,000 when
available.

no it doesn't.

here's one for $55k and it did not sell:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/181643556224

another for $42k and listing ended early:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/231176170563

One was sold for $160k he


http://petapixel.com/2012/05/08/1600...tion-on-a-niko
n-
d800/

There were two versions, the AI and non-AI versions, the non-AI is the one
that
most collectors want if I remember correctly, maybe that is why there's a
price
difference, or maybe it's because of the quality of the lenses at time of sell.

just because one sold at that price does not mean that's the normal
price.

In article ,
Whisky-dave wrote:

One was sold for $160k he

http://petapixel.com/2012/05/08/1600...n-action-on-a-
nikon-800/

There were two versions, the AI and non-AI versions, the non-AI is the one
that
most collectors want if I remember correctly, maybe that is why there's a
price
difference, or maybe it's because of the quality of the lenses at time of
sell.

just because one sold at that price does not mean that's the normal
price.

How do you define the normal price then. ?

the $160k is clearly an outlier.

two others did not sell for 1/3rd that price.

In article , nospam wrote:

In article
,

Sandman:
Uh, the Nikon 6mm f2.8 fisheye goes for about $150,000 when
available.

nospam:
no it doesn't.

here's one for $55k and it did not sell:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/181643556224

another for $42k and listing ended early:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/231176170563

Sandman:
One was sold for $160k he

http://petapixel.com/2012/05/08/1600...n-action-on-a-
niko
n- d800

There were two versions, the AI and non-AI versions, the non-AI is
the one that most collectors want if I remember correctly, maybe
that is why there's a price difference, or maybe it's because of
the quality of the lenses at time of sell.

just because one sold at that price does not mean that's the normal
price.

This version of the lens seems to, yes.

--
Sandman

In article ,
Sandman wrote:

just because one sold at that price does not mean that's the normal
price.

This version of the lens seems to, yes.

the plural of anecdote is not data.

two did *not* sell for anything close to 160k.

In article ,
Sandman says...
Uh, the Nikon 6mm f2.8 fisheye goes for about $150,000 when available.

Why would somebody pay that much money for a lens?

Or to put in into other terms, is there a business case for spending
150K on a lens?
--
Alfred Molon

Olympus E-series DSLRs and micro 4/3 forum at
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/
http://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

In article , Alfred
Molon wrote:

Why would somebody pay that much money for a lens?

Or to put in into other terms, is there a business case for spending
150K on a lens?

not everything needs a business case.

they're a collector and they have enough money to spend on it.

people spend far more than that on less useful things.