me too!Originally Posted by DanielStone
me too!
W O W
now i don't feel so bad for the 5g's I spent on the 1200 xxl....and mine was new too.
I suspect that the newer lens is superior also, but to tell the truth, they're both probably so good you can't really compare them practically.
which leads to the question who 'really' said:
'there's a sucker born every minute'?
or, maybe more appropriately,
'there's a sucker born in the last five seconds of an ebay auction' ?
With the really obscure stuff you enter the domain of the super-rich. They don't care about how much money they spend- they probably make $11,000 a day. Or I suppose it could just be two people with too-high limits on their credit cards. Probably the latter.
I'd guess the "winner" will claim he miskeyed in a last second panic bid.
doesn't sound strange to me ...
someone here is selling a lens for $30K ...
Exactly. These aren't lenses that come up everyday and if one REALLY NEEDED or WANTED one they'd have to pay accordingly :-)
-Leon
Hey for all you guys who missed out there is another 1000mm APO Ronar on ebay. The item # is 200631994285. It is buy it now for $10,000.00!
I don't know which would be better...
The XXL is a 4-element artar type lens while the big Ronar is an 8-element "modified artar" type. The XXL is multicoated and is shutter ready while the Big Ronar would need a behind lens shutter option. The XXL in a shutter has a smaller aperture which might make it a bit less sharp wide open to due diffraction. Also it would be darker on the GG. The XXL is multicoated, and there is a barrel option that gives a bigger aperture.
the xxl I got was barrel---f14....not the f22...AND I got a nifty set of waterhouse stops and a NICE case and a cleaning kit....
less elements, more contrast...that's why I decided to get it...that and my name engraved on the lens.
my lens will be worth billions one day.....
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