Is this preposterous, a scam or what?

[CP Goerz]

This is the way Ebay is going...no auctions just 'amazing' for sale prices that linger on...and on....

As for Bokeh*, just what large aperture/focal length doesn't have wonderful bokeh?




*- Japanese for bullsh*t.

[Edward (Halifax,NS)]

I have the older version with the amber coatings.

http://www.aeos-photo.com.au/blog/wp...9/E100G004.jpg

http://www.aeos-photo.com.au/blog/wp...Larissa-21.jpg

http://www.aeos-photo.com.au/blog/wp...-Larissa-2.jpg

http://www.aeos-photo.com.au/blog/wp...ar-Larissa.jpg

All wide open, and here's a crop of the second image above:

http://aeos-photo.com.au/blog/files/...202%20crop.jpg

Mine cost $195 including CLA.

If you had the $10,000 version Larissa would have probably dropped the dress.

[goamules]

Some of these "collectable" lenses seem to stay on the auction site for a long, long
time until someone just gives up trying. I wonder just how many collectors of view
lenses are left in the world. The next generation probably won't think of them as anything but arcane antiques. I'd like to have a spare this or that, but that's because I use the things all the time.

I've always believed the market for antique lenses is very small. Just a handful of buyers worldwide. But it's the same for many antiques. 97.4% of the next generation will care only about the current fads, fashions, hobbies, music, foods, etc. Just like the current generation. But for the 2% who study, collect, and use any antique, it's a real passion. When prices seem to go up with any type of collectible, a lot of speculators come into the field more to ride the wave.

[redu]

Here is another one with the same Planar design but not the T version. The older crimson (single..?) coating i guess. Considerably cheaper. Still i think for LF a speedy 135mm hasn't got the use worth spending that much.

[redu]

Well i guess it's not that rare as mentioned in the listing in the first post.