This was inspired by the thread, "If you could only have one".
Mainly because, if you could get a few lenses for less than $100 each, or equivalent in other currency, you wouldn't have to limit yourself to just one.
In the past year, I've managed to buy several lenses on Ebay for less than $100 each, and have enjoyed cleaning them up, getting the shutters to work well enough to be usable, and trying them out. They give images entirely satisfactory for my needs, though for some them only in certain situations.
The lens I've used the most recently is a Wollensak series I Velostigmat in a single lever pneumatic shutter.
So if you are using a lens fairly regularly that you paid very little for, tell us about it if you're not ashamed to.
This might give me ideas on what to look for on my next Ebay bottom trawling expedition.
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