Originally posted by paperbag846 50 dollars vs. 800 dollars.
My ST55/1.8 was US$8 shipped. Nyah nyah nyah.
(Earlier, I'd overpaid US$20 for the ST55/2. Duh.)
Hmmm... 8 bucks vs 800 (or 640) bucks. Nice deal.
I'll compare another couple lenses, of somewhat similar taste:
Pentax K50/1.2 (slightly modded for m4/3) for US$250 shipped.
Sears-Tomioka 55/1.4 (M42, slightly dented) for US$2.25 shipped.
Are the costlier lenses really worth 40-80-100-110 times the cheaper?
Of course I'm comparing a new autofocus vs a very old manual focus.
And a superb mainstream flagship with a merely great 3rd-party item.
And I'm gloating over great deals that don't happen every day.
Still, we pay huge premiums for incremental advances in quality.
So, is ANY US$1k lens really worth 500x the Tomioka-made 55/1.4?