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slackercruster · 04-12-2012, 05:40 AM

What is the most you paid for a lens?

VisualDarkness · 04-12-2012, 06:57 AM

I think it was right above 750$ but it's the Swedish pricing, so it's a cheap lens here.

ripit · 04-12-2012, 07:07 AM

Wow, I'm the only one in the 101-200$ category. Thats kind of sad. Maybe its because I'm a cheap skate or maybe its a case of being in the right place at the right time. Being poor doesn't help but I wasn't so poor when I started buying dslr stuff (and there is a lot of I wish I knew then what I know now).
I lived near one of wolf cameras 2 national clearance centers before they went bankrupt that gets all the clearance stuff from all the stores nation wide. I probably spent 1000$ there on prosumer camera stuff (non dslr) over the years. I got my first dslr there about 4 years ago (brand new ist-ds kit for 275$). They had new old stock quantaray and pentax lenses for about 75% off retail. I bought a few but in hind site I really wish I would have bought some of the more expensive ones (at similar savings). I also picked up a few from tech for less when they got massive amounts of stuff from wolf cameras bankruptcy (along with a cabinet full of flashes). Again, I wish I would have got some of the more expensive better ones. At that point I still wouldn't have even known what to buy. Again I did get what I got at very cheap prices though. I have since moved but there is no where locally to get lenses so its ebay (and I have scored quite well there).

I kind of wondered if the prices in the database were realistic as every time I go to look up a lens I bought I think wow, did people really pay that much? I paid about 15-25% of that? My latest was a tamron 28-200mm xr (second to newest version most similar to the new version, not the older versions). It was in a lot with other items but if I divide the items up by retail value to determine what percentage of the price was for this, it was about 1/3 what keh sells the same version for and it is in nearly new condition (maybe 40$ shipped as opposed to 130$ shipped at keh).

I guess if I have to be poor and in the bottom rung, at least I got some hot deals....

Blue · 04-12-2012, 07:13 AM

The DA* 300/4.

sterretje · 04-12-2012, 07:18 AM

Around $1000 for a FA31Ltd locally; considered it a bargain.

Eagle_Friends · 04-12-2012, 08:05 AM

Tie between the 50-135mm and the FA77mm. Both were around 700

PePe · 04-12-2012, 08:22 AM

My most expensive lens for the time being is the Sigma 500/4,5

gda13 · 04-12-2012, 08:30 AM

The DA* 50-135mm

maltfalc · 04-12-2012, 09:55 AM

$30 for a silver pentax-fa 100-300mm.

RioRico · 04-12-2012, 10:26 AM

Over a grand for the Lil'Bigma DG 170-500. What a fool I was...

RickyFromVegas · 04-12-2012, 10:28 AM

DA* 50-135mm

Col · 04-12-2012, 11:15 AM

A*200mm f/4 Macro, $2,700 last year. Just wasn't going to go another summer without it.... I'm still smiling.

slackercruster · 04-12-2012, 11:26 AM

Originally posted by Col

A*200mm f/4 Macro, $2,700 last year. Just wasn't going to go another summer without it.... I'm still smiling.

That is cheap? Those are going for $3500 or so I thought?

Sagitta · 04-12-2012, 11:29 AM

$39 for my Sigma 70-300.

I think.

I'm a cheapskate.

Blue · 04-12-2012, 11:40 AM

Originally posted by RioRico

Over a grand for the Lil'Bigma DG 170-500. What a fool I was...

I don't have a regret getting the DA* 300/4 for what I paid for it a little over 2 years ago. This DA* is optically sound and decently fast. However, I would NOT pay the current price especially given it only has a 1 year warranty. At least the Sigma had a decent warranty.

View Poll Results: What is the most you paid for a lens?
Under $100	11	3.99%
$101 - $200	14	5.07%
$201 - $350	23	8.33%
$351 - $500	27	9.78%
$501 - $750	38	13.77%
$751 - $999	66	23.91%
$1000 - $1500	58	21.01%
$1501 - $2000	16	5.80%
$2001 - $3000	7	2.54%
$3001 - $4000	3	1.09%
$4001 - $6000	6	2.17%
$6001+	7	2.54%
Voters: 276. You may not vote on this poll

04-12-2012, 05:40 AM	#1
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04-12-2012, 06:57 AM	#2
VisualDarkness Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Uppsala, Sweden Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,439	I think it was right above 750$ but it's the Swedish pricing, so it's a cheap lens here.

04-12-2012, 07:07 AM	#3
ripit Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NewYork Posts: 899	Wow, I'm the only one in the 101-200$ category. Thats kind of sad. Maybe its because I'm a cheap skate or maybe its a case of being in the right place at the right time. Being poor doesn't help but I wasn't so poor when I started buying dslr stuff (and there is a lot of I wish I knew then what I know now). I lived near one of wolf cameras 2 national clearance centers before they went bankrupt that gets all the clearance stuff from all the stores nation wide. I probably spent 1000$ there on prosumer camera stuff (non dslr) over the years. I got my first dslr there about 4 years ago (brand new ist-ds kit for 275$). They had new old stock quantaray and pentax lenses for about 75% off retail. I bought a few but in hind site I really wish I would have bought some of the more expensive ones (at similar savings). I also picked up a few from tech for less when they got massive amounts of stuff from wolf cameras bankruptcy (along with a cabinet full of flashes). Again, I wish I would have got some of the more expensive better ones. At that point I still wouldn't have even known what to buy. Again I did get what I got at very cheap prices though. I have since moved but there is no where locally to get lenses so its ebay (and I have scored quite well there). I kind of wondered if the prices in the database were realistic as every time I go to look up a lens I bought I think wow, did people really pay that much? I paid about 15-25% of that? My latest was a tamron 28-200mm xr (second to newest version most similar to the new version, not the older versions). It was in a lot with other items but if I divide the items up by retail value to determine what percentage of the price was for this, it was about 1/3 what keh sells the same version for and it is in nearly new condition (maybe 40$ shipped as opposed to 130$ shipped at keh). I guess if I have to be poor and in the bottom rung, at least I got some hot deals....

04-12-2012, 07:13 AM	#4
Blue Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Florida Hill Country Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,377	The DA* 300/4.

04-12-2012, 07:18 AM	#5
sterretje Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Roodepoort, South Africa Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,561	Around $1000 for a FA31Ltd locally; considered it a bargain.

04-12-2012, 08:05 AM	#6
Eagle_Friends Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 971	Tie between the 50-135mm and the FA77mm. Both were around 700

04-12-2012, 08:22 AM	#7
PePe Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Helsinki, Finland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 597	My most expensive lens for the time being is the Sigma 500/4,5

04-12-2012, 08:30 AM	#8
gda13 Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Florida Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,108	The DA* 50-135mm

04-12-2012, 09:55 AM	#9
maltfalc Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Winnipeg Photos: Albums Posts: 396	$30 for a silver pentax-fa 100-300mm.

04-12-2012, 10:26 AM	#10
RioRico Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Limbo, California Posts: 11,263	Over a grand for the Lil'Bigma DG 170-500. What a fool I was...

04-12-2012, 10:28 AM	#11
RickyFromVegas Veteran Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Las Vegas Photos: Gallery Posts: 366	DA* 50-135mm

04-12-2012, 11:15 AM	#12
Col Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Stansted Essex Photos: Gallery Posts: 614	A*200mm f/4 Macro, $2,700 last year. Just wasn't going to go another summer without it.... I'm still smiling.

04-12-2012, 11:26 AM	#13
slackercruster Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NE, USA Posts: 1,302 Original Poster	Originally posted by Col A*200mm f/4 Macro, $2,700 last year. Just wasn't going to go another summer without it.... I'm still smiling. That is cheap? Those are going for $3500 or so I thought?

04-12-2012, 11:29 AM	#14
Sagitta Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maine Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,081	$39 for my Sigma 70-300. I think. I'm a cheapskate.

04-12-2012, 11:40 AM	#15
Blue Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Florida Hill Country Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,377	Originally posted by RioRico Over a grand for the Lil'Bigma DG 170-500. What a fool I was... I don't have a regret getting the DA* 300/4 for what I paid for it a little over 2 years ago. This DA* is optically sound and decently fast. However, I would NOT pay the current price especially given it only has a 1 year warranty. At least the Sigma had a decent warranty.