Originally posted by CRPhoto I saw some prices for the A 15mm but was a litte doubtful of those high prices.
15mm was a ridiculously wide angle on film. Difficult and expensive lens to make back then, and not many ever made. So, not many in the pool = high prices. If they were as common as the A 50mm then they would not cost so much.
Lenses are a little funny when setting value. You have the use value (what someone who is going to use the lens to take pictures is willing to pay) and then you also have collectors who may or may not ever use the lens. The rarer a lens is the more the equation shifts to the collector side.
Does it make any sense to pay $200 for a Takumar 50mm f/1.4 when you can buy an FA 50m f/1.4 for about $300? But I have seen them go that high.