[robbiec]

Only 7 but a nice set of 7

[r0ckstarr]

And that is why you are a ROCKSTARR!
The K55 1.8 and A 35-105 look interesting to me. I still need to purchase a DA15 though. How do you like your 15?

The same as everyone else. I'll never part with it.

[Dewman]

.... how many of your lenses do you actually use on a regular basis? That would be a much easier question for ME to answer.


Since recently acquiring a DA 18-135mm, I believe it will be the lens that I will find myself using more than any other. Then, my FA-50mm f:2.8 and FA-100mm f:2.8 macros would be second and third. Then, last.... but certainly NOT least would be my DA 50mm f:1.8. I LOVE that little plastic fantastic!


Oh yeah.... and I couldn't possibly leave out my old, tried and true, trust-worthy friend, my Tamron 28-200mm. My particular copy is far sharper than the reviews would indicate. It has been with me since the beginning of my DSLR journey and will probably be buried with me! I love my little Silver Bullet!

[normhead]

Currently in my library...

DA 18-135 2,794
DA* 60-250 2,004
Between the Sigma 70 macro and 8-16 - 1676 ( Aperture just calls all the SIgma's one name.)
40xs-631
FA 70-210 569
DA 21 532
FA 50 1.7 522
A-400 407
DA 35 - 96

There's no denying which side of the toast my bread is buttered on.

The longest owned lens in this group is the FA 50 followed by the 18-135.

Not included is my 18-55 and Sigma 70-300, which were my lenses (along with the 50 1.7 and the fisheye for years, during my *ist and K100D days.

[monochrome]

Can somebody tell me what "net of disposal" means

I have never disposed of anything, that's why I have 4. 35mm film slrs, one twin lens reflex, 4 DSLRs, a "Q" plus 4-Q compatible lenses and about 60 lenses for my film and digital bodies.

I enjoy buying lenses so much that every so often I will 'dispose of' one, just so I can enjoy buying another copy some day in the future.

[jcdoss]

I enjoy buying lenses so much that every so often I will 'dispose of' one, just so I can enjoy buying another copy some day in the future.

Let's make a deal then. You sell me your lenses at $X, and I'll sell them back to you later for $X + 25%. The difference will be your (and my) pure joy!

[Boer1974]

DA 18-55wr
DA 50-200wr
DA 55-300
Tair 300
Carl zeiss jena 135mm f3.5
Samyang 14mm f2.8
Sigma 18-50 f2.8-4
Sigma 18-300mm

Sigma 18-300mm and Samyang 14mm Is most commonly used for time

[zzeitg]

Let's make a deal then. You sell me your lenses at $X, and I'll sell them back to you later for $X + 25%. The difference will be your (and my) pure joy!

This reminds me of one "joke" which describes pretty well how the financial trading works.


"One fine day a wise man makes a sudden appearance at a village with an offer to buy monkeys for 10 bucks apiece. Since there are many monkeys around, the villagers start catching them from the nearby forest.
The wise man buys the monkeys in thousands at 10 bucks each as promised. Since the monkeys have dwindled considerably by now, the villagers stop catching them. The wise man doubles his offer and pretty soon the villagers are chasing after the remaining monkeys. Soon monkeys are so rare that the villagers go back to their farms.
The wise man buys the next batch of monkeys in hundreds for the 20 bucks as promised and makes a new offer of 25 bucks per monkey but free monkeys have become almost extinct in these parts by now. Still he manages to buy a dozen or so monkeys at 25.
Now the wise man raises his offer to 50 ! The villagers try really hard but monkeys are nowhere to be found. Since he has to travel to the city to attend to an urgent business matter, the wise man authorizes a deputy to buy the monkeys on his behalf.
In his absence, the deputy shows the villagers the huge cages holding all the monkeys that have been caught and bought till date.
"Dear villagers, these are the monkeys that my boss has collected. I will give them to you at 35 apiece. By the time my boss returns, each monkey would be at least worth 70 bucks a piece; you can sell them back to my boss at a profit and double your money !"
The villagers cough up all their hard earned money down to the last penny and buy back all the monkeys at 35.
Then the deputy vanishes without a trace; the wise man is never heard of again in those parts. The villagers are poorer than ever but the nearby forests are rich with monkeys again !
After many years...
Another wise man makes a sudden appearance at this with
an offer to buy monkeys for 10 bucks apeice. The impoverished villagers having forgotten the bitter past by now, rush into the nearby forest to catch monkeys...
Welcome to WALL STREET!"

[boriscleto]

My most used lens was the DA L 55-300 with 11512 photos according to Lightroom. But I don't know how may Aperture labeled incorrectly before it was updated. I sold this lens to my father.

Second most is the Sigma 150-500 F5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM with 3842.

2471 for A Series Lens. This would include my Sigma 50mm macro in addition to the A 50/1.4.

The DA L 18-55 has 2 different listings, and there is a listing for the DA 18-55 II (never owned this lens). Aperture did funny things with lens tags sometimes...1536 total.
The 18-55 WR has 1091.

1127 for the F 35-135. 460 for the F 35-70. 25 listed for the F 35-105 even though I've never owned it...267 for the FA 28-105 (PZ).

755 for the FA 50/1.7.

More interesting is the breakdown in cameras. 874 with my Kodak DX3600. Just over 4500 with my 2 Panasonic FZs. 5718 with my K-x, 21701 with the K-5, then 7067 in less than a year with my K-3 (7128 shutter count).

[Dewman]

This reminds me of one "joke" which describes pretty well how the financial trading works.


"One fine day a wise man makes a sudden appearance at a village with an offer to buy monkeys for 10 bucks apiece. Since there are many monkeys around, the villagers start catching them from the nearby forest.
The wise man buys the monkeys in thousands at 10 bucks each as promised. Since the monkeys have dwindled considerably by now, the villagers stop catching them. The wise man doubles his offer and pretty soon the villagers are chasing after the remaining monkeys. Soon monkeys are so rare that the villagers go back to their farms.
The wise man buys the next batch of monkeys in hundreds for the 20 bucks as promised and makes a new offer of 25 bucks per monkey but free monkeys have become almost extinct in these parts by now. Still he manages to buy a dozen or so monkeys at 25.
Now the wise man raises his offer to 50 ! The villagers try really hard but monkeys are nowhere to be found. Since he has to travel to the city to attend to an urgent business matter, the wise man authorizes a deputy to buy the monkeys on his behalf.
In his absence, the deputy shows the villagers the huge cages holding all the monkeys that have been caught and bought till date.
"Dear villagers, these are the monkeys that my boss has collected. I will give them to you at 35 apiece. By the time my boss returns, each monkey would be at least worth 70 bucks a piece; you can sell them back to my boss at a profit and double your money !"
The villagers cough up all their hard earned money down to the last penny and buy back all the monkeys at 35.
Then the deputy vanishes without a trace; the wise man is never heard of again in those parts. The villagers are poorer than ever but the nearby forests are rich with monkeys again !
After many years...
Another wise man makes a sudden appearance at this with
an offer to buy monkeys for 10 bucks apeice. The impoverished villagers having forgotten the bitter past by now, rush into the nearby forest to catch monkeys...
Welcome to WALL STREET!"

I love it! The best explanation I've ever heard of how Wall St. works. And, sadly, it's true!

[monochrome]

Let's make a deal then. You sell me your lenses at $X, and I'll sell them back to you later for $X + 25%. The difference will be your (and my) pure joy!

Where is I written I pay more for a lens the second time?

[monochrome]

I love it! The best explanation I've ever heard of how Wall St. works. And, sadly, it's true!

Nah. That's not how it works at all.



We're the monkeys.

[redrockcoulee]

Since my last posting i have added the 18-55, 18-50 and the 40xs. I expect to put the 18-55 on sale with my K-r and FA 28-80 and sell the FA-J 75-300 and FE 17-28. I don't need to have the most lenses but will not turn down opportunities either.

3 Auto 110

5 primes for Pentax
3 zooms for Pentax plus 4 to sell

4 lenses for Hasselblad

6 lenses for large format of three formats

5 lenses for Diana F

10 to 15 zone plate and pinhole lenses not counting ones on boxes and cans

My wife's 4 lenses for Pentax

The Diana lenses, pinholes and large format we share and sometimes she uses my Hasselblad.
If I only count the lenses she has never even touched I might have only two lenses.

[cyberjunkie]

I like to use the lenses i collect, but it's not always easy, for example i am very fond of large format lenses, though for a number of reasons i don't use bellows cameras these days.
With PK or M42 lenses is different, i try to use all of them at least sometimes.
I bought the first Pentax lenses when i acquired the MX, just after it was released (it replaced a Nikkormat).
After that, i tried to get the best lenses i could afford.
Here is a jpg of the (almost complete) list:



I still crave for the Pentax-A 1.2/50mm, the Pentax-A Star 1.8/135mm and the Pentax-A Star 4/200mm Macro.
I didn't buy them when the prices were far more affordable, and now, with the upcoming full-frame, it's very unlikely that one of them would land in my hands

Last two lenses: the Vivitar 2.8/70-150mm Soft Focus, and the Pentax 4.5/500mm series K
I am trying to restore the latter to its former glory (rubber rings are missing), and fix the Sigma 1.4/30mm (damaged front lens, which must be replaced)

Cheers

Paolo

[pepperberry farm]

(I've only added five to my collection so far this year)