Originally posted by SininStyle Thats a shame. They have it listed for $50 obo for all 3. Thought there would be a solid prime in the mix but couldn't make out a thing. Thanks for the insight and letting me borrow all your experience
$50 is actually not a bad price for all that. I'm assuming the boxes for the 50 and the 28mm are reversed.
The 60-300 is not a bad lens for what it is. I wouldn't spend much more than $30 on it, however. (A good rule of thumb for department store zooms - do not pay more than the max focal length /10 in cash.) Don't buy it expecting to get a poor man's Bigma, because thats just not going to happen. If you buy it with the understanding that its going to have some sort of character then go for it.
That lens on the far right is almost definitely the 28mm macro. If you get a good copy of it, its very decent lens, and very sharp to boot without much stopping down.
I want to say that that 50mm is the Chinon-made Sears 50mm. The smudge of green on the ring kind of gives it away - thats the f/22 marking on the aperture ring. If so, thats a VERY nice 50mm and well worth at least $20 if its in nice shape all by itself.
If I had $50 to spare and I didn't already have 2 out of 3 of those lenses (I lack the 60-300), I'd say go for it.
As an aside, those Model 202's are (probably) made by Samyang. They made some very decent primes, and some not very decent zooms back in the day. That 60-300 probably sports the 'A' function as well. It seems to have been phased in at some point right around the time electronic metering ability was added to Pentax lenses.
My own personal evaluation (provided I have the lenses guessed right), provided the lenses are in decent shape:
Sears 60-300 = ~$30 ( 300mm/10 = $30
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Chinon-made Sears 50mm = ~$20, and I'm lowballing it. Its the best Sears fast 50 out there.
The PF lens reviews for the Chinon rank it at 9.17 out of 12 reviews, with the average price paid $25.
Sears 28mm = ~$20
If they have the lot for sale for $50, its worth it provided you get it knowing that they're all manual focus, may or may not have the A settings (the zoom almost definitely does, the other two most likely do not), and will have the Ricoh pin that you'll need to deal with.