I've actually "saved" a full Minolta kit composed of a couple of SRT101s and the following Rokkor lenses - 21mm, 35mm, 45mm, 50mm, 55mm, 55mm macro, 58mm, 85mm, 100mm, 135mm. Now that some Canon users have found a way to adapt these Rokkors to EOS the prices are starting to reach stratospheric levels.
On that auction site, the 58mm F1.2 and the 85mm F1.7 are selling in the range of 300-600 USD.
I've also slowly acquired a full Nikon kit with old manual focus Nikkor lenses, I guess out of habit. Got the 24mm, 50mm, 55mm macro, 85mm, 105mm and 135mm. I usually manage to find pretty good deals here in the Philippines by visiting old photo studios and asking if they have old stuff they want to dispose of.
After using these lenses, I can honestly say that the Takumars and the K mount lenses are the best manual focus lenses that I have used. The buttery focusing is not a myth.
The Canon FD/FL lenses and the Olympus line never really intrigued me.
Last edited by jake.astig; 08-12-2008 at 03:18 PM.