Originally posted by DMITRY1 What is the attraction of spending money on an obsolete lens, when a not so much-more expensive newer alternative is readily-available?
The attraction is that it was super inexpensive, making it a huge value item. I've had a copy of this lens before, which I sold because I wasn't using it much. While I couldn't justify having a $250 lens gathering dust on a shelf, I *can* justify having a $117 lens just sitting around doing nothing every now and then... for the rare occasions when I would pick that instead of my better/bigger/non-WR lenses. I've got better lenses at every focal length, but not all are WR, and sometimes I'm limited by how much space I have or how much weight I can carry. Then this one will go into consideration.
If this was the PLM version, I would have bought them all before posting the thread and re-sold them here for a big discount (for you) and a big profit (for me)
I'm glad we sold B&H out of these.