I Was Outbid!!!

[JeremyLangford]

I have been watching this Minolta MD 16mm f/2.8 fisheye all week but was outbid just now. Me and my dad bid $291 and it sold for $297. But i thought that $291 was too high anyways.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Minolta-MD-fish-eye-Rokkor-16mm-f-2-8-lens_W0QQitemZ280170237433QQihZ018QQcategoryZ48554QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Ill keep looking for minolta fisheyes for a while, and if I cant find one before Christmas for $275 or under than I'll get a Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 with adapter for $225.

 

[Steve Bellayr]

Often searching all the dealers you will come up with the same item as ebay for less money. I have paid less with reputable dealers than bidding on ebay for that desireable item. For example I do not see the Leica M6's selling much cheaper on ebay than with dealers. (With the dealer you have the insurance of returing the item.)

 

[Steve Bellayr]

Right now KEH lists 2 lenses of that model in your price range. They are bargain. I have bought bargain and it worked just fine.

 

[JeremyLangford]

thank you. I was looking at that site the other day and then forgot the url.

 

[peterm1]

I have often had the exerience where I bid on something till I get to the point where I am in front but think I am paying more than I want. Then when I am outbid at the last moment I can breathe a sigh of relief and know that I am not having to suffer buyers remorse. Is this perverse?

 

[JeremyLangford]

thats exactly what happened to me.

 

[JeremyLangford]

how can I trust something like this with no real picture?

http://www.keh.com/OnLineStore/ProductDetail.aspx?groupsku=MI06999015535N&brandcategoryname=35MM&Mode=&item=0&ActivateTOC2=&ID=20&BC=MI&BCC=1&CC=6&CCC=2&BCL=&GBC=&GCC=

 

[plummerl]

Trust us, in saying that you can trust KEH! 🙂

 

[colyn]

how can I trust something like this with no real picture?

I've bought many BGN items from KEH where no photo was posted and had no problems.

 

[JeremyLangford]

O wait. That link I posted is an MC. I thought it was MD.

For some reason I feel like the Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 with a Minolta adapter would be better than a lot older MC Minolta 16mm f/2.8.

 

[Graham Line]

I've bought many BGN items from KEH where no photo was posted and had no problems.

The photos that KEH posts are not of the exact item for sale anyway, simply of that type of lens or body or whatever. I've had good results buying 'bargain' grade from KEH.

 

[colyn]

For some reason I feel like the Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 with a Minolta adapter would be better than a lot older MC Minolta 16mm f/2.8.

I would have to disagree. I've used both and find the Minolta far better. The Zenitar is poorly constructed and suffers badly from distortion..

 

[JeremyLangford]

Well I want the distortion. Thats the main reason I want this lens.

 

[JeremyLangford]

I know the Minolta has to be made better, but it worries me to buy a lens so old (The MCs were first made in 1966) when I can buy a brand new Zenitar.

 

[rogue_designer]

Old + Good build quality vs. New + Shoddy build quality.

My 50+ year old cameras are still plugging along great. My newer ones are perpetually in the shop, or scrapped altogether.

But if you think newer is automatically better, that's your call.

 

[rich815]

I'd get the Minolta from KEH if I were you. As others have stated they are very conservative in their ratings and they have a 14-day no-questions return policy and a 60-daywarranty. How can you go wrong? Worse case you get to try and use it for a couple weeks and it only costs a small amount for shipping should you decide not to keep it.

The Zenit build quality cannot come close to matching the Minolta.

 

[JeremyLangford]

Old + Good build quality vs. New + Shoddy build quality.

My 50+ year old cameras are still plugging along great. My newer ones are perpetually in the shop, or scrapped altogether.

But if you think newer is automatically better, that's your call.

I never said that newer is automatically better. Of course I dont think that, or else I wouldn't be shooting film or own a SRT-101.

I said.......

For some reason I feel like the Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 with a Minolta adapter would be better than a lot older MC Minolta 16mm f/2.8.

I know I am inexpierenced compared to you guys. Im 16.

And thats why I am on this forum, to learn.

And I just now learned that you guys favor an old Minolta fisheye over a brand new Zenitar fisheye, so I will probably try to find another Minolta.

 

[dlove5]

Newer lenses may be better optically, but I'll take the build quality of my older lenses any day.

 

[photobizzz]

I bought a bargain Leitz 90/4 from KEH and when I got it it was in what I would call excellent condition. No dust, cleaning marks, or scratches, and only a bit of black paint was missing and this lens was from 1937.

 

[Nokton48]

I've used both, and the MC Rokkor 16mm blows away the Zenitar. No contest.

Actually I prefer the older MC lenses to the newer MD's. They have a very solid feel to them, and of course, the MC Rokkor Fisheye is one of the original lenses for your SRT101. It matches perfectly. I own one. It's great.

Call KEH and order one, and if you don't like it, send it back. Worst that will happen is you're only out shipping back.