venchka
Veteran
Sonnar2,
How did you do that? The flare. I can't get my Konica lenses (35mm UC-Hexanon & 28mm M-Hexanon) to flare. Maybe I haven't been as ruthless as you were. On the other hand, my 1961 51.9mm DR Summicron flares like your photo above if I even think about aiming toward the sun.
BTW, checking my camera bag...Yep! The "Little Jewel" is right where it belongs. Attached to my Canon VI-T body. Ready to go.
How did you do that? The flare. I can't get my Konica lenses (35mm UC-Hexanon & 28mm M-Hexanon) to flare. Maybe I haven't been as ruthless as you were. On the other hand, my 1961 51.9mm DR Summicron flares like your photo above if I even think about aiming toward the sun.
BTW, checking my camera bag...Yep! The "Little Jewel" is right where it belongs. Attached to my Canon VI-T body. Ready to go.
Sonnar2
Well-known
Haha, that's not flare at all, that's smoke of the engine where the sun lights in! The owner fired the 2 stroke Diesel engine (I believe, 6 cylinders) and it started with lots of smoke as most 2 stroke engines do. BTW, the sound of the Krupp engine was unbelievable smooth and silky when compared toe the Scania truck next to it, which had an ordinary 4 stroke Diesel, less power but made much more noise.
venchka
Veteran
I knew it! Konica lenses don't flare!
kermaier
Well-known
HU: There's a UC Hexanon 35/2 on eBay right now (Item #140277176807).
Krosya
Konicaze
yeah and its at $1200 last time I checked it - prices go up on these!
Bob_McBob
My paycheque goes to RFF
What is a reasonable price for a used copy of this lens? $1200 for new seems a bit excessive.
Bob_McBob
My paycheque goes to RFF
Ahh yes, you're correct. $1100 is still an awful lot, though.
tbarker13
shooter of stuff
Of course it takes two bidders to get the price up. One can't do it alone.
I sold one of these for just over $1,000. Then bought another one for just over $1,000. (Made a mistake that I regretted)
Considering there are only 1000 out there, I don't see these things getting any cheaper as time goes on. The price was maintained around $900 for a while because there was a supply of new ones being sold by Matsuyi (forgive the misspelling) on eBay. But those are gone now.
I sold one of these for just over $1,000. Then bought another one for just over $1,000. (Made a mistake that I regretted)
Considering there are only 1000 out there, I don't see these things getting any cheaper as time goes on. The price was maintained around $900 for a while because there was a supply of new ones being sold by Matsuyi (forgive the misspelling) on eBay. But those are gone now.
boy_lah
Discovering RF
Mine just arrived. I bought it after being frustrated by the prices of the cron IV and of course a reasonable (still high) price cron came up. I now have both - won't keep both though...so....
infrequent
Well-known
@tbarker - hey...it was a good mistake. atleast for me!
my completely biased opinion...its worth $1200.
my completely biased opinion...its worth $1200.
tbarker13
shooter of stuff
I agree. I wouldn't trade it for a v.4.
tbarker13
shooter of stuff
Unless there was a $1200 reserve price.
Trolling the lens on ebay for 1200 bucks worked for this seller.
I guess I don't know how that works. As a bidder, how do you get to the reserve price if no one is bidding against you? In my experience, the price only rises when two people are bidding against each other.
Is there some other way to make the price go higher?