A luxury problem with a luxury solution (43mm Pentax Special)

[raid]

A clean Pentax-L 43mm is relatively rare, and I would not be surprised if such a lens sells for around $900.

 

[Renato Tonelli]

A clean Pentax-L 43mm is relatively rare, and I would not be surprised if such a lens sells for around $900.

There is one up for auction right now for that amount.
Wrong time of the year.

 

[raid]

You are correct: For $932

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mint-SMC-Pe...067873?hash=item2825b14ae1:g:~kYAAOSw5cNYRQKU


For $998: http://www.ebay.com/itm/MINT-SMC-Pe...511501?hash=item33c4f1c6cd:g:Ba8AAOSwImRYKpTb

This one is for $818 "only":

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXCELLENT-P...028311?hash=item360760f397:g:SzAAAOSwV0RXtRiP

 

[Calzone]

I secured mine boxed with the awesome VF'er and with a 50 Leica LTM adapter for $1K.

Cal

 

[oltimer]

I secured mine boxed with the awesome VF'er and with a 50 Leica LTM adapter for $1K.

Cal

You just buy that one up in Japan last week Cal?. That was a very nice one complete.

 

[sleepyhead]

A recent photo with the Pentax 43mm lens.

Foggy morning in Roskilde, Denmark
(Leica M9 + Pentax 43mm f/1.9 Limited Edition)

 

[Calzone]

You just buy that one up in Japan last week Cal?. That was a very nice one complete.

O.T.

I got mine domestically a while back. The rarer silver version.

The VF'er is kinda special in itself. It has frames for 43mm and 50mm, but it also serves 35mm perfectly by using the entire VF'er.

The VF is contrasty like a modern Zeiss VF'er (the best), and it even has a diopter built in.

The only thing is that you have to be aware that the VF'er has an offset to line up on LTM cameras, and on a M-body this offset is a bad thing.

The 43/1.9 has a fast focus. Due to the VF'er I know that the difference between 50mm and 43mm FOV is slight, and on my Wetzlar M6 I had the 75mm frames stripped out by Sherry. Works really great with the fast focus for street.

The Pentax-L on a IIIG is a great camera also. I need to get another one.

Cal