Contax 16mm hologon value?

[hamish_gill]

In very good nick with the VF, case, filter, caps ...

I don't have it, I've seen one and I'm trying to figure out how sensible the price is ...

In honesty it comes with a g1 and the full compliment of other lenses ... I'm tempted to buy the lot and flog the lenses I'm not overly interested in (one being the 16mm)

Your thoughts?

 

[sevo]

They tend to go for around 900-1200€ on ebay - depending on whether the seller is open to sales to "unsafe" countries like China or Russia. BIN offers upward of 1400€ heve been out there for months or years, so that is above the going rate.

 

[hamish_gill]

Cheers for that ...
So £700 - £900 ish ... ?? (Sorry should have said gbp would be most useful to me)
That's a lot lower than what's being asked ... Hmm might see what movement there is ...

 

[sevo]

Last weekend one sold at 1099€ in auction with 30 bids, so that will be pretty accurately the current street price. As I said, many dealers sit on more expensive ones, but I haven't seen a single one of them move in years...

 

[rbelyell]

i dont think it works on the g1...
tony

 

[sevo]

i dont think it works on the g1...
tony

The Hologon works perfectly well on the G1, having been released along with it - you may be thinking of the 21mm, which came with the G2 and will only work on the "green label" later firmware G1. It however is still possible to perform a firmware update at the remaining service points (at least in Japan, the US, UK and Germany).

 

[rbelyell]

ok, sorry, i stand corrected.