Hexanon lens pricing trends

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I watch this stuff in Japan a lot. Mostly auctions. I have noted a few trends recently.

1] The 35M and 50M have taken major price hits. A 35M with all the fixings went for about 52000 Yen a few weeks back. 50Ms have been hanging around 30-33,000.

2] The rare birds have gone up even compared to pre-crash / strong yen. For example, a 60/1.2 (old version) went for 451,000 and a week later the new version went for 216,000. Yow! These come up rarely, so pricing may vary.

 

[Cron]

thanks, that's very interesting to read!

 

[amateriat]

Quite interesting: the 50 I could see, but the 35 dropping like that is a little surprising.


- Barrett

 

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Original 60, wipe marks and fogged rear, non-original finder, original cap
http://page16.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/u44731595

635,025 円 at 85 yen to 1 US dollar.

 

[tjh]

What about the 35mm UC-Hexanon?

 

[ShinX414]

damn..i've seen the L version at 60.000 yen at the moment..i would love to get my hands on this one XD too bad i can't read japanese :/