How much does it cost to get a 5cm/1.4 millenium?

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How much does it cost to buy a used mint condition " millenium 5cm/1.4 Olympic"?

I know it's hard to buy this lens without S3 body, but if I could, what's the resonable price?
I try to find the price at e-bay and classified, but failed.
 
900 to 1000 US dollars, since the last newish S3 2000 body was sold by a RFF member for around 1200 dollars on that auction site.
the whole package was selling for around 2200 to 2300 until the US supply was sold out.
You might get a better deal on this lens on the Yahoo Japan auction site, if you could find one for sale and do not mind the "monkey business" if you do not live in Japan.
Something tells me that the S3 2000 body would be more plentiful to find for sale on these auction sites(esp. YJ) than the lens alone, unless you want to buy the whole kit and break it up yourself.
 
It may be easier too to buy the kit and then turn around and sell the body. Finding the lens alone seems like it will be quite a task.
 
I've only seen the Millenium 50mm f1.4 lens come up for sale on the Yahoo Japan auctions twice (sold both times for about 80,000 yen), and from what I've heard from other RFF members maybe only twice or three times on Ebay. So I think, as has been already suggested, the best option is to buy an S3 2000 kit and then sell the S3 body.

But be warned, if you buy the S3 2000 kit, you may end up deciding to keep the S3 body :D

Then again, you managed to find a 3.5cm f1.8 2005, and that lens is even harder to find without the body than the Millenium 50mm f1.4! Maybe you will be lucky again :angel:

Good luck :)
 
jonmanjiro said:
It's NIKON KIU's job to post these links, but he's not logged in so here goes ....

Here's the next YJ auction for an S3 Limited Edition Black, again listed by Map Camera. The last one sold last week for 206,200 yen. This one is lightly used, and includes the boxes, case, documentation etc.

http://page15.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/t37962271
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Oh~ I think I cannot resist buying this S3 ! it looks really in good condition.
but I cannot read and write Japanease. :bang:
 
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I recently sold an S3 body (and kept the 50mm lens) from the new Nikon S3/50 kit. Selling the body alone was not a problem as there are it seems lots of people that do just want the body.

But if you do need/want an S3 along with the 50 it is a great deal as the kit. Finding a new Nikkor 50 alone would be a challenge but they will be are out there at some point, just a matter of waiting and luck. BTW: I'm sure you know it by now, but your getting the Voigtlander S body with a new 1.8/35 AND at the price you paid was a super deal!
 
yeah, dreamsandert, now I knew it was a super deal as you mentioned!


I found Korean vicarious-service site for YJ auction.

I asked to them about custom fee, bidding and delivery etc.
And in this set, there is no hood for lens, Boxes and leather case and documentaions (of course lens and body), is that all?

Hmm~~ I'm not sure that I could add somewords on my signature :cool:
 
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goliathus said:
yeah, dreamsandert, now I knew it was a super deal as you mentioned!


I found Korean vicarious-service site for YJ auction.

I asked to them about custom fee, bidding and delivery etc.
And in this set, there is no hood for lens, Boxes and leather case and documentaions (66of course lens and body), is that all?

Hmm~~ I'm not sure that I could add somewords on my signature :cool:
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I just checked the description again.

The original hood is not mentioned so I guess its not included, but the boxes, user guide, lens cap, and camera case are included.

This hood below is much better in practical use anyway.

http://page14.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/s58266519

You can put a 55mm generic lens cap directly onto this hood too.
 
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