Please do! On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > Shall I send you a list? > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: Darren Addy > Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 4:21 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PRIMETIME to pick up used lenses, IMHO. > > > Everyone is (understandably) excited and focused about the Pentax full > frame offering and many may be saving their shekels for the body. But > I would suggest that this is Prime Time to be focusing upon filling > any holes in your lens inventory. > > It is a market of supply and demand, and we have "enjoyed" a period > when a steady trickle of Pentax users would abandon the brand for a > full frame (or a mirrorless) and so there has been a decent buyer's > market for a while. I've picked up a Bigma, a Pentax DA 16-45mm, and a > Sigma 31mm f1.4 from just such sellers. But I think that trend is > going to be reversing, if the Pentax FF performance meets > expectations. > > Right NOW, the Northern Hemisphere is in the doldrums and the U.S. > dollar is strong, so the U.S. buyer has probably the best economic > conditions to purchase Pentax lenses in a long while (particularly > from Canada). > > I expect Good Glass prices to be on an upward trend between now and > the release of the Pentax FF: Particularly the FA Limiteds. I doubt > that prices will ever be lower on the other good Pentax-F and > Pentax-FA lenses. Some of the Pentax-A lenses will also be drawn > upwards as demand for the AF lenses goes upward. > > What this means is that, if you want to rationalize some lens > purchases, anything you buy now will probably be worth more (not less) > in the not-to-distant future. And if you wait, it will cost more. All > signs point to "BUY" in the Pentax lens market right now. There are > some good lenses that are bringing a good deal less than the were last > summer right now, and I expect we will see that trend reversing very > soon. > > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions.
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