| View Full Version : Someone tell me this isn't silly gr82bart 07-09-2008, 10:20 PM Used Nikkor AF 28mm f1.4D went for $3550! Have people gone mad? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160247829505 Regards, Art. Anscojohn 07-09-2008, 10:34 PM Used Nikkor AF 28mm f1.4D went for $3550! Have people gone mad? Regards, Art.[/QUOTE] ****** What's that, about 10 Euros nowadays!?:p benjiboy 07-10-2008, 03:29 AM Used Nikkor AF 28mm f1.4D went for $3550! Have people gone mad? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160247829505 Regards, Art. It depends if you're buying or selling. Mark Antony 07-10-2008, 04:54 AM On the face of it -its mad. But remember this is one of the rarest Nikon lenses, it has always been expensive. It is the best Nikon lens and is reputedly as sharp wide open as stopped down. They were about $2000 new but no one bought them, so Nikon ceased manufacture in 2006. Since they have been deleted, word had got out about Nikons 'best' lens ever!. Its a crazy price, but It'll be the last one you'll see for a while- hens teeth, supply and demand etc Mark Thanasis 07-10-2008, 05:00 AM Used Nikkor AF 28mm f1.4D went for $3550! Have people gone mad? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160247829505 Regards, Art. Wow! You can get a brand new Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8 D AF-S.for half that price! Christopher Walrath 07-10-2008, 10:02 AM People have gone mad! A used Nikkor AF 28mm f1.4D went for $3550? Nick Zentena 07-10-2008, 10:16 AM They were about $2000 new but no one bought them, so Nikon ceased manufacture in 2006. Since they have been deleted, word had got out about Nikons 'best' lens ever!. You ever notice the rarer lens the better it is? :rolleyes: Alessandro Serrao 07-10-2008, 10:59 AM Used Nikkor AF 28mm f1.4D went for $3550! Have people gone mad? Yes, definetly. :D ehparis 07-10-2008, 11:32 AM Asking price a year or two ago, when you could find one, was around $3,000. No surprise here. rob champagne 07-10-2008, 11:48 AM Someone tell me this isn't silly OK. It isn't silly. yellowcat 07-10-2008, 05:23 PM http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/2814af.htm >>>" Because it was so expensive, no one bought them. Because no one bought them, Nikon stopped making them. Because Nikon stopped making them, photographers and collectors now want it, so the price, used, went up to over $2,000 in 2006. As of 2008, the used price has skyrocketed to over $4,000, which is really silly since any day now Nikon owes a new AF-S replacement. It also makes the 28mm f/1.4 more expensive than most 300mm f/2.8 lenses."<<< IloveTLRs 07-15-2008, 01:08 AM I got a Nikkor AF 28/2.8 for $90 :D Small and plasticy, but takes good photos ;) benjiboy 07-15-2008, 06:04 PM Used Nikkor AF 28mm f1.4D went for $3550! Have people gone mad? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160247829505 Regards, Art. On reflection Art. there's an interesting philosophical question here, do things have an intrinsic value, or are they worth what you can get for them ? |