There have been a couple of these on the board of late so it is possible the demand is satisfied for the moment. This looks like a fine lens at what appears to be a reasonable price, so hang in there. Good luck finding a buyer for this legendary lens.
If I had the cash I would jump all over this. Thats a real diamond in the ruff. I want to congratulate the future ower of this Fabulous lens.
Bump for this rare beauty..
some more questions about the lens and my replies:
as far as blemishes on the glass (cleaning marks, tiny scratches/nicks), what would you say on a scale of 1 to 10?
I give it a perfect score. I have uploaded a pic of the front element (man that's hard to get a clean shot of that) to the thread.
With that in mind, I thought if I ever bought another one I'd ask about dust. So....If you had to rate the amount of dust in yours on a scale of 1 to 10, what would you give it?
As for dust, I see none on the inside. There is some on the outside, but i just leave it. You cant take that thing out of the cover without the static collecting some dust and why take a chance on scratching it trying to remove some insignificant dust particle?