I\'ve been watching them for about 3 months now and ones in:
- completely mint condition with no zoom creep go for between $1k and $1.2k.
- Mint condition glass and externals but with some zoom-creep go for $900 ~ $1k.
- Mint condition glass but with zoom creep and some marks or worn rubber grip go for $800 - $900.
- And when you start including noticeable amounts of dust or clouds in the description then $700 - $800.
And probably with $50 of overlap all around.
IMO much dust or clouds should knock it down into the $400\'s but people seem to be willing to pay twice that anyway <shrug>. I\'ve watched 12 of them sell now and two in the used shop I frequent. Japanese, US, and German prices seem to be identical after the exchange rate is applied to U.S. dollar. On all 12 I asked if there was zoom creep if it wasn\'t included in the description. All 12 plus both the ones on the shelf had zoom creep. One of the ones in the shop was very stiff with only 1mm per second zoom-creep (very slow) which often stopped all together till it was shaken slightly.
I guess it\'s nearly impossible to find this lens without zoom-creep.
BTW, the slow zoom creep one in the shop is still available and with exchange rate is $1050 (shipped abroad).
I\'ve been watching them for about 3 months now and ones in completely mint condition with no zoom creep go for between $1k and $1.2k. Mint condition glass and externals but with some zoom-creep go for $900 ~ $1k. Mint condition glass but with zoom creep and some marks or worn rubber grip go for $800 - $900. And when you start including noticeable amounts of dust or clouds in the description then $700 - $800. And probably with $50 of overlap all around.
IMO much dust or clouds should knock it down into the $400\'s but people seem to be willing to pay twice that anyway <shrug>. I\'ve watched 12 of them sell now and two in the used shop I frequent. Japanese, US, and German prices seem to be identical after the exchange rate is applied to U.S. dollar. On all 12 I asked if there was zoom creep if it wasn\'t included in the description. All 12 plus both the ones on the shelf had zoom creep. One of the ones in the shop was very stiff with only 1mm per second zoom-creep (very slow) which often stopped all together till it was shaken slightly.
I guess it\'s nearly impossible to find this lens without zoom-creep.
BTW, the slow zoom creep one in the shop is still available and with exchange rate is $1050 (shipped abroad).
I\'ve been watching them for about 3 months now and ones in completely mint condition with no zoom creep go for between $1k and $1.2k. Mint condition glass and externals but with some zoom-creep go for $900 ~ $1k. Mint condition glass but with zoom creep and some marks or worn rubber grip go for $800 - $900. And when you start including noticeable amounts of dust or clouds in the description then $700 - $800. And probably with $50 of overlap all around.
IMO much dust or clouds should knock it down into the $400\'s but people seem to be willing to pay twice that anyway <shrug>. I\'ve watched 12 of them sell now and two in the used shop I frequent. Japanese, US, and German prices seem to be identical after the exchange rate is applied to U.S. dollar. On all 12 I asked if there was zoom creep if it wasn\'t included in the description. All 12 plus both the ones on the shelf had zoom creep. One of the ones in the shop was very stiff with only 1mm per second zoom-creep (very slow) which often stopped all together till it was shaken slightly.
I guess it\'s nearly impossible to find this lens without zoom-creep.
BTW, the slow zoom creep one in the shop is still available and with exchange rate is $1050.
May 01, 2012 at 06:50 AM
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