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Re: [OM] 50 mm 1.4 Fang?

Subject: Re: [OM] 50 mm 1.4 Fang?
From: Jim Brokaw <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 13:54:47 -0700
on 5/8/02 6:30 AM, bsandyman@xxxxxxx at bsandyman@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I went in to a drug store the other day that also has a
> camera section with a small case of used equipment. I
> got a Zuiko Made in Japan 50 mm 1.4 for $35 + tax.
> 
> The apeture is snappy, and there is no fungus, although
> there is some dust on the elements.
> 
> I figured for $35 it was hard to go wrong.
> 
> What should I have expected to pay?

Hmmm... the "made in Japan" lens that is desirable is a 50/1.8 lens.

However, $35 for a 50/1.4 is a pretty good price! The ones I see on e*ay are
usually over $50, sometimes a lot higher... The desirable version of the
50/1.4 is the more recent multi-coated form, with serial numbers over
1,000,000 and particularly over 1,100,000... one of those for $35 would be
very good indeed. I think Olympus discontinued the 50/1.4 and only makes
(made?) the 50/1.8 and 50/1.2 sometime in the early 1990's (someone here
will know the details of that I'm sure).
-- 

Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney... 


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