> > From: "Sandy Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/04/26 Thu AM 10:30:57 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Russian prices (was: newbie question on aperatures) > > mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I paid $185 Canadian, included shipping, from RUGIFT in Russia. > > > > ... > > > My feeling is that the Zenitar 16 had a lot more good quality samples than > > > poor ones. I have yet to read about someone complaining overly about one. > > > > You should have seen some of the ones I looked at in Moscow. > > It was fairly obvious that there were "home" and "export" quality versions. > > No doubt, some of the "home" ones are now roaming freely. > > But what were prices in Moscow? > > Rugift list both the 16/2.8 and a 20/3.5 at US $149. > http://www.rugift.com/photocameras/lenses.htm > > I ask because, at least on used lenses, the difference seems to > be large. I see the 50/1.5 Zeiis copy in Leica mount on Ebay > with "buy it now" price anywhere from $50 to $150, but one > person on photo.net says he paid $5 for his in Moscow. >
Contrary to popular belief, prices aren't everything. I was offered stuff that I was unwilling to hold in one hand if my camera was in the other. Lenses that would blatantly damage the body bayonet because they were so badly finished, lenses with the rattle of loose elements. Dreadful, dreadful stuff. Even worse, the sellers were totally disinterested in whether you bought or not. If you didn't like the one you were handed, tough. Buy it or go away. Prices were all around the same level - about what you are quoting. I think I paid about £60, eventually. I didn't bother investigating the secondhand market. Not many Russian photographers are stupid enough to sell good examples of equipment. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
