35mm: King of Bokeh vs. True King of Bokeh vs. Summilux V2 (with image download)

[pippy]

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On 5/17/2024 at 4:46 PM, wizard said:

I paid € 750,- for my mint German made copy. Ok, that was about 15 years ago, but I don't think that price was irrational in any way. I have no idea about the current going price though....

As I'm sure you already know, Wizard, the price of M-lenses nowadays has little resemblance to the asking prices from 15 years ago...

Having had a quick scan through those 'KOB' lenses advertised through dealerships here in the UK prices vary from € 2550 in OK-ish condition to € 2953 for a lens in a really clean state. All the ones I saw (admittedly only a sample-group of five lenses) were ELC-made. I have a suspicion that examples made in Germany will be more expensive still.

Whether those prices are 'rational' will be a matter for buyers to decide!

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Philip.

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So far, I'm really happy with my choice. It had it's first real outing over the weekend with a couple of street portraits during a gothic event in the city. I just went what the heck and shot wide open most of the time to get a feel for the rendering. I especially like the look for BW conversion, but it's also interesting in colour. But it realy depends on the image, more often than not I prefered the shot with a smaller aperture.

 

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[wizard]

Am 20.5.2024 um 11:00 schrieb pippy:

prices vary from € 2550 in OK-ish condition to € 2953

Happy to hear that. If only my investments in stocks would have performed that well over the years ...