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Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Two Reasons to Sell Off a US$125k Set of Pentax Gear!?

http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/photographic-equipment-sale/220345-sale-entire-pentax-collection-4-5mm-2000mm-125-000-a.html

"2xPentax K-5 | Pentax K-01
DFA: 100/2.8 Macro WR
DA: *16-50/2.8, *50-135/2.8, *55/1.4, *60-250/4, 10-17/3.5-4.5 Fisheye
FA: *250-600/5.6, *600/4, *200/4 Macro, *300/2.8, *400/5.6, *85/1.4, *24/2, *80-200/2.8, 31/1.8 EE Ltd, 43/1.9 EE Ltd
A: *1200/8, *400/2.8, *135/1.8, 50/1.2, 28/2.8 | K: 1000/11 Reflex, 2000/13.5 Reflex
Sigma: EX DG 100-300/4, DC HSM 8-16/4.5-5.6, DC HSM 4.5/2.8 Fisheye


As to your inquiry why I'm selling all of my gear, I think there are two key reasons.

Mostly, I'm tired of the recurring rumors about Pentax gear, that get picked up and rebroadcast as facts, so that they can be rebroadcast as rumors, and then as facts sighting the facts as rumors, and then rumors spring out of the facts, over and over.

Additionally, I'm finding that the Pentax Q is where the future is at. Small, Light, and I can attach a 25mm/0.85 lens to it and have every bit the unique look. I think the quality of my images has nothing if not skyrocketed since I started with the Q."
 


So, the two reasons are 1: there are too many rumours about new Pentax stuff but those are not materialised; 2. The Pentax Q and system is really small enough and this is the future of Pentax (So, the K-mount gear should be aborted?)!?

This Pentax user, if is not kidding, is really funny enough IMHO. Either he is just not honest and brave enough to tell the true reason to sell all of his expensive Pentax stuff and has planned to switch, i.e., he thinks that there is no future of Pentax and it's better to leave now! >:-o

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it is just a april fool!
2 replies · active 626 weeks ago
Oh, really?!
yes really!
It seems that bigotry killed common sense. That is really sad. I feel sorry for you.
Maybe you can take vacation for some weeks from everything which is Pentax related.
Rice
You are amazing. You even jump on a obvious joke to attack pentax. do you really have a job outside of this Blog.
Actually if he can get anyone to pay he is a genius. My rough count valuation puts this at between $40K and $50K.

K-5 - $500 each
K-01 - $200 max

26 lenses - average $1500 each - $39000

Yes I know some are worth more but some are not. Even at $2K each the total comes in at less than $60,000. That means he is putting a value of nearly $5000 per lens on average. I count 8 that can be bought new for less than $1000 and two more less than $2000 leaving more than $38,000 to spread over the remaining 16 and pushing their average value past to $7000 each.

Like I said, if he can get someone to pay that much, he is one smart dude.
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RIce - you (and the rest of us) got played
Rice may be sometimes pretty stubborn considering the lack of FF and/or news about pentax, but i think he just making fun himself of that 1st april joke by sharing it here, that's all.

you can sometimes find his grudge against pentax kinda boring, (as i do sometimes) but if you can't stand what you reads here, just leave the place, but no need to be so mad at Rice that you just think he's bare stupid...

I guess he's making fun of that 1st april joke by forwarding it there, nothing else.
1 reply · active 626 weeks ago
2nd april joke? A little late, I would say.
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RICEHIGH, NOT AGAIN...
Heeey there you go, another april fools thingy...Ricehigh, you hate Pentax because they don't give you attention, eh?
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Barbarosa · 626 weeks ago

hmm this is sad, and lame
take day off rice, you are tired
rumors about Pentax gear, that get picked up and rebroadcast as facts, so that they can be rebroadcast as rumors, and then as facts sighting the facts as rumors, and then rumors spring out of the facts, over and over
Sounds like he means you, Rice :-)
wasn't it posted on the first of April
AMUSING!
Pentax is doomed
Pentax is an outsider. Nuff said
Selling my last lens - 43mm Lim. Who need it?
1 reply · active 626 weeks ago
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aprilfools · 626 weeks ago

No thanks. Try that forum whose entire purpose is for users to brag about their rare F*, FA* lenses and FA LTDs.
Super all time classic post!!! Last time here for me. Good luck to you Rice. As the internet is full of stupid fools you will always have hits, but I think I've had enough rumor mongering and prejudiced clowning. Sad. Sad. Sad.
You've been helpful but too much unreliable info.
Hello, I am interested in in the FA*250-600 is it still available ?
4 replies · active 625 weeks ago
Why you ask me?
Trying my luck everywhere I suppose... I assumed you had it for sale. my bad
Sorry, I don't have this expensive and rare lens of Pentax!
Too funny. Who isn't? That's the best Pentax telephoto lens ever made!

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