HU: 100mm Bronica RF lens listed

[Jungle Jim]

Just a heads-up! New condition Bronica RF 100mm lens listed on *bay listing number 160224665242.

No relationship to the Seller.

[Michael P.]

Starting bid $735. Let's see how desperately it's wanted.

[Keith]

I'll definitely be watching this and I'll predict close to $1500.00!

[ChrisPlatt]

Sellers feedback is only 91.3%, very low for eBay.

Chris

[Keith]

I hadn't noticed that and with a big ticket item that could definitely effect the price he gets.

Two negatives in nineteen sales is not great and so far no opening bid!

[Michael P.]

I mispoke. Starting bid is $725.

[Michael P.]

It's hard to tell until the last few minutes of the auction. Often at the last minute the pro buyers use software to quickly outbid everyone else.

[Michael P.]

One bidder at the starting bid of $725. It looks like a pro buyer/seller, very active buying in the past 30 days.

[Michiel Fokkema]

If it ends at $1500, I will put mine up too.
With 220 100% feedbacks I should get even more:-)

Cheers,

Michiel Fokkema

[Michael P.]

If it ends at $1500, I will put mine up too.
With 220 100% feedbacks I should get even more:-)

Cheers,

Michiel Fokkema

You would almost certainly need to find a European buyer for that price, with the US dollar currently so weak against the Euro.

[foto_mike]

Sellers feedback is only 91.3%, very low for eBay.

Chris

Not only that, one of the negative dings is for not shipping an item and no email communication. That's inexcusable. I doubt this will be a good measuring stick for the current value of this lens. It will definitely keep me out of the bidding.

[Michael P.]

The lens sold today at US $1081.00. The top three bids were made in the last 10 minutes of the auction.

[Cron]

but if I would buy from an American seller I would have to add about 25% fees/taxes for import into the EU. And this would be too expansive.
But if now anyone would sell within the EU for USD 1081.- feel free to contact me. Or import as American tourist yourself and sell afterwards ;-)

[felix5616]

I won the auction. I too was put off by the feedback but the seller agreed to let me pick up the lens. The lens is for all intents new. There isn't a mark on it. The only other one availabe was from a european sell at $1500US.

[Michael P.]

Good for you, Felix. I'm glad it worked out. I'm now in the middle of a deal for a 100mm for US $1000, so I think the price you paid was the current going rate in the USA. Prices in Europe are bound to be higher because of the strong Euro lately.

[felix5616]

I would like to purchase the 135mm lens.

[Jungle Jim]

Congratulations Felix! Let us know how it works and if the 100mm rangefinder lines on your Bronica body are accurate.

[Cron]

congratulations also from me!
nice to see the lens within this forum, so I hope for pics taken with it

[tensai]

congratulations also from me!
nice to see the lens within this forum, so I hope for pics taken with it


exactly, would love to see some pics taken with it. enjoy!

[Keith]

I don't remember seeing any images here shot with the 100mm and I'm still yet to use mine that I picked up from B&H recently for $399.00 :eek: (thankyou god)

I may give it a run in the next day or so and post some pics as well!

[Cron]

I don't remember seeing any images here shot with the 100mm and I'm still yet to use mine that I picked up from B&H recently for $399.00 :eek: (thankyou god)

I may give it a run in the next day or so and post some pics as well!

great price!
why didn't this happen to me :bang:

[Rey]

Great price,

I bought mine for the same at KEH about 2.5 years ago. I had to do a hell of a lot of internet searching to get it though. I'm glad that it's still possible to get one so cheap.

[tensai]

Anybody got any photos to show?

[Keith]

I went out the other day with the 100mm for a drive to the rural area out the back of where I live and shot a roll of PlusX. Unfortunately that night I had a bit of brain fade and mixed my developer at the wrong ratio and wound up with over processed negatives and a lot of grain. It was also a bit tricky using the lens with the 135mm frame line that my camera has but at least now I have an idea of where it will frame ... roughly!

This shot turned out reasonably out of a not too great test roll ... f4.5 from memory!

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g196/wheelie52/RFF%20Storage/EskValley_4.jpg

this was at f8 or f11!

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g196/wheelie52/EskValley_2.jpg

[tensai]

It's difficult to really tell from these web versions of these scans off course but it looks like the 65 which I really like for it's great sharpness and very nice out of focus rendering. There's a lot of depth in that first photo. Thanks for posting..