For all of you "Lusters"......

Not only practical, but a true piece of history as well. I expect to see one of our members snatch this one up "Toots-Sweet" :lol: :wink:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48556&item=7519520072&rd=1

And a real bargain to boot.....

 

Well, folks, it is still up for sale, no bids yet, you can be the first :lol:

I had a friend of mine who bid on a Russian MIG that was up for sale on eBay a couple of years ago. He just wanted to bid a LOT of money....

Gale, sorry, this lens is way too short for photographing Buzzards and Vultures. Now, if it was a 500mm F2, I'd snap it up in an instant....... :wink:

Scott, glad the Sidekick arrived, I tried to rip off all of the "Opened by US Customs tape" for you. As to the lens, it is just too short for me, sorry....

Preston, you should be ashamed of yourself :lol: :lol: :lol:

Harry, can you point me to the info on to "original" and what might be different? I'm just curious. If nothing else you could easily beat Bigfoot off with one of these things :wink:

Frank, if I were to seriously even TALK about this, my wife would give ME a new bedroom, the shed I just built in the backyard   :lol:

 

Welcome! I had not realized that you had joined our illustrious little, well it WAS little way back 3 months ago :wink: , group.

Out of curiousity, is there any difference between the "original" and this one, and how would you tell? I put the 200/2 on my D2H at a local shop a few weeks ago, what a sweet lens that is. I was at about a 45 degree angle to a sign on the cash register, maybe about 6-7 feet away, and it was really funny to see how sharp the focus point was, and how shallow the DOF. An easy lens to hand-hold as well.

Since you are a fellow "in the know", how long do you think I will have to wait for Nikon to realease a 1-1500mm f1.0 zoom for $1500 USD? Oh, and the weight should be less than 10lbs as well. I would expect that this would be an AFS-DX-G-VR as well :wink:

Thanks for the info. I just find it fascinating when I see a lens like this. Perhaps when I was in my 20's I would not have been concerned regarding the weight, but given that my 20's are a few decades behind me now.........

 

Bjorn, I had heard from the 3rd cousin of the nephew of the cousin of the butler to the gardener who knows the pool cleaner for the president of Nikon that this lens was a "sure thing" and would be coming our "real soon now". Sounds like a need a new source, eh :?: :?: :?: Or maybe I heard it at DPReview :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hey, I figure if you are going to dream, don't mess around.....

So, was I wrong on the price or what?

 

Well, darnit, that's what I get for trusting such a reliable source. Thanks for saving me the money on that new truck, er, lorry....... :wink: