Does any one know what the going price should be for these Nikon Nikkor lenses in Lecia Screw Mount? I'm looking to buy but don't know the market.

1. 8.5 cm f/2 Nikkor black barrel

2. 5.0 cm f/2 Nikkor black barrel

3. 5.0 cm f/1.4 Nikkor black barrel

4. 5.0 cm f/1.1 Nikkor

5. 10.5 cm f/.5 Nikkor black barrel

Please assume that all the above come with case, caps, & shades.

Thanks for your help.

Tony

-- Tony Oresteen (aoresteen@lsqgroup.com), October 13, 2001

Answers

Tony: Trying to actually locate any of these lenses in the later black mounts for Leica screw may be next to impossible, and so few of them ever come up for sale, its hard to even guess how expensive they will be. None of the collector camera sellers I frequent have a single lens you asked about in stock, and none of them have even been on ebay in the past month. Even the earlier chrome Nikon LTM lenses are not too common, as Nikon never made a camera that took them. I did see a 1.4 Nikkor go for about $600.00 a while back, and I'm not sure if it was a black or chrome one.

-- Andrew Schank (aschank@flash.net), October 13, 2001.

ebay will be a good pricemeter

-- r watson (al1231234@hotmail.com), October 13, 2001.

Tony

I can't tell you about the others, but the 50/1.1 Nikkor sells for about $ 3500 without the hood. The latter is rarer than the lends and would probably cost an additional $ 1500-2000, if you could find it. The Leica mount lenses are rarer than the Nikon SM.

This lens frequently has problems because the optical system is too heavy for the mount and focussing system provided (eg., separation of lens elements, problems with diaphragm, etc.)

-- Eliot (erosen@lij.edu), October 13, 2001.