Re: I can't believe how pricing has dropped on MF gear

There aren't enough cracked or damaged "donor parts" lenses, I suspect,
given the huge number (400,000+) C lenses originally sold (see numbers at
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/lenssold.html  and lack of parts for lenses, 500c,
500el bodies, 12 and 24 original backs etc at mf/nofix.html#hassylenses
etc.).  The pros dumping their old backup lenses and kits to buy digital
stuff have pumped a lot of lenses into the market, depressing prices a
lot. As you noted, it is now cheaper to buy the lens than get a badly
scratched or cracked front or back element replaced. 

the problem with repairs from older lenses is that the parts you need are
the ones that tend to go bad in the older shutters, which are already worn
on a used C lens anyway, and so the repairs may be only temporary ;-( ??

on the other hand, there are a lot of normal lenses (50% of the C lenses
sold), so I suspect they may supply a number of shutter parts, at least,
for the rarer and more $$ exotic lenses?

bobm
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