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wonabethirty
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Reged: 17/07/2008
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Loc: Mid Wales
Lens Required!
      #683189 - 25/07/2008 23:33

All right, I give up!!!
Everybody I speak to either on-line or off. says that what you need to extend your subject range is a used Minolta AF 50mm f1.7. There are loads of them about! I picked one up on e-bay for 25 quid, they say!
Well I can't find any, I have spent hours combing ever site that I can find (including e*****bay) and I have not seen 'hide nor hair' of one. If anybody has one that they were thinking of putting on e-bay for 25 quid (or even a bit more) please, please e-mail me. Desperation is beginning to set in!

Thanks for listening,
[trewern@tiscali.co.uk]


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Malcolm_Stewart
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Reged: 11/07/2005
Posts: 2583
Loc: Milton Keynes, UK
Re: Lens Required! [Re: wonabethirty]
      #683197 - 25/07/2008 23:56

I found mine about two years ago (before the Sony Alpha had really taken off) in Milton Keynes market mounted on a non-working 7000, so I thought I was in luck. No way, the vendor scrubbed the battery contacts a little, and got the 7000 working, so I had to pay £70 for the pair. Over the years I've bought several body+lens combos to get my hands on a particularly well-thought of lens.

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Malcolm Stewart


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Roger_Provins
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Reged: 22/10/2005
Posts: 3068
Loc: Gloucester, UK
Re: Lens Required! [Re: wonabethirty]
      #683224 - 26/07/2008 05:44

I've just done a search on eBay.

Search string: minolta af (f1.7, 1.7)

There are 5 in UK and 44 worldwide. Average price paid over the last few months was about £65.00.

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Rog


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