"Will meet only at a bank" BAWALALWASWWWWAAAH

[67Dart273]

I guess that's a good place to meed, judging from the price!!!

(This is alleged to be one of the world's fastest {aperture} lenses)

http://laamc.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/9-unbelievable-camera-lenses-that-actually-exist/

http://spokane.craigslist.org/pho/4250609255.html

Very Rare : Canon 50mm f/1.0L : Ultrasonic Auto-Focus Super Lens!



The Canon 50mm f/1.0L Lens is a very rare super lens.

Wide open, this lens produces the most amazing bokeh effect which no other lens or software is capable of replicating.

Made only from 1990 - 2000. This lens was discontinued simply because it was too expensive to produce. More information about this lens can be found at the link below:
http://kenrockwell.com/canon/lenses/50mm-f1.htm

The condition of this lens is quite mint. The barrel as you can see in the photos is very clean. The glass is 100%. Iris blades and focus ring are as new. All 3 focus modes work properly.

Included:
-B+W UV filter
-Hood
-Both front and rear caps
-Soft pouch

Asking- $4,299
Will meet only at a bank during work hours anywhere in Spokane.


But since I could buy a 50mm 1.2 for the paltry sum of 1600 bucks, "I think I'll pass"

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/canon_50mm_f1_2/Ntt/canon+50mm+f1.2/N/0

 

[clinteg]

I didn't even know they made an F/1.0 lens. That price could make one choke though! Good grief! I'll stick to my 35mm and 55mm F/1.8 lenses. They do well enough for anything I do.

 

[phogroian]

In the 1960s, Canon made a 50mm F0.95 (!) lens option for the Canon 7, their professional-caliber rangefinder camera. It was the fastest lens out there and coveted for years... there were even Leica adapter mounts made for it. People loved it for the "bokeh", or the way that the soft focus parts of the image (which you're bound to have when shooting wide open at that aperture, with many elements of your image out of focus) having a a dreamlike quality. The price has dropped somewhat on that one because few diehards shoot film anymore.

 

[67Dart273]

^^That lens^^ is mentioned in the link I provided. With some of the newer "short register" cameras like the Sony NEX and so on, these lenses might just see an increase in popularity. I know there was in particular a Minolta 58 mm that guys were having modified to shoot on stuff like Canon EF mount.

http://www.cogitech.ca/Rokkor/index.html