Nikon 13mm F5.6 AIS Lens - How rare it is to find one?

Re: Nikon 13mm F5.6 AIS Lens - How rare it is to find one?

feeds@yuku.com (Chamster) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:19:04 GMT

now there is one on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270199005082&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT&ih=017

Re: Nikon 13mm F5.6 AIS Lens - How rare it is to find one?

feeds@yuku.com (NIKON KIU) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:18:47 GMT

Thanks for sharing.

Kiu

Re: Nikon 13mm F5.6 AIS Lens - How rare it is to find one?

feeds@yuku.com (Chamster) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:47:24 GMT

I am now a proud owner of a 13mm!!! I know another contact with a used lens. He might sell it eventually. Please contact me by email directly if interested.

This picture has my garden variety 50/1.8 AIS lens for comparison.

Re: Nikon 13mm F5.6 AIS Lens - How rare it is to find one?

feeds@yuku.com (Chamster) — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 04:44:02 GMT

Hi Dan,

Many thanks for the reply. I think I already emailed you about it when I found your email address from the Malaysian site. Apparently there were couple of them at Christie's which I missed!!! Please let me know if you try this out on a D3 very curious to know. I know a person in USA that own one he will make his decision for sale in mid October. May be I will be in luck. He said the front cap was damaged but the rest of the lens in Mint condition.

Do you have...

Re: Nikon 13mm F5.6 AIS Lens - How rare it is to find one?

feeds@yuku.com (Edgy01) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:42:45 GMT

I've owned one for several years now. It is a very special lens that I use extensively with my D2X for now. I used to use it on my F5. I'm looking forward to using it on the D3. The only detractor about this lens is the coatings are dated. It flares more than my 14mm lens but it is so much sharper than any other lens in that range that it is my frequent lens of choice. Check out the Malaysian Nikon site for a photo I took with it. (Google image search for 13mm). I have also used it...

Nikon 13mm F5.6 AIS Lens - How rare it is to find one?

feeds@yuku.com (Chamster) — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:49:47 GMT

I am keen to know the price of a 13mm lens, rarity & its image quality by personal experience. According to Roland Vink only few hundreds were made over a 2-3 decade!! I know two of these lenses were sold recently at Christie's for USD 5800.00 each. Appreciate any opinion & personal experience of this beauty.