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Photography guys: How much is this Hasselblad lense worth?

Discussion in 'Creative Arts' started by DriveAfterDark, Feb 10, 2015.

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  1. DriveAfterDark

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    #1 DriveAfterDark, Feb 10, 2015
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    My younger brother works in a storage facility and gets stuff for free which people have forgotten for a long while.
    Today he brought a Carl Zeiss Hasselblad Distagon 4/40 lens. I'm wondering how much it's worth? It came in a really nice Hasselblad leather box made in Sweden (the lens is made in "West Germany", so I guess it's not cheap. I figured via Google that it may be a few years old and it's heavy and clunky, but excellent for digital commercial photographs.

    Thanks.

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  2. stevenwk

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    #2 stevenwk, Feb 10, 2015
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    #3 stevenwk, Feb 10, 2015
    Site is pretty accurate with latest auction updates.


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  4. dm_n_stuff

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    #4 dm_n_stuff, Feb 10, 2015
    Go to B&H Photo online. They'll buy it, perhaps they're already selling one just like it.

    Market for these is pretty slim. Not a lot of guys shooting film anymore, and most of these lenses, unless you've fit a digital back to your big old camera, are falling into disuse.

    Bought my kid a very nice Mamiya RB67 with several lenses a couple years ago, and multiple film packs, etc, for about $400. Probably $8 or 9K worth of stuff originally.

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  5. twenty2media

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    #5 twenty2media, Feb 11, 2015
    B&H is a good place, but KEH.com has a much larger inventory of vintage and hard to find lenses. I don't know much about that lens other than it's worth more than most standard lenses. Good luck and nice ins
     
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    #6 kylec, Feb 11, 2015
  7. Hugh Conway

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    #7 Hugh Conway, Feb 12, 2015
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    That's the older C-series Distagon which takes a 104mm (!) filter. It's huge - the C-series were discontinued in 1981. DriveAfterDark posted a newer series (I think CF, but I haven't paid attention to them in a bit) Distagon which is worth a bit more money - fleabay suggest $700+ at auction currently. Those lenses were incredibly well made professional tools.
     
  8. Cozmic_Kid

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    #8 Cozmic_Kid, Feb 13, 2015
    I have no idea, but made in west germany suggest it is more than just a few years old. Maybe 25+ years ;) ;)
     

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