A friend of mine actually has one of the Nikon manual focus 6mm lenses (I think his is a non-fisheye), he did in fact purchase it for a product shoot for the interior of an airline airplane that was just coming out, at the time back in the 70s or 80s it cost him $20,000 for the lens which was exactly the commission he made on the job.
These really are quite rare and pricey for a reason.
If any of you own a Leica you shouldn't laugh at this lens, because unlike a leica, this lens really is rare and special.
Food for thought.
I'll still laugh at 100k for any camera lens.
Your friend, though - assuming he could find someone else who wanted or needed one, if he could sell it for even half what he paid he'd have made a tidy sum on the job. I understand that sort of thing. Owning one of these as some bizarre status symbol though? Even if I were a multimillionaire there's far more useful things I could spend a hundred large on.
I'll still laugh at 100k for any camera lens.
Your friend, though - assuming he could find someone else who wanted or needed one, if he could sell it for even half what he paid he'd have made a tidy sum on the job. I understand that sort of thing. Owning one of these as some bizarre status symbol though? Even if I were a multimillionaire there's far more useful things I could spend a hundred large on.
He didn't own it as a status symbol he owned it because he needed it for a product job, and he told the airline that this is the lens he needed to give them the effect they wanted of the open space of their new Boeing I believe it was a Boeing, and so they gave him the money for that lens.
But as I understand it it's a custom job that nikon made for this very special focal length, this version online is the Ai Version which I believe is the digital auto focus one, so not sure if it's truly the same one or not. And this says fisheye and I thought he said it wasn't a fisheye.
He said that he doesn't want to sell it because of her specialist, and he still uses it from time to time, but as a status symbol just mostly probably because once sold, he would never be able to fight again as product shoots don't pay what thy used to.
A 100k camera lens (or any other bit of equipment for that matter) is only a status symbol for those that cannot afford it. For those that can make it pay off itself after a few jobs it is merely a tool. In this particular case it seems to me that lens paid for itself many times over.
Well yeah, I totally agree with you. Was my point THAT misunderstood??
If you have a need for it and can make a reasonable ROI for it, fine, it's a business expense.
How many people does that really apply to for a $100k camera lens, though? It seems to have applied to Stone's friend; I totally agree.
I'm not sure why that wasn't clear. My amusement is at the idea of anyone buying this just because they can while having no need for it. I'm sure that's not many people but the number is probably non-zero. And I'll continue to think THOSE (but not those with a real need who can make it work for them) are nuts.
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