Odd lack of long lenses on ebay

[mark]

Is this normal? I have not been on Ebay for six months. The wife made me go cold turkey.

I am looking for a portrait length lens for my 8x10 and there just does not seem to be much there.

 

[Terence]

Is this normal? I have not been on Ebay for six months. The wife made me go cold turkey.

I am looking for a portrait length lens for my 8x10 and there just does not seem to be much there.

I recently picked up item # 110039292784, but 1600mm might be a bit more than you need for an 8x10 portrait.

Seriously though, the long lenses seem to come in waves.

How long is "long" to you? There are a couple 16.5" Artars and a 24" Artar up right now. There's also a whole slew of 360mm lenses. A little further down the food chain is a 21" Turner-Reich.

 

[Jerevan]

There is a bunch of lenses in the classifieds here on APUG, from 360 mm upwards. Could be your lucky day today...

 

[Ole]

I haven't seen any lack of long lenses?

http://cgi.ebay.com/De-GOLDEN-BUSCH...6QQihZ018QQcategoryZ30076QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Even longer, but maybe a bit old, is http://cgi.ebay.de/MESSINGOBJEKTIV-...ryZ12888QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Black Dog]

size matters.........

It isn't the focal length that matters, it's what you do with it

 

[mark]

I am looking for 360-400mm.

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

360 mm (14") is a VERY common length to find on Ebay. I know there are several 14" Commercial Ektars out there right now.

 

[Terence]

I forgot the 42" Artar, as well.