Can anyone price this lens?

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I've been searching the internet for weeks looking for it. It's an Olympus 28mm G.Zuiko 1:3.5 101108. I can find similar ones online but they all say OM System on them. This is not one of them. I believe there were only 1500 of them made. I believe it's a rare "M42" version.
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Might get more replies if you put it in HERE mate
 
Didn't think it counted in there! Right then, what about the the Talk Film & conventional section then? HERE
 
If you can find a FTL owner to buy it, other FTL-intended M42 lenses go for about £140-180 or so. (it has a lens locking system that other M42(-auto) lenses lack, so there is a slight advantage to using Olympus' lenses on a FTL vs any other M42-auto lens)

If you just sell it as a M42 lens, I doubt it's worth that much more than the OM system versions - which sell for about £40-60.

You might have best luck seeing if you can find someone on olympus themed forums that is a FTL collector that wants the lens, or try your luck on ebay but make sure that it's clearly marked as a FTL lens (and thus likely to garner the attention of people that know what it's worth). BIN would probably be a good idea, so to avoid people looking for cheap M42 lenses. You might have to list it a few times, although FTL stuff is so rare on ebay that I'd be surprised if someone doesn't snap it up.

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btw more FTL info here : http://www.biofos.com/cornucop/ftl.html

I'm not sure I'd trust his price guide though, he states £45 for the 28mm f/3.5, which is less than (far more numerous) OM-system 28mm f/3.5s have sold for recently, and £15-25 for a 50mm, whereas there have been some going for £150.

There again, he's a FTL collector, so perhaps he's hoping to fool people into offering cheap lenses :)
 
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