Ultra-Rare Leica MP2 Black Paint Camera Sells For Nearly $1.7 Million
A rare 66-year-old Leica MP2 black paint camera has been sold for 1.56 million Euros, or nearly $1.68 million, at the 44th Leitz Photographica Auction in Wetzlar, Germany.
See Portraits Shot With Leica’s $2 Million 1600mm f/5.6 Lens
Leica is no stranger to expensive cameras and lenses. For example, last October, a Leica 0-series camera from 1923 sold at auction for about $3.7 million. However, not all Leica equipment worth millions is anywhere near that old. Enter the Leica Apo-Telyt-R 1600mm f/5.6 super-telephoto (or super-super-telephoto) prime lens worth $2 million.
‘Holy Grail’ Nikon 13mm f/5.6 Lens Sells for $50,000
A Nikon 13mm f/5.6 dubbed the "Holy Grail" of camera lenses has just sold for $50,000 on eBay.
Extremely Rare Nikon 6mm f/2.8 Fisheye Appears on eBay for $146,000
An extremely rare Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 Fisheye lens with a massive 220-degree field of view has appeared on eBay for 130,000 euros, or about $146,152. It is the exact same lens that failed to sell at the 2022 Leitz Photographica Auction.
Rare Nikkor 58mm f/1.0 Sets Record for Highest Price Ever for a Nikon Lens
A rare, one-of-a-kind Nikkor 58mm f/1.0 from the 1970s has set a new record for the highest price ever obtained for a Nikon lens at auction: 187,500 euros (about $182,117).
Canon 1200mm f/5.6 Sells for $580,000, Most Ever for a Lens
A Canon EF 1200mm f/5.6 lens was the focus of a bidding war at the Wetzlar Camera Auctions (WCA) last week that saw it climb to a final value of 500,000 euros (about $580,000), the highest ever value for a camera lens.
No One Can Seem to Identify This Canon 400mm f/2 Lens
Filmmaker Joel Honeywell has a fascination with rare and unusual lenses, and after seeing a one-of-a-kind 400mm f/2 Canon lens for sale on eBay, he realized he had to have it.
This One-of-a-Kind Prototype Leica 17mm f/2 Lens is Available for $47,200
The Leica Lisse store in the Netherlands has acquired an extremely rare lens: the huge, 26-pound Leica / Hughes Leitz 17mm f/2. This is the only example of this wide-angle lens produced and is currently available for purchase for just $47,200.
This is Your Chance to Buy the Super-Rare Canon EF 1200mm f/5.6L Lens
Wetzlar Camera Auctions is set to offer an exceedingly rare Canon EF 1200mm f/5.6L lens for sale on October 9, 2021.
Rare Zeiss 50mm f/0.7 Lens Made for NASA To Fetch Up To $146,000
On June 12, the 38th Leitz Photographica Auction is set to offer a large assortment of rare and highly collectible camera products, the most notable of which is a rare Zeiss Planar 50mm f/0.7 lens designed in 1966 for NASA Apollo missions.
I Found My Own Stolen Lens for Sale Online and There’s Nothing I Can Do
One night two years ago, someone stole $10,000 of my camera equipment. Just recently, I found one of my more iconic lenses -- a pink Handevision 40mm f/0.85 Mark II -- for sale online. The police are slow to respond, and eBay won't help until law enforcement is involved.
$10 Flea Market Leica Lens Sells for $50,000 in Under 24 Hours
A rare, collapsible version of the Meyer Primoplan 5cm f/1.9 LTM Leica M39 mm RF -- valued at $50,000 -- was listed for less than a day before the seller received a private offer to purchase it. Just a few months before, it was scooped up at a flea market for just $10.
Trying Out the Canon 65mm f/0.75, One of the Fastest Lenses Ever Made
The Canon 65mm f/0.75 is a rare lens that was designed for X-Ray imaging, and it's one of the fastest lenses ever made. Photographer and weird lens tester Mathieu Stern got his hands on one and decided to see what using the lens is like for both photos and videos.
This Rare 75mm f/1.9 Cinema Projector Lens is the King of Swirly Bokeh
YouTuber Mathieu Stern is a weird lens expert, but even he didn't realize the gem he'd uncovered when someone sold him an old cinema projector lens for 2 Euros at a flea market. It turns out this rare 75mm f/1.9 lens produces some of the most intense swirly bokeh Stern has ever seen.
Ultra-Rare 2000mm f/11 Nikkor Lens Up On eBay for $25K… Broken
The last time we wrote about the Nikkor 2000mm f/11 C Reflex lens was in 2010 when a working version of the behemoth was up on eBay for the not-so-affordable price of $19,950. Given that information, how much would you pay for a broken, beat-up version of the same lens 3 years later? Well, someone on eBay thinks it's worth $25K.
Kilfitt Zoomatar 250mm f/1.3 Lens for Hasselblad Medium Format Cameras
Most of the time we come across an absurdly large and expensive lens on eBay, it's some sort of lens with focal lengths in the thousands of millimeters (e.g. this 5200mm Canon lens or this 2000mm Nikon lens).
Uber-Rare Nikon 6mm Fisheye Lens on eBay Can See Behind Itself
There’s a super rare Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens for sale on eBay.
Rare 2000mm Nikon Lens on eBay
There's a Nikon 11/2000mm Reflex-Nikkor-C lens for sale on eBay. The price? A mere $19,950.