13mm 5.6 on eBay

[Royal Winchester]

Only $33,000

[MILLIREHM]

Either I cant find it or it is gone already

Dont have 33000 bucks anyway ;-)

[Anirban Halder]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NIKON-13mm-f5-6-AIS-HOLY-GRAIL-EXTREMELY-RARE-/272063952821 

"Ships to: Local pick-up only"

[PedroS]

Hum... I have the money, but this lens will not land here.
Have you looked carefully?
The crack in one of the sides is a bad sign, it seems an heavy impact...

[Roland Vink]

Looks more like a scratch. Regardless, the lens is missing the rubber grip, I'd expect a big discount for that

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Anyone throwing 33 Grand on such a poor sample of the 13/5.6 should have their head examined. Free of charge.

[Akira]

The crack in one of the sides is a bad sign, it seems an heavy impact...

According to the description, the lens apparently was used in the cinema industry...

Anyway, the new Sigma 12-24/4.0 on Nikon body or Sony A7R MkII + Cosina/Voigtländer 12/5.6 might be better options today.

[RonVol]

This listing first appeared on eBay 27th May 2015.
The price hasn't changed over that time.

[Erik Lund]

Hum... I have the money, but this lens will not land here.
Have you looked carefully?
The crack in one of the sides is a bad sign, it seems an heavy impact...

Not a crack, just a scratch I think, not likely that the focus ring would crack there unless the lens exploded

[PedroS]

Maybe yes, maybe not...
If used to cinema means a gear was screw in there, and the circular mark could confirm, but we don't know how hard that screw was turned in....

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Might also be a gear ring to control focus with the lens in an underwater housing. These add-on rings can exert quite a pressure to the lens casing and make focusing stiffer or uneven once the ring is removed. I have experienced that with my 20/2.8 AIS in an Aquatica housing and I didn't tighten the locking screw that much ...

Whatever attitude is taken, the asking price still is ridiculously high.

[MILLIREHM]

not even near MINT

[pluton]

As much as I prefer lenses with conventional aperture rings and am blasé toward the new-style ringless G and E aperture control style, I would enthusiastically buy a modern Nikon, Sigma, Canon, or other ultra-wide lens rather than this thing. 

[MILLIREHM]

Ken Rockwell once wrote its distortion-free but this guy writes a lot.
maybe the ebay seller cites him when talking about holy grail

[Royal Winchester]

The price has dropped to $27k.  Now it's a bargain, right?!