What's it worth?

[simpo two]

Some years back a friend wanted to get rid of a deceased relative's camera kit and asked me if I wanted anything.

The bad news: it's a Hanimex. The good news: it's a 7mm fisheye! You really have to keep your feet out of the pic...

[ehasler]

I'd put it up on ebay and see what you get. I've just sold one of my old lenses on there, and got a lot more than I was expecting.

[simpo two]

I did manage to sell a Nikon F60 kit on E-Bay for £195. It went to a bloke in Wisconsin, and the good bit was that I only paid £80 for it from an advert on my local supermarket noticeboard!

However, I'm not planning to sell the fisheye, I was just curious. It's not a full screen fisheye though - it takes circular pix!

[te51cle]

That's a weird bit of kit ! At 7mm focal length I'm not surprised it only produces circular images on the negative. I like the way it stops down to F45 as well. A truly "focus free" lens !

It's such an ancient oddity you'd have to take it to a specialist dealer for a price, and even then it would probably be only a best guess. I bought a second-hand 15mm fisheye for my Canon EOS about 10 years ago and it was £275 against about £700 new if that's any help.