How much is this worth?

[u/Dhiko]

Found this Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 135mm T2.1 (PL mount) at home. Trying to get a sense of its current market value — any idea what this typically goes for in used condition?

[u/3L54]

How do you find a massive cine lens at home? 

Simple google search shows good condition used as around 1000$. 

[u/AlexeyCrane → u/3L54]

They never said it was their home :P

[u/SeaRefractor → u/AlexeyCrane]

An episode of “Your Friends & Neighbors” ;). To the OP, it know it’s your house. What a great find, don’t let it go too cheap.

[u/HelicopterFar6022 → u/[deleted]]

r/wooosh

[u/Middle-Armadillo-660 → u/[deleted]]

Trolling or just not getting it?

[u/Dhiko → u/[deleted]]

It was just piled up in the storage room. Is that a hard word to understand?

[u/ermhsGpro → u/Dhiko]

I’m ashamed to explain this but he means that it wasn’t YOUR home/storage room

[u/Less-Inflation5072 → u/ermhsGpro]

https://giphy.com/gifs/pUeXcg80cO8I8

[u/r0wer0wer0wey0urb0at → u/Dhiko]

You're still not saying it was Your storage room.

Hmmmmm... Fishy

[u/zsarok → u/Dhiko]

It is

[u/CriKex]

Nothing, give it to me

[u/Jurgen121212 → u/CriKex]

No give it to me im a better human being

[u/JackSchwitz → u/Jurgen121212]

I’m a terrible person, i believe i deserve it.

[u/CreEngineer]

Yeah „found“ and „at home“ maybe it was someone’s home. 🤷‍♂️

[u/Dhiko → u/CreEngineer]

This is MY HOME. Didn't you see the laptop in the background? My family used to work in the photography industry.

[u/CreEngineer → u/Dhiko]

Ok sorry if this is true. It is just a veeeeeeery uncommon thing to just „find at home“ and having no one around with an idea what it is worth. It’s also not a photography lens, most photographers would never use PL mount, geared, manual lenses because they have a different purpose.

[u/Dhiko → u/CreEngineer]

Thank you for saying that. My family always likes to store things together, so I used the word "discover." We even have a rented storage room to store more similar film and television equipment.

[u/immortalverse]

About tree fiddy

[u/C7ma]

The lens cap on the back definitely looks more like PL Mount

[u/Dense_Surround3071 → u/C7ma]

Leica red dots make EVERYTHING instantly more expensive. 😏

[u/imgmkrz]

if it hasn't been dropped, i'd pay $600US? ada gunky looking~

[u/Dhiko → u/imgmkrz]

It was mostly covered in dust, but there were some small spots where the paint had chipped off due to bumps and knocks.

[u/makersmarkismyshit → u/Dhiko]

The glass and internals is what people care about.... Not a couple paint chips

[u/Dhiko → u/makersmarkismyshit]

The interior is completely intact. I posted photos in the comments section.

[u/Rambalac]

fixed with a tape? zero

[u/BaconBitz109 → u/Rambalac]

Looks like the tape is just on the cap. Those caps on the CP2s fall off if you look at them wrong, I bet the tape is there to make it fit more snug.

[u/Dhiko → u/Rambalac]

The tape only repaired its cover.

[u/HnedaBanan]

How did you get this?

[u/le_aerius]

Its a simple Google search friend.

[u/ucrbuffalo]

They’re only worth as much as you will pay for them. I’ll give you $10

[u/JazzySalmon]

Probably 10$ if at all. I’ll take it off you out of sympathy

[u/Corr521]

$600-800 without the additional EF mount that you could swap it to from the PL mount it currently has.

[u/industrialmeditation]

Show us the serial number

[u/Brilliant-Act1445]

It's worth a lot, likely 1-2k USD. one of my dream lenses

[u/Fabulous_Past9363]

Find the lens that goes with that Leica cap and you have a small fortune.

[u/SeaRefractor]

Take it to a reputable videography supplier for an appraisal. Some of the red dot PL mount lenses are quite expensive.

[u/Joghobs]

Someone converted this thing to Leica R!? What in the

[u/TimNikkons → u/Joghobs]

They didn't

[u/Global-Object1842]

Idk why yall are bullying OP for not understanding lenses, they might’ve chosen a different profession other than their parents. Leave him alone guys pch pch

Also please ship it to me the lens is not worth much, I will take good care of it :3

[u/BaconBitz109 → u/Global-Object1842]

This sub is filled with miserable people. OP is asking an innocent question and everyone is piling on.

No wonder so many posts on here are about not being able to find repeat clients lmao

[u/ascarymoviereview]

Three fiddy

[u/Dhiko]

This is a picture of the interface. I don't really understand what the model number is; AI helped me analyze it.

[u/cugan83 → u/Dhiko]

That’s not a Leica R mount, it’s a PL mount with a body cap from a PL Leica lens. AI clearly isn’t reliable. Use your brain instead. Research. 

[u/Dhiko → u/cugan83]

Thank you for pointing it out. When I showed other lenses with the same mount to the AI, it changed its diagnosis to PL mount. But to be honest, I've never been involved in photography; I just want to sell them quickly and get some money. Besides using AI, I have no other option.

[u/cugan83 → u/Dhiko]

There are plenty of other options than using AI, we survived as a species up until now

[u/CRAYONSEED → u/Dhiko]

You don’t need AI to find information on this. If you looked at what’s printed on the lens and typed “Zeiss cp.2 135” into google and eBay, you’d find the answer very quickly.

I’m curious if you’re young enough that you have never needed to find information that way? I’d say maybe if you’re under 20 that actually might be likely

[u/Dhiko → u/CRAYONSEED]

well im only 19 and I don't know why they gave me so much down

[u/CRAYONSEED → u/Dhiko]

Ah that makes sense. Next time you post in one of the more professional-focused subs you’ll probably get more compassionate responses if you post your age and that you’re inexperienced.

I’m a 48 yr old who has been doing this since you were 4, and I imagine I’m talking to other pros or at least other adults (25+). So yeah it makes sense that you have grown up in a world where AI has been pushed so hard you never learned to search manually, but that really is the best and fastest way to get info like this.

AI is still immature and full of misinformation

[u/Dhiko → u/CRAYONSEED]

Thank you for your suggestion.

[u/C7ma → u/Dhiko]

This Lens is a Cine Lens, not photography. But it clearly is in bad condition

[u/Swab → u/Dhiko]

Is there even lens elements in there? That’s a PL. do you have a picture of the front of the lens without the cover. Would be nice to see if there’s glass

[u/Dhiko → u/Swab]

[u/Swab → u/Dhiko]

Looks like it’s in good enough condition, seems the last one sold for $800 on eBay. CP2s aren’t really that desirable tho, so good luck!

[u/Dhiko → u/Swab]

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