Sometimes users of our website have been questioning us in the comments about original or current market prices of certain lenses. Typically, these questions are due to the fact that such users plan to sell lenses on marketplaces (for example, eBay).
Please be informed that our website specializes solely in providing information about lenses. We do not sell them or track their prices: it's just not interesting to us. We also do not provide users with the opportunity to place advertisements. Therefore, we cannot help you determine the original or current market price of a particular lens.
Hiya! I’m curious to know if there is an API available for your site – I’m looking to build a discord bot & it would be a really good way to implement getting lens specifications
Hello. We don’t have any API, and currently we don’t have plans to create it.
I would have asked the same. Would you allow to do it as open source contribution?
To be honest, I don’t see any benefit for the website in this.
To make the data referable and augmentable. I collect lenses for example, and write an inventory in a spreadsheet, but all the raw data already existing on your website, has to be entered manually for each one. Also as the name API suggests, one could write apps that work with your data, including your own ones, like the website. It is a good practice to decouple the GUI and the database this way. Also, it is precious data, publicly accessible anyway, just not so convenient as it could be, but that is maybe my minority philosphy.
1. But the data is already being referenced by hyperlinks from various domains. As for the data augmentation, the main principle of this website is that users cannot add or edit lenses. There are many websites based on User Generated Content principle, and practice shows that usually the content of such websites is a total mess, and the main purpose of their existence is to earn money from ads, and not to provide high-quality, reliable content (about cameras and lenses, for example). At one point, I simply realized that I cannot trust those UGC-sites and decided to create LENS-DB.COM. That’s why I will not allow anyone to make any changes to the database, even the smallest ones. Never.
2. Earlier, the user asked if there is an API to make a Discord bot. OK, if such bot is created and will provide comprehensive information about lenses for Discord users, then why would these users visit my website? Besides, such bot will make Discord even bigger, more popular and more profitable. But why would I do that if I’m not a Discord shareholder or an employee (at least)? The same is true for all other cases of API-based applications. For example, suppose someone, using my API, creates an application based on my data, but with more convenient design and additional features (for example, allowing uploading sample photos). Why would I create competitors for my website with my own hands?
HI, I have a Rolleiflex 6008i Apo Symmar lens that is having error issues with the 6008i body. I believe it is the lens internal problem and would like your advise on which part in the world is Service being offered for such Rolleiflex equipment. As I am from Malaysia I would prefer an Asian centre. Thank you.
According to DHW Fototechnik’s website, they offer repair services only in Germany:
http://www.dhw-fototechnik.de/en/service-repairs.html
But you can email them and ask if they have service centers in other countries as well (personally, I doubt it). Probably they can also recommend a reputable non-authorized service company in your region.