YOUR first L lens?

17-40.
Someone broke one at work and the boss couldn't be bothered getting it fixed.
My gain... It cost me $120.

First one I bought outright was the 70-200 2.8

Foggiest wrote in post #14144053
Looks like a lot of people went with the 70-200 f4 non IS .
It is a great way in to L class lenses , well built , nice usable zoom range , great IQ , reasonably priced .

I will hopefully be getting mine in a couple of days, it is in customs at the moment! only took 5 months after buying my 450D body.

I have had my 50D about a year.

I will pick up my first 2 L lenses in a month or so when my house sells.

70-200 2.8 and 16-35 2.8.

Well, that is the plan at this point.

mine was 70-200 f2.8L usm...very nice....soon to be traded with 70-200 f2.8L IS II

jjaenagle wrote in post #6833584
So from when you got your first (D) SLR camera, when did you get your first L lense?

What was it and what did you have to sacrifice to get it?

I will get mine in about 30 years if i start saving now.

Also... check out the "What L's do you own" thread

I already owned a 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS and a 70–200 f/4L when I got my 1st DSLR. I didn't really sacrifice anything to obtain the glass other than having the pleasure of shooting three Ironman Triathlon races for a publication (35mm film). The glass was part of the compensation package. I sold the 70–200 f/4L last summer a bought a 70-200 f/2.8L IS II... best lens I've ever used and a pure joy to shoot.

Sold my 70-200 f4 this last Sunday. Turned into a paper weight so I had to let it go lol.

The 17-40 was my very first 'L' series lens. I it used as my walkaround lens for my then 20D.

Got my first L lens yesterday, the 24-105 f4....which came packaged with my new 5D MkIII

70-200 f/4L IS...It's just been downhill since then, lol.

canon 50 f1.0 6 yrs ago from my friends dad. slow as hell wasn't worth the cash. Nice piece of glass tho

70-200 f2.8.. about 2 years after getting a dslr

CaterhamF1 wrote in post #15068685
I will hopefully be getting mine in a couple of days, it is in customs at the moment! only took 5 months after buying my 450D body.

It is a great lens , served me well so far
I am more than happy with mine , went on to buy the other best budget belter , 400 5.6

70-200II...and it was all downhill from there

300mm F4.0 IS

Bought it used and coul dprobably sell it for more right now than I paid for it so I consider it a good investment.

Recently picked up a 24-105L and am quite happy with it too.

Bought a 70-200mm F4.0, I didn't use it for about 5 months and recently started using it and holy crap this thing is vibrant and sharp!

I'm planning on selling the 70-200 and my tammy to pick up a 24-105mm L. Hopefully it won't disappoint..