Show us your cheapest lens shot

Garage sales
Thrift Shops,
Hand me downs (paid for, of course)

I thought this might be a fun thread ... I am always on the look out for glass that has been turfed out for whatever reason ...

I will start - $9.00 for a Canon EF 28-80 at a thrift store on Vancouver Island a few weeks ago - fairly decent shape ... no scratches - slight wear and tear ...

and our Simba was a willing model

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$20 FD 50mm ƒ1.8 and a $10 set of eBay extension tubes: a hinge bolt

Jeez, in 4 years there's only one reply.

This thread rocks.

I was looking through various "competitions" just now. There's a couple non-starters.

Dimension 135mm f3.5 + Fotodiox M42/EF adapter. Misappropriated from a box in my parent's basement. Colour is quite good for a cheap old lens. I prefer shooting it high ISO bw.

Lee

Chinon 55mm f1.7 macro + Fotodiox M42/EF adapter. Another lens collecting dust at my parent's place. Aperture blades are stuck wide open. Not sure if I want to send it for repair or leave it as-is.

Lee

FD 50/1.8 from my mom's AE-1. Wide open on a X-T1. Looks like a missed focus just a bit

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LV Moose wrote in post #17552088
This thread rocks.

LOL.

i just bought a 50mm for 43 bucks, that surpasses my next cheapest lens by 7 dollars. Guess I need to dig some up and light a fire under this thread.

Left Handed Brisket wrote in post #17552246
LOL.

Guess I need to dig some up and light a fire under this thread.

Looks like it has suddenly gotten a new life.

indeed, LV. maybe some momentum can be built this time.

another b/w the 43 dollar 50MM Auto Sears 2.0 this was either at 2 or 4.


bubble shooter disguised as bird house.
or is it a bird house disguised as a bubble shooter?

edit: what the heck here's the color too. I like them both.