Why some many selling?

If the Canon 85mm F/1.8 is such a fantastic lenes , why do we se 3 to 5 being sold here every day ?

My guess is....

- people has added 70-200 and find no use of it
- people has upgraded to better glass such as Sigma 85 or 85L, which is exactly what happened personally.
- crop users finding it too long

It's not very sharp IMO, strong pf wide open, my sigma owns it in every department except the slightly slower AF speed.

It is a great lens, but it's also a lens that has been in production for a long time with no real changes and it has been popular for that entire time. What I mean to say is, you see a lot of them for sale because there are simply a lot of them in the world. If it were possible to view the numbers of lenses for sale as a percentage of the lenses owned by forum members, this lens wouldn't be all that high.

krb wrote in post #14000471
It is a great lens, but it's also a lens that has been in production for a long time with no real changes and it has been popular for that entire time. What I mean to say is, you see a lot of them for sale because there are simply a lot of them in the world. If it were possible to view the numbers of lenses for sale as a percentage of the lenses owned by forum members, this lens wouldn't be all that high.

Well said.

Its popular, its cheap, they made more, so more are available used.

I'd guess that people buy the 85 1.8, love it and then want to try the L!

if more people buy it...then there are more people to sell it too...

been around a long time means lots of them out there which equates to lots of them for sale

I have one being delivered tomorrow.

I want one so the more that sell and the more saturated the market get with them the better the chance I spill the blood and find one for a really good price..that i can afford. because i'm broke. end rant.

I nearly sold mine because I wasn't using it for a while. Luckily I decided to take it out for a final spin and it's been glued to camera for the last three months. It's a fantastic lens, especially for the money, and as someone else said, it's been around for a long time and a lot of people own it, thus so many on sale.

Well mine is not for sale and is not going to be for a very long time. I won't say never, but I have a lot of other higher priority upgrades and additions before I even think about the Sigma or Canon L.

A number of people shoot indoor winter sports (basketball, volleyball, etc.) that have wrapped up their seasons.

I guess rarely used... like my 100/2.

I love this lens, I love it so much I have owned 4 of them. For me it just fell in the "eh" zone between 50mm and 135mm. I might revisit the lens when my 5d gets here. I think its a much better value than the L version. I think a lot of people get L envy and sell off all non-L lenses, which is stupid. It could also be that with a vast majority of people shooting on a 1.6x sensor after seeing the 85mm on a full frame they think they want it then they realize its more like a 135mm which is a little tight for most people.