What is the best lens deal you ever got?

EF 50 1.8II - $26.

Front lens group was dropped out, it was easy to fix and now lens is working perfectly.

Best recent finds....a Canon 28-105mm EF for $55 (has a 1/4" scratch on the front element) and the 180mm F2.8 MF Nikkor-ED for $140 because the apparent 1/4" scratch to the front element seen in the auction photo WAS ON THE FILTER that the seller didn't bother to note (or even notice perhaps?).

£600 (roughly $900) for an absolutely mint, razor sharp 70-200 f4 IS.

Canon 10-22 for $415. Staples had them for 50% off of $830. I was lucky enough to have a store that had the lens in stock. Bought 2 and sold the other bringing my price further down for a brand new lens

BucketMan wrote in post #9834271
I don't want to brag, but I feel this is a great place to post this.

I bought a used 70-200 2.8 L IS for $950 from CL. Turns out it was stolen, so the police took it. In return I got a few thousand best friends on POTN and a donated 70-200 2.8 L IS Mark II.

Yeah...pretty awesome.

Signed,

The luckiest guy in the world.

Thanks to all again.

Oh awesome, didn't know the outcome. Read the thread at the beginning, but didn't follow it through. Cool!

Not a lens, but I just got a 540ez off ebay for about $20 that was described as not-working (wouldn't turn on or anything).
I put batteries in it before it met the screwdriver and...it works perfect!

This thread makes me mad. I passed up on the best deals, right when I started to get in to photography. Passed on a 135L for $650, and a 24L for $700. Can't seem to find any deals lately.

BucketMan wrote in post #9834271
I don't want to brag, but I feel this is a great place to post this.

I bought a used 70-200 2.8 L IS for $950 from CL. Turns out it was stolen, so the police took it. In return I got a few thousand best friends on POTN and a donated 70-200 2.8 L IS Mark II.

Yeah...pretty awesome.

Signed,

The luckiest guy in the world.

Thanks to all again.

I heard about you getting it and you giving it bak but wow I didnt know about the rest of it. Good for you

The best deal I ever had was one I sold. I sold a tamron 28-300 xr/ld lens (not the Di model which is much more costly) for $275. I even told the lady who bought it that she offered too much. But she wanted it and sent the money to my paypal. I felt a little guilty and at least overnighted it to her.

Back when I shot film, I had just sold my plasticy Elan IIe and ordered an old A-1 and 50mm lens for something like $150. That same weekend I found an A-1, 28mm, & 50mm at a garage sale for $20. I kept the nicer camera and lens, sold the rest on eBay, and ended up with a great film rig for next to nothing!

44-2 50mm F 2.0 thrown in with a Zenit B body for 30 bucks

UO dated dust pump for 925 Cdn shipped, in really good condition. Even came with a Hoya super hmc UV filter too!

A perfect used 200L 2.8 for $500 that was probably the sharpest/cleanest lens I've ever had and that was wide open, even great with the Canon 2x tele extender.

I'm quickly thinking this is the best deal I ever got. A 300 f/2.8 (with AF) for $1K. Worth far more IMO. Very sharp wide open:

Bought used 24L from Ebay 3-4 years ago for 760 euros, sold it yesterday for 800.