Canon 20D - Canon 70mm-300mm Telephoto Lens!

[Safeway]

So I was at Fry's last night, and I saw this sweet lens. It was fvcking $600. Today, I was at a pawn shop and saw the exact lens marked $250. Since we knew the owner, we paid $150 out the door (meaning they adjusted the actual price so that price+tax = $150.00).

This is a brand new, still sealed, telephoto lens. AF/MF etc. Works great. The only part that I don't like is the origin of the lens:

We have known the owner of this pawn shop for 10 years, and we actually asked about the source. He said that it was a photographer that was planning on taking it out of pawn (meaning he used it to get a loan), but wasn't able to make loan payments in time. He had just pulled the lens (took out of the back storage room for pawned items) that morning. I feel bad about that, but his loss, my gain? I am just thinking that if we didn't buy it, someone else would have.

 

[NutBucket]

That's a smokin' deal. Nice work!

 

[her209]

Oh man, just hope no one shows up at your front door.

 

[tami]

you'll be fine. that's a sweet deal. obviously, if the photographer was willing to part with that item (rather than something else), it wasn't as sentimental.

 

[Safeway]

Well, I'm an avid pawn shopper. My dad worked at Big State Pawn, which was bought out by Cash America - so he is the one that got me hooked. I also stumbled across a brand new (protective plastic still on outside logo and screen) Dell 600m. It wasn't a top of the line model, but it was marked $400. I am considering haggling with them over it.

The dude that showed it to me knew nothing about computers. He said "it's an old one, 1600 mhz only". It is a Centrino Pent-m laptop at 1.6Ghz, with an extra battery included. 1.6Ghz P-m is hella good!

Other bargains include tools (DeWalt 18-volt set (2 drills, recip saw, 2 flashlights, and scroll saw, 5 batteries) for $200), knives (3 Benchmade for $15 each, new, $180 for each), and countless other stuff.

 

[magomago]

If 1600mhz is an old pc...I hope people never really learn how to use computers! I want them to stay ignorant

 

[DVad3r]

Wow very nice lens...and wicked deal...soo lucky

 

[DBL]

What Canon lens specifically? The 75-300 EF or the 75-300 IS or the 70-300 DO IS. The first can be had for under $200 while the second is more like $400. The DO is near $1200.

 

[Safeway]

It's the IS. We have a wide-angle IS DO though.

 

[DBL]

Originally posted by: Safeway
It's the IS. We have a wide-angle IS DO though.

Good deal then. However, Canon only makes 2 DO lenses, the 70-300 and the 400 f/4, both of which are telephoto lenses. DO stands for diffractive optics and is a technology used to reduce the size of long telephoto lenses. IOW, I don't see a DO WA in Canon's future but anything is possible I guess .

 

[Safeway]

I'm not the camera guru =P So I was painfully wrong.

I'm pretty happy with Canon atm - I have a G3 and my dad purchased the 20D. We bought a battery grip and had to go through the trouble of returning it to the the faulty design/production. The battery contacts would slip loose due to a crappy connection between grip and camera.

 

[Joony]

*pats Canon 70-200mm f2.8L lens*

I love my 20D!