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Used EF 100mm f2.8L Purchase Price?

Started 7 months ago | Questions thread
bodeswell Senior Member • Posts: 1,378
Re: Used EF 100mm f2.8L Purchase Price?

Gam3r01 wrote:

I found someone locally who is selling a kit (50D, 28-135, 70-300, and EF 100L), and they agreed to potentially just sell me the 100L. I was wondering what a reasonable top end price would be? I see prices on MPB and ebay, but Id like some more experienced answers.

Obviously I would go test the lens before handing over any money, I plan to bring a light to inspect for scratches, dings, and fungus. I also would either try and get an EF to RF adapter and test on my R6, or I have access to an SL2 I could use to check basic functionality.

Ive never bought used before, so any assistance is appreciated.

Im interested in better macro capabilities as well as portrait work (RF 35mm is doing all the work right now).

For a private sale as is with no warranty, and assuming the lens looks very good when you inspect it, I would say the top end price would be US $500-600. Any more than that I would be thinking “why not get a warranty”. By the way, a lot of people think the non-L Canon 100 macro is just about as good, and it’s a lot less expensive used. Check out what Optical Limits has to say about the non-l.

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