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M3 + nifty fifty + viltrox adapter

Started 3 months ago | Discussions thread
OP jackwelch Senior Member • Posts: 1,086
Re: M3 + nifty fifty + viltrox adapter

nnowak wrote:

I am surprised you are still finding new copies of that lens as it was officially discontinued back in 2017. Canon repair support is ending February of 2023 for the 70-300mm DO. After February of next year, Canon will no longer repair that lens.

In another post you said "The 55-250mm stm is not really cheap in my country. It's about $300 for new. I figured add on a bit more and probably get the EF 70-300mm DO IS USM $430, EF 70-300 IS ii USM $500 or even the Tamron 100-400mm $610."

Frankly, even $430 is far too much for the DO lens. All of the other lenses in your list are quite good and are far better than the DO lens. There are absolutely zero reasons to choose the DO lens over any of the other options in your list.

A good thing (or maybe it's a bad thing) about living in Asia, is things are sometimes backwards. For example I see prices of lenses in the west so cheap but here it can sometimes be pricey.

Anyways this exactly why I post such stuff here, the feedback from you and also the community is always very much appreciated.

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