Canon Lenses

[Danntbt]

What is the best prices for a new Canon 70-200 F4 L USM ans 75-300 F4-5.6 IS USM?
70-200 F4 L USM - is 1200+ a good price for this lens?
75-300 F4-5.6 IS USM? - is 900+ a good price for this lens?

Thanks

 

[DaNi3L]

You're talking about brand new lenses?

 

[EternitY]

Buying 70-200mm f4L from US (BH) is cheaper. It shld costs ard $1000+ with the drop in US$. :bsmilie:

 

[Danntbt]

what's the best price new locally?

 

[nightwolf75]

harlo!

get the 70-200/f4L. the last i check at MS color, it was going for ad $1.2k. u can get 2nd-hand ones on CS for ard $900+.

 

[Danntbt]

Thanks for the infor, how about the 75-300, anyone has any idea?

 

[megaweb]

Thanks for the infor, how about the 75-300, anyone has any idea?

both lenses tt you stated is about that price ... $1.2k and $900 respectively

 

[jsbn]

*cough-cough*

$1.2K?!

I swear I can get my new Mac with that.

 

[Danntbt]

Thanks, anyone has any opinion betw the two?

 

[DaNi3L]

Thanks, anyone has any opinion betw the two?

Definitely the 70-200 F4! :thumbsup:
As mentioned above, you can get a brand new one from US around $950-1000 inclusive of shipping. Since warranty is international, dun think that's a problem.

 

[mpenza]

have to add 5% for gst but it's still cheaper than local shops

 

[Virgo]

Has anyone tried the 70-300 DO IS U? I think pricing is around S$1200. Pretty light, got IS and USM, and a green band! You may like to consider this as well Danntbt. Here's a pic which I've taken using this lens:

 

[mpenza]

The 70-300 DO IS is slightly less than $2k.... it's an expensive piece of glass but it's pretty compact for its features and image quality.

 

[Virgo]

Ey strange.

I tried out this lens during the Canon Pro-ShutterBug event III last week. I exchanged this lens with the Canon guy with my 17-40LU. Later I joked with him and say that why don't we keep this exchange, ie, he keep my 17-40LU and I take his 70-300 DIU. He joked and said please go ahead and he'd be happy to trade a L with a DO, since there's not much pricing between the 2 lenses.

I got the 17-40 for around S$1200. So I thought the 70-300 should be around that price too.

The 70-300 DO IS is slightly less than $2k.... it's an expensive piece of glass but it's pretty compact for its features and image quality.

 

[Adam Goi]

Skip the 75-300 IS ... you're paying for 1st generation IS (rather weak IMO) and optically speaking, it's also somewhat par with its non IS sibling ...

 

[Danntbt]

Thanks for the inputs guys, am buying for my school's photographic club, so have certain budget constraint, I am looking for something betw 1200-1400, plus a straight fowrward purchase rather than from oversea as the red-tapes in schools are real nightmare. Though am keen to push for the 70-200 2.8, even a second hand one is above 1.5K. The 70-300 sounds good, but will need to look at the pricing, the 70-200 F4 sounds good too.

 

[Shiroi]

Definitely the 70-200 F4! :thumbsup:
As mentioned above, you can get a brand new one from US around $950-1000 inclusive of shipping. Since warranty is international, dun think that's a problem.

Care to share which website did u saw this.
Is the price stated in SGD or USD.

 

[DaNi3L]

Care to share which website did u saw this.
Is the price stated in SGD or USD.

Most websites would sell for about that price.

Adorama - USD$580 without $25 rebate
http://www.adorama.com/CA702004AFU.html?searchinfo=canon 70-200mm&item_no=9

BHP - USD $580 without $25 rebate
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=183198&is=USA

With the current exchange rate, should work out to be about $1000 without rebate. If you have a friend to get the rebate for you in US, it'll be cheaper.

 

[sabrewolf]

Are you sure the guy traded you the 70-300 DO IS and not the 75-300 IS, the DO is almost twice the 17-40mm L, the 75-300 IS is rather poor compared to 17-40mm F4 L.