Hi Gary,
I've owned mine since 1999 and it's a great little lens. I've dropped the
lens once -- mounted on an EOS500N then... the hood saved it. The build is
quite good and is a great compact lens. I don't really know what else to say
about it but I'd say that if mine craps out, I might just buy back another.
The image quality is great (for the price you pay) and the 24mm is really
nice imho. It does vignette at 24mm with a standard 67mm hoya polarizer
though. I haven't seen any available used so my guess is everyone who owns
one ain't parting with it yet. Actually I don't really wish it were wider or
longer. I only wish it is faster (I own the 70-200 2.8 so...).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "EOS List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 5:23 PM
Subject: EOS EF 24-85 f/3.5-4.5 USM
> I'd appreciate a couple of opinions from owners/users of the EF 24-85 USM.
> I checked the List archives and found the lens was mentioned numerous
times,
> but comments surrounding those were not all that helpful, i.e., "I wish it
> was wider", "I wish it was longer", "I wish it had a different filter
size",
> ad infinitum.
>
> I also found some references to the lens having a marginal build quality,
> but OTOH, that it was sharp and optically pretty darn good. And if I
could
> get someone to offer an educated guess, I know what a new one costs, but
> what do you think a good pre-owned one should sell for?
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