> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 12:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EOS Problems are not limited to Sigma, Canon has theirs > too! > > > In a message dated 6/21/2004 8:39:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > and it > > >never goes into circulation. Also, the resale value is so low that > > >many times it just doesn't make sense to try to sell them. > > > > That last line says it all. A good used Canon lens will get 70-80% of > > new value when sold used. A Sigma - you are just happy to > > get anything > > for it... > > Hello All, > I beg to disagree. While Canon lenses "may" hold their value > better - Sigma EX does too. I just sold 2 Sigmas EX - 70-200 2.8 > and 15mm fisheye - one for $10 less what I paid for it 2 years > ago, and the other $40 more, what I paid for it 1 year ago. So, > it's not that bad. > Btw, aren't you all tired of this topic? If you don't like Sigma > or any other brand - don't use it. But spending this much time > talking about it - when do u find time to take pictures? lol. > George >
Hi George, That's nothing, I often buy used lenses and bodies, use them for a while and sell them for more than I bought them for. I recently sold my old but MINT EF 300 2.8L lens and came out $700USD ahead after costs. That was a lens I've used for many jobs that I got paid for. Last year I bought an EOS 1D kit with several Canon "L" lenses and after selling all of the lenses (I already had at least one of each lens in the kit), the EOS 1D netted out at $0USD! I sincerely doubt that anyone is coming out ahead this much selling used Sigma lenses. Ah, but you DID sell off the Sigmas didn't you. What did you replace the Sigma lenses with? Cheers/Chip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
