a STEAL if i must say so

rugalo

as the title suggests i got an absolute steel yesterday. i was in the camera centre an i saw a lense, and i thought "that cant be right" its second hand but in perfect working order. its a canon 75-300mm f4-5.6, i got it for €120. what do ye think, good price?

weldoninhio

rugalo wrote: »

as the title suggests i got an absolute steal yesterday. i was in the camera centre an i saw a lense, and i thought "that cant be right" its second hand but in perfect working order. its a canon 75-300mm f4-5.6, i got it for €120. what do ye think, good price?

FYP Steel is a bit of metal

rugalo

you know what i mean!!! dont mind my spelling, what do you think of the price?

pixbyjohn

Its nice to get a bargain and I wish you luck with it. Also a place to look for secondhand bargains is the photography section of adverts.ie
http://www.adverts.ie/showcat.php?cat=51

charybdis

Amazon.co.uk sells them new for £139.99, so €120 sounds about right for a used one in good condition.

And it's "steal", not "steel"; "and" not "an"; "lens" not "lense"; and it wouldn't hurt to use a capital letter or apostrophe where appropriate either.

(And, strictly speaking, "ye" is archaic.)

rugalo

charybdis wrote: »

Amazon.co.uk sells them new for £139.99, so €120 sounds about right for a used one in good condition.

And it's "steal", not "steel"; "and" not "an"; "lens" not "lense"; and it wouldn't hurt to use a capital letter or apostrophe where appropriate either.

(And, strictly speaking, "ye" is archaic.)

ur the second person to correct my spelling and grammer, wats dis an english lesson or a photography forum. as i said already u know wat i mean.
u must have been one of those people in school who even corrected the teacher on their spelling. F**K u charybdis!!!

SinisterDexter

charybdis wrote: »

And it's "steal", not "steel"; "and" not "an"; "lens" not "lense"; and it wouldn't hurt to use a capital letter or apostrophe where appropriate either.

(And, strictly speaking, "ye" is archaic.)

rugalo wrote: »

ur the second person to correct my spelling and grammer, wats dis an english lesson or a photography forum. as i said already u know wat i mean.
u must have been one of those people in school who even corrected the teacher on their spelling. F**K u charybdis!!!

I don't know which of ye is more anal!:D

DaireQuinlan

rugalo wrote: »

wats dis an english lesson or a photography forum. as i said already u know wat i mean.

Well, photography forum or not, it helps if you're able to communicate at some level other than a semi-literate 16 year old.

Also, post reported for personal abuse.

ThOnda

And I thought it was Irish forum, not English...

pullandbang

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Well, photography forum or not, it helps if you're able to communicate at some level other than a semi-literate 16 year old.

+1 - think you're being generous with 16 :pac:

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Also, post reported for personal abuse.

Ditto!

rugalo

SinisterDexter wrote: »

I don't know which of ye is more anal!:D

Come on SinisterDexter it's supposed to be a photography forum. I didn't write on the forum to have my spelling corrected. As you can see I can spell and use correct grammer . Oh and the total use of txt style writing was on purple :D

pullandbang

To make matters worse, it's not even a bargain!

rugalo

pullandbang wrote: »

To make matters worse, it's not even a bargain!

What!!, well considering there going for at least €300 new, I think it was a bit of a STEAL (for all you politicly correct people out there). So what do you think i should have paid for it ?

pullandbang

rugalo wrote: »

What!!, well considering there going for at least €300 new, I think it was a bit of a STEAL (for all you politicly correct people out there). So what do you think i should have paid for it ?

€300 is for one with IS & USM - you got the base model - still a reasonable lens but should have paid no more than €90 - €100 secondhand.

BTW - see how easy it is to type correctly?

ThOnda

rugalo wrote: »

... So what do you think i should have paid for it ?

I am keeping an eye on adverts for a bargain lense like that for my friend. She cannot offer anything in exchange for it (she is married...) , so it has to be a real bargain. I am looking for double figure as a good beginning of nice bargain.

rugalo

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Well, photography forum or not, it helps if you're able to communicate at some level other than a semi-literate 16 year old.

Also, post reported for personal abuse.

Hang on a minute, your telling me it's not ok for me to use profanities at someone, but it's ok for you to insult me by prosuming i'm some illiterate sixteen year old.

CabanSail

If you have a problem with a post please use the Report Post facility.

DO NOT respond in thread.

Personal Abuse will not be tolerated.

People do make spelling mistakes, however TxtSpk is not allowed on this forum or elsewhere on Boards.

thebiglad

rugalo wrote: »

What!!, well considering there going for at least €300 new, I think it was a bit of a STEAL (for all you politicly correct people out there). So what do you think i should have paid for it ?

Available brand new from Amazon (right now) at £125 - free delivery on that too.

You got cheaper than that so as long as you are happy.

I think you are confusing the lens you have with the IS USM version.

Long threads on Board about this - just search Canon 75-300 and read away.

rugalo

thebiglad wrote: »

Available brand new from Amazon (right now) at £125 - free delivery on that too.

You got cheaper than that so as long as you are happy.

I think you are confusing the lens you have with the IS USM version.

Long threads on Board about this - just search Canon 75-300 and read away.

Cheers for that, but yeh i am happy with that purchase. In saying that I may use it for my next one, possibly a macro. Also i'm going to vegas in a couple of weeks, I might get a cheap macro over there.

democrates

Enjoy the lens Rugalo and the trip to Las Vegas. Tip - you might want to try the Firefox browser, it checks spelling as you type which I find very handy since I often transpose letters as the mind races ahead of the fingers.