Canon EF 50mm F/1.8 MkII for my EOS 20D ?

[Pazza]

Hi all, thinking about getting this lense for my Canon EOS 20D - it's £77.98 delivered at the moment from devoncamera.co.uk - any good alternatives at a similar price or maybe you know somewhere cheaper?

Danke!!

[shiato storm]

i got mine for next to £50 brand new. I'd say £77.98 is a little bit on the expensive side.
best £50 I've spent though, nick-named the nifty-fifty it is a pretty awesome lens, mine is sharp but there are some utter dogs out there. I'd say maybe look on ebay?
if you're looking for a good 50mm type range for the 20D have a look at the sigma 30mm...I think someone around here has one too

[Pazza]

Do you mean the 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM? This is much more money!!

Also - I've been looking on ebay and loads of places for the EF 50 II but cannot find it any cheaper apart from importing at £65.00 with a long delivery time & possible import tax.

[noah]

onestop have them for £65.99, they have quick delivery (about 5 days for me) and no tax (they pay it for you if it happens) probably worth a shot.

[Pazza]

I knew about onestop them but the problem there is that although they may refund the VAT of £11.55, you have to post the original reciept to Honk Kong and obviously you will need to register this through the post and would cost nearly £5.00. So, total cost could come to £71.00. And - if there is a fault - this is the big problem and could cost lots more money. Not really sure its worth the risk to import.

[noah]

fair point and each to their own as far as these things go. i had some concerns too, but there were no probs with them when i bought my flash, then again i might have been lucky

[Pazza]

Did you get any queries from the inland revenue?

[noah]

nah, was all very simple

[Pazza]

It appears the Mk.1 is much better than the Mk.2 so I might just try for that on ebay.

[TomWilko]

Only the body is better and things, I really really like my Mk II and it does a fantastic job for the price.

[Bobster]

was gong to say pick up a mk1 from ebay

[Pazza]

I got one now from eBay - just waiting for it to come :-)

[xolotl]

was gong to say pick up a mk1 from ebay

They go for upwards of £90 on ebay. And all you get is a metal mount and a distance scale. Hardly worth it.

[shiato storm]

unless you bag a bargain!