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Lens age question
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I am going to look at a second hand lens this evening – a Canon IS USM 17-85.
The chap tells me it is just over a year old, bought in Latvia, and he has no receipt to show it is a year old.
Have I any way of know whether it is a one year old lens or three/four/five year old lens? What should i look out for?
Hi Liam – this link may help.
http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/eosfaq/DATECODE.HTM
I’d be less concerned with its age and more concerned with it’s condition. (lens scratch, mould etc)
I used to own that lens and sold it a few months ago for €250. It was 1 year old when i sold it.
Its a pretty ok lens – and much better than the 18-55 kit lens – but still not a L lens.
If i was you – i’d save a little more and get the 17-40mm. You could get this one for €450.
Is it for landscapes – or a geneal ‘walk about’ lens?
bren
thanks for the answers guys, hadn’t thought about the 17-40, but not sufficient zoom for me probably, I want it for portraits and as a walk around street lens.
IMO lens age doesn’t says anything. Check how smooth it is working, how diaphragm is working, focus at all mm. More important is – how often it is used.
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