Gently used lenses

[Matthew A Smith]

Is there a specific website that specializes in used camera lenses? A craigslist for camera lenses if you will. Good equipment tends not to loose value with gentle wear, so I am curious to compare gently used with new. Places like ebay can be difficult to find "deals" because good, gently used equipment brings premium pricing. Thanks in advance for anyone that leads me to an answer!

 

[Jim Hunt]

Fred Miranda has a great forum for buying/selling. I have purchased most of my L Glass there along with several EOS Pro Bodies. (They have Nikon and other brands too.)

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/board/10

If you want a reputable dealer, KEH has a lot of used gear.

http://www.keh.com/

(I will mention that sometimes older lenses that may not be pretty can still rock. For example, I have an older non IS 300mm f2.8. It is a workhorse for my sports shooting work. It looks ugly but I got it for $2K 5 years ago and its glass is flawless.)

 

[James Langford]

I stronly recommend the buy/sell forum on http://www.dgrin.com. They are a very tight nit community, and good source for gear. Also, if you are looking for a good deal, check out http://www.slickdeals.net. You have to wade through a lot of stuff, but you can find great deals. For example, there is a deal posted there for the Canon 100-400 L lens for $1449 (normally $1600) at Amazon.

James

 

[Wes Carter]

I buy my used stuff at http://www.keh.com. They stand behind their stuff and rate it conservatively.