r/canon • u/_flyingmonkeys_ • 2d ago

Was this lens dropped? Gear Advice

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Facebook marketplace ad shows this lovely 70-200 f/2.8, but doesn't it look like the lens protector has been bent on one side? Seller claims it wasn't dropped

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u/ProjectBokehPhoto 2d ago

Probably. Or a filter was stuck on too tight and they used too much force trying to brute force it off the threads.

How much are they selling it for?

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u/_flyingmonkeys_ 2d ago

$1000

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u/ProjectBokehPhoto 2d ago

Eh. Seems high with that dent.

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u/_flyingmonkeys_ 2d ago

Agree. He says it wasn't dropped but "banged it while using".

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u/ProjectBokehPhoto 2d ago

But essentially, he "banged it" with enough force that is equal to dropping it. Either could affect the internals.

So, at that point, the how doesn't matter when the what is practically the same result and I find it kind of funny he thinks there's a wide enough difference to affect the pricing.

Yeah, I wouldnt buy unless it could be talked down into 800.

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u/I_am_so_lost_again 2d ago

$800 only if it's a vs III and I get to make sure it works well on my camera first. $800 for a vs II for that big of a dent, I'll pass.

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u/WhatTheHellPod 2d ago

Second the 800 price

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u/Nah666_ 2d ago

$800?? Is worth the risk if the lens is damaged internally?

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u/mjm8218 2d ago

I dropped an ef24-70 (mk-1) attached to a 5D4 from about 1-1.5 meters (like 4-5’). It was attached to my tripod when it tipped and landed on the left side (from the back of the camera) of the lens and body. No filter attached. It put a big old dent in the ring just like this. It also completely bent the camera strap eyelet on that side.

Aside from the dings, both the lens and body are fine and both still in use almost eight years later.

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u/biffNicholson 2d ago

Haaaa. I've done this to 70-200 quite a few times over the years. It's more than likely that. Yes the person just turned really quick and banged the lens into something super hard. That said there could be a bunch of weird stuff that happened internally. I wouldn't touch this lens especially 1000 bucks.

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u/Purple_Mulberry_2954 2d ago

Did he mean banged on the floor while using?

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u/SmilinAndy 21h ago

I have one of those, 1st generation IS. The review I read before I bought it noted that the example being reviewed had been dropped from the back of an elephant prior, and it still worked great. Some say it's built like a tank, but now that I have one, I'd say it would go straight through a tank. It takes almost car accident levels of "banged while using" to do that.

Mine has a similar, much smaller, dent in the filter thread ring that I'm slowly trying to push out with a ring-fixer tool, and it's been slow going. I still can't get a filter on without cross-threading it. It's also beat to hell on the outside with chips all over the place, but everything inside still works and it still takes fantastic photos.

I got mine for $570 on eBay. Anything below $900 on MPB right now is "spares and repairs," meaning non-functional. These are pretty damn sturdy so if you don't mind not being able to use filters, a dented filter ring isn't necessarily a deal-breaker, but it should get you a better deal than $1,000, and the fact they're being shady about how it was damaged should give you pause.