The Canon Direct Store just started a sale: save 10%-off refurbished lenses, no coupon code is necessary. The sale ends on June 17th at 11:59pm. Check out our refurb stock tracker to see all items that are currently in-stock, and get notified about restocks — we expect a restock before the sale ends.
Here are some of the lenses currently available:
- EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM is now $1511.28
- EF 50mm f/1.2L USM is now $1043.28
- EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM is now $647.99
- EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM is now $1151.28
- EF 17-40mm f/4L USM is now $539.99
- EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM is now $215.99
- EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM Pancake is now $99.99
- EF 50mm f/1.8 STM is now $79.79
- EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM is now $431.99
- EF 28mm f/2.8 IS USM is now $395.99
- EF 35mm f/2 IS USM is now $431.99
Before anyone gets in here, there are some really good deals here, some ok deals, some to just not bother with. Avoid the 55-250mm, as you can buy those new on ebay for about 150. Also, the 24mm pancake and the 50mm F1.8 are really only a good deal if you buy them together to get free shipping, and even then it isn’t too great a deal (less than 50 bucks). The 100mm macro is only 27 bucks less than street price, probably not worth it, and I’m pretty sure they knock that one down lower sometimes on the refurb sales. The 16-35mm and the 35mm are decent, saving you 70 and 80 bucks, respectively. Keep in mind that is the version ii of the 16-35, not the version iii, if you care. The 24mm IS will save you 100 bucks, and the 50mm 1.2 will save you 130. The 2 best deals though are the 17-40mm saving you 160, and the 14mm saves a whopping 374 bucks! Not sure if a lot of peeps are looking at that 14mm though, as it is an oddly shaped lens; it’s shaped like a fish eye, which prevents the use of filters without special equipment. So that is the breakdown of this list, at least compared to street prices. The way I see it, it’s only a decent deal if you can save 50-100 bucks for the refurb, but anything over 100 is a pretty good deal. Anything over 150 bucks, well, if you have been saving up then it is time to pull the trigger!
Here’s hoping for a restock before the sale ends.