Used dealer mpb.com has discounted a number of popular items for Labor Day. You can see the full list of discounted gear on their site.
You can see all used Canon gear via our mpb.com Stock Tracker. Here are some of the best newly discounted Canon items:
- EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM is now $7799.00 (Excellent)
- EF 200mm f/1.8L USM is now $2799.00 (Excellent)
- EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM is now $2639.00 (Excellent)
- EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM is now $1199.00 (Excellent)
- EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM is now $864.00 (Good)
- EF 17-40mm f/4L USM is now $419.00 (Excellent)
- EOS-1D X is now $2899.00 (Excellent)
- EOS 7D Mark II is now $779.00 (Good)
- EOS 80D is now $714.00 (Excellent)
We’re very impressed with mpb.com‘s listings as they show actual photos of the specific item they have for sale, and provide additional details such as shutter count. Free shipping (within the continental USA) and a 6-month warranty are included. They only collect sales tax for purchases within New York state.
I normally don’t like the 17-40mm F4L since for 200-250 more you can get the 16-35mm F4 IS, a much better and image stabilized lens. But for 419 bucks it would probably be the best value wide lens on a full frame camera without being full manual. I would only suggest it for a full frame though, as on a crop I think you would be better off with the EF-S 17-55mm F2.8 IS USM for around the same money usually. One stop faster, just as wide with more reach, significantly less barrel distortion at all ranges, less CA at all f-stops, IS, and overall a sharper lens. But if you have a 5D or 6D or 1D and need something wide for it, that is a pretty great price on the 17-40mm.
That 85mm F1.2 is a tempting offer as well, but a word of advice. This is another lens I wouldn’t bother putting on a crop. The crop factor pretty well kills all the things about it that make it stand out, and the results just aren’t the same as when you use it on a FF. It becomes a tight headshot lens, which is something you can do with a 70-200mm F2.8 jsut fine and is about the same money (and is far more versatile). But on a FF, that lens is legendary. 1199 is a pretty far cry from it’s usual price tag, so if you were looking for a portrait lens for your 6D this could be it (or 5D or 1D).