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garyvot wrote:
Back in early 2000s I bought but decided to return used copies of the EF 50mm f/1.0L, EF 20-35mm f/2.8L, and the glorious "magic drainpipe", the 80-200mm f/2.8L.
All of these lenses were introduced in the same year (1989). Oddly the two zooms did not have USM focusing, even though Canon had started rolling it out that year with the 50 1.0L and the 28-80 2.8-4L. They were nevertheless quick to focus, but IIRC lacked full-time manual focusing, something we have taken for granted with Canon USM lenses for decades.
None save the magic drainpipe could be considered competitive today optically, I imagine, but I would love to still have those as artifacts of their time. They were built like tanks too.
I believe I got the 50 1.0 for $600, haha. ...Show more →
Gary, I'd be more then happy to give you $600 for the 50 1.0 if you still had it 
Jim
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