I’ve been seeing these start to pop up on ebay
. It’s a Canon 24-70mm f2.8 lens that’s had a cinema conversion done. Basically this means that they’ve machined a new housing and added focus and zoom rings to the lens. The modification looks pretty sharp and the markup doesn’t seem outrageous. At the time of this writing, there are a few on ebay for $1526 with shipping which is roughly a $400 mark up from the current price of a Canon 24-70mm (around $1100).
Is it worth it? Well if you already have a matte box, follow focus, and regularly use cinema modded lenses then it might be. Sometimes these conversations can run over $1000, so $400 doesn’t seem like a horrible price, though I’m guessing once these gain some traction the price will jump up closer to $2400. There are already a few listed in that price range mixed in with the $1500 units.
Tags: Canon 24-70mm f2.8, cinema converted lens, follow focus
December 20th, 2013 at 5:46 pm
Interesting how the marked is so organic to new products.
December 24th, 2013 at 5:14 pm
Hmm interesting. Wonder if they’ll do it to other lens, especially 70-200
December 24th, 2013 at 5:53 pm
Interesting you say that, I just say the 70-200 in the same configuration. I think they are asking 2k for that one.