Well, I just bought it in June (now that I look at my order online) and have only used it twice - once in a gymnasium just to test it out and a little around town one night in Seattle, so it's almost literally brand new. I keep very good care of my gear (stored in a Pelican case for example), shouldn't even be a scratch on it. Have everything that came with it, can even provide a copy of the receipt.


I simply find that my Tamron 17-50 2.8 and the girlfriends Canon 18-55 2.8 IS serve me just as well for what I'm normally shooting (i.e. not moving objects that I need to stop in their tracks). I'd rather recoup some of my money and buy a 100mm 2.8 Macro.


My initial asking was $400 for the lens (i'll cover shipping - lens is still selling for $439 on B&H currently) and $450 for both the lens and filter. (Keep in mind this is a filter that fits this lens, but requires 77mm filters on the front end, which is what a lot of the better Canon lenses take).


(Cut and paste from my order...)
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<td class="topLine" align="left" height="40" nowrap="nowrap"]B+W X-WIDE 62mm UV HAZE #010 (2C) FILTER - BWUV62EW

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<td class="topLine" align="center"]$78.95</td>
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Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX-DC HSM f/CANON EOS - SI3014DCCAF

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<td class="topLine" align="center"]1</td>
<td class="topLine" align="center"]$439.00</td>
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<div align="right"]$439.00</div>
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