Crazy low priced EF lenses...

beato · Mar 7, 2008

http://search.express.ebay.com/__Ca...wZcanonQQ_kwZefQQ_ssnZcameraQ2dsupplyQQ_tosZ1

I was just wondering if anyone can tell me why these lenses are so cheap. Seems a bit fishy...

mrodgers · Mar 7, 2008

Because they are Digital Optics brand converters? As I understand it, Digital Optics lenses are garbage. I asked a long time ago about a teleconverter for my camera and was told they were garbage.

BYoung · Mar 7, 2008

Its that cheap because it is not a lens at all.

It is like a magnifying filter that just attaches to the front of a lens you already own. Its a cheap alternative to a real lens but I'm sure they don't perform anywhere near what a real lens does.

If you click on one of them, then look at the 3rd picture down you can see that its just attached to a canon kit lens.

Alex_B · Mar 8, 2008

the way this ebay site is advertising could be considered scam-ish.

If you really look closely, you can see they do not sell the actual EF lenses, but on first glance you might think so!