Your favorite older EF lens

[Viggo]

My oldest EF is a 35L, it can still produce beautiful images despite comparisons to the Sigma. A nine year old design can rarely outperform a new design but I'll keep mine anyway.

+1 for the 35 L, but it's not 9 years old, it's 17.

Another I have always loved the output from, but never owned, is the 200 f1.8 L.

 

[chas1113]

If memory serves me correctly, the very first EF I purchased was the 50-200/3.5-4.5L. And I also recall it was very hard to find at the time, perhaps on its way to being discontinued (?). Shortly thereafter I purchased the 100-300/5.6L. Too bad IS wasn't around for these two fine optics.

I still have my 100-300L AFD push-pull zoom. It's now paired with a new SL-1 body and makes an excellent hiking setup. It's AF is loud/buzzy and sort of slow, but the optics are still great and at 695 grams it's super light. I also have the newer 70-300L, but pound for pound, the ancient 100-300L can't be beat. And, it's black!

—chas

 

[Ekychoi]

The magic drain pipe (80-200 L) which I don't own but love the pictures that I had taken with it.