View Full Version : What Canon? lens is this?
A few months back I was waiting for the speedboats to go through the Solent and saw this chap with a big white lens. Not being a Canon user I would be interested to know what it is.
Thanks.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2591/3867625092_5d6150e0b3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25848431@N02/3867625092/)
NinetyEight
13-12-2009, 09:42
Looks like the 500 f/4 or 600 f/4 to me.
http://www.canon.co.uk/For_Home/Product_Finder/Cameras/EF_Lenses/Fixed_Focal_Length/index.asp
The camera is one of the canon 1d range. Think the lens is a 400mm prime.
looking at NinetyEight link I would now think a 800mm prime.
chris321
13-12-2009, 09:55
I'd agree with the 500 or 600 guess, the massive white bucket on the end is just the hood and isn't shown in the photos on the link, making it look like a bigger lens than it is. As for which it is, no clue, they look so similar.
defo 500/600/800 but which one :shrug:
perhaps you could zoom in on the original and pick out some numbers
NinetyEight
13-12-2009, 10:00
The camera is one of the canon 1d range. Think the lens is a 400mm prime.
looking at NinetyEight link I would now think a 800mm prime.
Def not the 400 and not enough black rubber rings for the 800 IMO...(??)
Just wondering why he chose a monopod? Wouldn't have thought a tripod was banned there... As said, 500 f/4L or 600 f/4L at a guess.
StewartR
13-12-2009, 10:51
It's definitely a 500 or 600mm f/4 L, but they're very difficult to tell apart at ths range. I think it's ptobably a 600. If you have a larger image, it will be possible to determine because the position of the red ring is a give-away. Unfortunately I can't quite see it cleary enough in this picture.
Rovers_Andy
13-12-2009, 10:54
deffo not the 400, i reckon the 600
I put my 50p on a 500mm f4. The 600mm f4 has a much thicker rubber ring (camera end). 400mm only have two rings unless its a f2.8 but they are quite short. Defiantly not the 800mm f5.6 as there a totally different monster.
MarkEvan
13-12-2009, 11:42
Hmmm i'm going to say 500 as well, the rubber focusing ring looks to small to be that of a 600mm.
TommyPhoto
13-12-2009, 13:21
I'm gonna pitch in and say 500 as well. the red "L" band is much closer to the focussing ring in this and the 600's red band is quit a bit further away from it, imho anyway.
Tom N.
it actually looks more like a Canon 500mm F4.5 L non is lens, the barrel shape is wrong nearer the camera ?
Hmmm the more i look the less sure i am lol :)
it must be a 500 because the 600 has 2 steps down to the camera mount, as seen in the pic below, and the strap mount is closer to the end on the 500
http://www.straussstudios.com/images/Canon-500mm-600mm-Super-Telephoto-Lenses.jpg
IanC_UK is correct its a 500mm f4 IS
This is the best I can do. I was after all using a Bigma at 500mm wide open hand held at the time :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/Sockpuppetuk/IMGP7920.jpg
Definatly a Canon 500mm f4 IS L
Definatly a Canon 500mm f4 IS L
Loads of dosh?
Saying that, it doesn't matter what equipment you have if you are pointing the lens the wrong way ... as he was when this came round the corner. The look on his face as I snapped it with my Pentax K10D and Bigma was priceless. :lol:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2523/3866839949_eab7168f4e_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25848431@N02/3866839949/)
Loads of dosh?
Saying that, it doesn't matter what equipment you have if you are pointing the lens the wrong way ... as he was when this came round the corner. The look on his face as I snapped it with my Pentax K10D and Bigma was priceless. :lol:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2523/3866839949_eab7168f4e_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25848431@N02/3866839949/)
:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
scottthehat
19-12-2009, 18:19
nice shot mike. its not about how much it cost, its about being in the right place at the right time.
pragmatist
19-12-2009, 18:34
Def 500 F4...No question
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