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icnoble
07-02-2010, 18:21
I would even change to canon to use this!!

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-1200mm-f-5.6-L-USM-Lens-Review.aspx
drb5
07-02-2010, 19:27
LOL $120,000!
panthro
08-02-2010, 00:32
Saw this on the lens for hire website, what a monster!!
dinners
08-02-2010, 00:51
I remember a video all about it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0E-nZOlY_k
daugirdas
08-02-2010, 01:28
Well 800mm f/5.6L IS looks like a bargain in comparison.
onform
09-02-2010, 19:51
No way man :nono:....it's only f5.6! show me a 1200mm f2.8 and I will be impressed...;) Perhaps they are in the process of growing the fluorine crystals as we speak??? shame I won't be around to see it:shake::thumbsdown:
ShrubMonkey
09-02-2010, 20:05
Amazing piece of kit, would have fun for just a day with this lens ;)
specialman
09-02-2010, 20:15
Amazing how after all these years (I can remember having a go with one at Focus NEC in the late 90s) this lens still amazes people. Still reckon Canon have only sold a handful...


...wasn't there a horror story on the net of one getting trashed... or was it something more mundane like a 600mm f/4?
Krow
09-02-2010, 20:26
That's a rocket.
nikolarun
09-02-2010, 20:35
I believe the Sigma 200-500 F/2.8 is a bit harder to come by

http://www.sigma-imaging-uk.com/lenses/telezoom/200-500mm.htm
andy_m
09-02-2010, 20:38
thats a toy!!

heres the real deal!

http://www.pdnpulse.com/2010/01/canons-5200mm-f14-howitzerlike-lens.html
Liam
09-02-2010, 20:41
Amazing how after all these years (I can remember having a go with one at Focus NEC in the late 90s) this lens still amazes people. Still reckon Canon have only sold a handful...


...wasn't there a horror story on the net of one getting trashed... or was it something more mundane like a 600mm f/4?

It was a 600 f4 on POTN.

The owner of Oakley has one of these.
cyclone
09-02-2010, 20:46
I first saw one of these when everybody's favourite Mr.Rockwell posted that B&H had one for sale a couple of years back.

I dare her to hand hold it :lol:

http://media.the-digital-picture.com/Images/Other/Canon-EF-1200mm-f-5.6-L-USM-Lens/Canon-EF-1200mm-f-5.6-L-USM-Lens-and-Girl.jpg
darkpokemon
09-02-2010, 20:52
How do you carry those things.. :( I want one
King_Boru
09-02-2010, 20:52
I've seen one of these up here in Canada and the thing is a monster. If I had the moola I would be all over it like fly on dung. Although this particular one was well beat up, scratched, dinged and knocked. Watching the tog put it away was painful. No respect for it, just slinging it about.
King_Boru
09-02-2010, 20:56
I first saw one of these when everybody's favourite Mr.Rockwell posted that B&H had one for sale a couple of years back.

I dare her to hand hold it :lol:

Its still for sale:

Linky (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/800622963-USE/Canon_2527A001_Super_Telephoto_1200mm_f_5_6L.html/BI/5356/KBID/6160)
cyclone
10-02-2010, 15:58
That's either a different one, or the price has gone up $20k while it's been sat in the shop :)
Liam
10-02-2010, 16:17
I think a film company owns one, as it was used to film the opening scene in Transformers (the first one)

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/find/newsLetter/Canon-EF-1200mm.jsp

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-1200mm-f-5.6-L-USM-Lens-Review.aspx