View Full Version : McCanon users - here's a lens deal for you
Landscape lens going cheap (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/800557508-USE/Canon__Super_Telephoto_1200mm_f_5_6L.html)
Am i reading that wrong. 99k?
antonroland
30-12-2007, 08:16
You can't have 2, they only have one in stock:bonk:
:lol:
hypnotic
30-12-2007, 08:43
Just found one for only £83,275.
Can I keep the change?
Do they really go for that much?
foodpoison
30-12-2007, 08:55
Just get a 600mm and a 2x tc!
grumpybadger
30-12-2007, 09:02
It lets in an extra stop of light over a 600 and a 2x...
maddog.mark
30-12-2007, 09:49
99k :eek:
Nothing to pay for 6 months ***:D
whiteflyer
30-12-2007, 10:25
Looks a bargain to me, I believe Canon only every made the to order and the total was around a dozen or so. VERY rare for one to come to the market.
At the current exchange rate it's under £50K :lol:
hypnotic
30-12-2007, 11:04
Just spotted this one going cheap as well ...
Canon EF 50mm F1 L USM (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Canon-EF-50mm-F1-L-USM-Superb-condition_W0QQitemZ190185123490QQihZ009QQcategoryZ 30070QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Paparazzi will be falling over thenmselves to buy that!
antonroland
30-12-2007, 11:11
Just spotted this one going cheap as well ...
Canon EF 50mm F1 L USM (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Canon-EF-50mm-F1-L-USM-Superb-condition_W0QQitemZ190185123490QQihZ009QQcategoryZ 30070QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
One day!:lol:
:eek: am I glad I'm not a pro if they are the prices they have to pay for lenses :lol: :lol:
I would want it made from some sort of precious meal and diamonds at that price!
lol no not made of diamonds etc, but the glass is worth an absolute fortune you need to see how big this lens really is to get to grips with it lol
http://v.foto.radikal.ru/0703/00610cceadde.jpg
And comes with it's own tripod included in the price IIRC.
:eek: That is one huge lens, must weigh a ton as well :D
It's a sweet wee beastie isn't it. :lol:
That's probably it's most common haunt, by the sea as it's just the ticket for big surf contests. Sometimes used with a pair of stacked 2x's converters. :eek:
hypnotic
30-12-2007, 12:26
That's probably it's most common haunt, by the sea as it's just the ticket for big surf contests. Sometimes used with a pair of stacked 2x's converters. :eek:
Or .... More likely looking into some pop stars bedroom from a distance .... :D
Just spotted this one going cheap as well ...
Canon EF 50mm F1 L USM (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Canon-EF-50mm-F1-L-USM-Superb-condition_W0QQitemZ190185123490QQihZ009QQcategoryZ 30070QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
do you get a discount if you buy more than one?
Looks a bargain to me, I believe Canon only every made the to order and the total was around a dozen or so. VERY rare for one to come to the market.
At the current exchange rate it's under £50K :lol:
You are right. I stumbled across this monster somewhere on the web (can't recall where) when doing a bit of research before I bought the 100 - 400L. They are only made to order and the price I saw was £70000, so 50k is a nae bad price.
You can get a similarly sized Opteca (or some damn make I'd never heard of) 1200mm for about £150. I wonder how good that lens is *** :shrug::lol:
You are right. I stumbled across this monster somewhere on the web (can't recall where) when doing a bit of research before I bought the 100 - 400L. They are only made to order and the price I saw was £70000, so 50k is a nae bad price.
You can get a similarly sized Opteca (or some damn make I'd never heard of) 1200mm for about £150. I wonder how good that lens is *** :shrug::lol:
LOL the Opteka is a like a bit of plastic drainpipe with some glass in it somehow i dont think it would produce as good a pic ;)
It was introduced in 1993 and discontinued in 2005, so it's a pretty rare beast. I believe it weighs 36lbs.
More info.... CLICK (http://dvinfo.net/canon/images/images17.php)
antonroland
30-12-2007, 12:49
And comes with it's own tripod included in the price IIRC.
Really can't see why anyone would want to put this on a tri-pod?:thinking:
Perfect walkabout lens:thumbs:
:lol:
It was introduced in 1993 and discontinued in 2005, so it's a pretty rare beast. I believe it weighs 36lbs.
More info.... CLICK (http://dvinfo.net/canon/images/images17.php)
No IS on it, no good to me then :lol:
whiteflyer
30-12-2007, 13:44
It's a sweet wee beastie isn't it. :lol:
That's probably it's most common haunt, by the sea as it's just the ticket for big surf contests. Sometimes used with a pair of stacked 2x's converters. :eek:
The BBC have one attached to a film camera, they have used it for David Attenborough wild life shots in the Arctic, and I'm suer Sports Illustrated have a couple plus the guy who own Oakley sunglasses.
I did hear Canon stopped making them when they started their lead free policy, as there is so much lead in the glass of this monster.
King of Groove
30-12-2007, 13:49
I'll have 10! And then I'll donate them to TP members!
Dark Star
30-12-2007, 13:57
Check Kerso's price first! :)
Sports Illustrated have two of those...it's gotta be the rarest Canon lens you can get (well, not that you can really get it...lol).
paul cull-pearce
30-12-2007, 15:12
Here is another photo of a happy man with a 1200mm lens. :nuts:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/PaulPearce/eos1200gg.jpg
Paul
hypnotic
30-12-2007, 15:29
Here is another photo of a happy man with a 1200mm lens. :nuts:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/PaulPearce/eos1200gg.jpg
Paul
Can you get me the keys to that warehouse? ... :lol:
[...] it's just the ticket for big surf contests. Sometimes used with a pair of stacked 2x's converters. :eek:
FOUR stops penalty? On that animal, with its F/5.6 at the widest, that would mean F/22 . . . !
If you think you can shoot a fast moving surfer with that – 'stop' him with a fast enough shutter speed (the theory says shutter speed ought to be around 1/2,000th!) – and get a properly lit photo, I think you may be very disappointed with your shiny 99,000 bucks piece of hardware!
FOUR stops penalty? On that animal, with its F/5.6 at the widest, that would mean F/22 . . . !
If you think you can shoot a fast moving surfer with that – 'stop' him with a fast enough shutter speed (the theory says shutter speed ought to be around 1/2,000th!) – and get a properly lit photo, I think you may be very disappointed with your shiny 99,000 bucks piece of hardware!
I guess if you're at the world surfing championships and you want a shot of some figure on a board a couple of miles out to sea, your choices are pretty limited.
The lens/camera will be really well supported. Chances are that it's as bright as bright can be and I reckon usable shutter speeds would be from 350 upwards.
I'd bag it. :)
wickwhistle
30-12-2007, 20:03
Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the three wise men!!! That is one mother of a lens :lol:
That is a truely humoungus lens!! Indeed it does come with its own tripod as I doubt there are many tripods around that would take the weight. However I wouldnt want to carry the lens or tripod around as I bet they both weight a tonne.
I might buy one though, cheaper by far than a house at the moment!!
I'd rather have this one. It comes with it's own wheelbarrow.:lol:
http://www.zeiss.com/c12567a8003b58b9/Contents-Frame/8baac109cb80bddfc12571e100393a1b
h.r.ford
31-12-2007, 21:42
Tim (Busterboy) has gotta own at least one doesn't he??
Vertigo1
01-01-2008, 14:16
Here is another photo of a happy man with a 1200mm lens. :nuts:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/PaulPearce/eos1200gg.jpg
Paul
That ain't the 1200mm
That ain't the 1200mm
Yes it is :) but doesnt have the lens hood on.
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