EF 1200mm f5.6 L USM Review

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You could do some showing off turning up at a meet with that... current price 120,000 quid! :)
 
JESSSUSEEE! That is one heck of a lens! "faces recognisable from up to a mile away"!!

Has canon bob got one yet?
 
Bloody hell, certainly not for the faint hearted photographer who prefers his L glass to be black and less conspicuous :lol::lol:
 
I like the way it's shown in height against the woman.... right on the end of the lens hood!! Imagine scratching that front element: "That will be £20,000 for the repair Sir...."
 
KIPAX said:
You could do some showing off turning up at a meet with that... current price 120,000 quid! :)
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It's dollars not sterling, bringing it down to a very affordable £106,000 :) ;)
 
Seems Ok but I think I'll wait for the f/2.8 IS version :thumbs: :D
 
ingrid said:
Now that would get over my problem with garden birds being small in the frame!!
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It would get over my problem of having to sit on wet sand whilst waiting for the light. Can't personally see any other use for it. :p
 
purpleclouds said:
It wouldn't come as a surprise if some members bought one and ended up shooting blue tits with it!
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Well I am prepared to put a £10 in - or if need be £15 if we can get a kitty going. Having said that, it would probably bend my tripod.
 
"The model I reviewed (in excellent condition) has a $120,000 price tag hanging on it. That's right - it costs more than a small house in the country."

I'd like to know which country this small house in the....err....country is in

£100,000 won't buy a roofless cow shed

:thinking:....Americans
 
joxby said:
"The model I reviewed (in excellent condition) has a $120,000 price tag hanging on it. That's right - it costs more than a small house in the country."

I'd like to know which country this small house in the....err....country is in

£100,000 won't buy a roofless cow shed

:thinking:....Americans
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They bought Alaska for about £13.45 didn't they? :p
 
I think I'll give it a miss. To be honest, any examples I've seen from that lens don't look particularly spectacular anyway. And that's not just jealousy! I really don't mind anyone owning it at all, even though I definitely can't afford it.

Well... not this week anyway (it depends on the lottery really) :)
 
Uneducated_Rick said:
Give it time and StewartR will get one - then we can all have a go with it
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He could lease it for $4000 a month then we could rent it for £1000 a week, 100 members @ £10 each on a meet 2 minutes each then back in the car :D
 
wack61 said:
He could lease it for $4000 a month then we could rent it for £1000 a week, 100 members @ £10 each on a meet 2 minutes each then back in the car :D
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Obviously I've thought about it. But I can't convince myself there are enough people out there who have pockets deep enough.... and if you think you can organise a 100-member meet every week, 52 weeks of the year, then your organisation skills are incredibly superior to mine!

Having said that, the other week I hired out a Sigma 300-800mm and a 2x teleconverter to a guy who does covert surveillance. There might be a tasty market there if only I can find a way into it...
 
joxby said:
"The model I reviewed (in excellent condition) has a $120,000 price tag hanging on it. That's right - it costs more than a small house in the country."

I'd like to know which country this small house in the....err....country is in

£100,000 won't buy a roofless cow shed

:thinking:....Americans
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Some HERE. Rather more than a cowshed. In America, but it was an American review wasn't it?

Andrew
 
What would my nice crop sensor give me in terms of focal length I wonder.....1920mm!! :D
 
Stewart - thanks for the link. I may get myself a 1.4x to put on the 400L I already have but I cannot afford a 500L and 2 x 2TCs - unless Mr Darling does very radical things this afternoon.
 
andrewc said:
a white lens that big is hardly covert!
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It can be. From the review:
Using a Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, faces were recognizable at distances up to a mile or more. A higher density sensor such as that in the 50D or [500D] should extend this distance to an even more incredible number.
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