Compensating for something???

[DrMoab]

I um... Well I'm speechless.

I just can't see myself ever being able to justify this to my wife....even if I won the powerball.
guaranteed divorce

 

[pangaea]

An impressive lens for sure. They were hand-made, with supposedly only about a dozen or so in existence.... Here's a great link to a guy who got to play with one at the SLC Olympics:

http://www.dvinfo.net/canon/images/images17.php

With the crop factor on an XL-1 camera and a doubler he was getting an effective focal length of 17,280mm. Read that last sentence again, 'cause that wasn't a typo.... :Wow1:

 

[BKCowGod]

But it comes with a free lens cover!

 

[DiploStrat]

So MUCH more Practical ...

and more affordable, too!

http://www.adorama.com/SG200500DEOS.html?searchinfo=sigma+*500mm*

Even has a 2x extender.

There has long been a "BIGMA" this one is known as "Sigzilla."

N.B. Also available for Nikon!

 

[pangaea]

and more affordable, too!

http://www.adorama.com/SG200500DEOS.html?searchinfo=sigma+*500mm*

Even has a 2x extender.

There has long been a "BIGMA" this one is known as "Sigzilla."

N.B. Also available for Nikon!

Holy cow. That thing shoots 2.8 at 500mm. thats a pretty fast piece of glass. Then again, for 28k it should wash my truck for me when I get back after a day of shooting.

 

[Colorado David]

I um... Well I'm speechless.

I just can't see myself ever being able to justify this to my wife....even if I won the powerball.
guaranteed divorce

But you can lease it for just $4,000 a month.

 

[DrMoab]

But you can lease it for just $4,000 a month.

Haha.. Yeah I saw that.

I guess if I was a good enough photographer that I could charge 20K for a wedding I could justify that as a business expense.

 

[salsataco]

Last year one came up for sale there for only 99k. Must have been an import.

 

[Colorado David]

Haha.. Yeah I saw that.

I guess if I was a good enough photographer that I could charge 20K for a wedding I could justify that as a business expense.

I know a photographer whose day rate is $4,500 and I'd bet he couldn't justify the expense of this lens. He is a Canon Pro and gets a majority of his gear given to him. If you had to justify the cost of this lens with the sale of photos or assignments, no one would ever buy one. Now, if you worked for a government agency . . .