Holy Telephoto Batman!

[LJRockstar]

I was cruising the B&H site and found this!:yikes:

Canon Super Telephoto

I wonder what it cost new!:Wow1:

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Check out the cost to ship it Even UPS Ground is over $500 to me. You would think at $99k they would just have you buy a couple plane tickets

 

[bigreen505]

I think the price has gone up because the lens is rare. There are only about a dozen of them and I think Canon Professional Services owns two and Sports Illustrated owns two. I recall they weigh about 30 lb. and essentially every part of the lens is a one-off. I'm not completely sure, but I think the new price (when they were still "in production) was closer to $60,000 - $90,000

 

[nwoods]

Pretty close:

Length 32.9"
Weight 36.2 lb


Man that is a monster. Would love to see photos taken with it.

 

[ckkone]

Some links on the 1200mm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EF_1200mm_lens

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

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/lens/ef/data/super_telephoto/ef_1200_56l_usm.html?p=1

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=154&modelid=8178

2000mm anyone?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/torbenh/2148986592/

And don't forget the 5200mm

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/canon/fdresources/fdlenses/reflex8002000/cat.htm

 

[Skylinerider]

WOW. Just wow, almost 3 feet long and over 36 lbs. you'd need a second person to help hold the thing. I now know why it has handles on both sides.

 

[nwoods]

I got a kick out of this:
"Remember that the XL1 EOS adapter multiplies the focal length of any EOS lens by a factor of 7.2, so this 1200mm lens had an effective 35mm equivalent focal length in the neighborhood of 8640mm, which isn't a lens anymore, but a telescope"
From here: http://www.dvinfo.net/canon/images/images17.php

 

[LJRockstar]

That is just CRAZY!

 

[Streakerfreak]

Yup, never in my future.

 

[toyrunner95]

that thing makes the hubble look like a lego set! do you realy need to take a pic of the skin cells on someones face from space? wow.

 

[adventureduo]

Shoot, and here i thought i was cool when i used a huge telephoto like they use for PGA tour. Dang!