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p.1 #1 · No more 1200mm lens posts

Instead, everyone should post about this now
http://www.canonfd.com/mirrorlenses/pages/page10.html
http://xo.typepad.com/blog/2008/02/huge-5200mm-can.html (with pictures of the lens in action)

Edited on Feb 08, 2008 at 08:46 PM

Feb 08, 2008 at 08:45 PM

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p.1 #2 · No more 1200mm lens posts

I wonder if you can use the 2x tc with it

Have a good evening,
Jim...

Feb 08, 2008 at 09:51 PM

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p.1 #3 · No more 1200mm lens posts

It sux for macro.

Feb 08, 2008 at 09:57 PM

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p.1 #4 · No more 1200mm lens posts

Maybe with that we can find the lost WMDS ! Actually many rears ago there was a photo taken with in in the LA aera, either from or showing MT. Palomar telescope. (before all the smog).
Cheers
Harry

Feb 08, 2008 at 10:02 PM

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p.1 #5 · No more 1200mm lens posts

Wow, a bargain compared to that measly little 1200...

Feb 08, 2008 at 10:46 PM

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p.1 #6 · No more 1200mm lens posts

A bargain at $23,000.

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

Feb 08, 2008 at 10:54 PM

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p.1 #7 · No more 1200mm lens posts

The tripod cost is going to kill you though.

John

Feb 08, 2008 at 11:00 PM

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p.1 #8 · No more 1200mm lens posts

I'm sure for the right price Gitzo will take care of you.

Feb 08, 2008 at 11:05 PM

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p.1 #9 · No more 1200mm lens posts

AJ Nadershahi wrote:
A bargain at $23,000.

No IS? I don't see a red ring either. What a rip-off!

Edited on Feb 08, 2008 at 11:11 PM

Feb 08, 2008 at 11:10 PM

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p.1 #10 · No more 1200mm lens posts

AJ Nadershahi wrote:
A bargain at $23,000.

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

I guess the Chinese secret police must have finally upgraded to EOS.

Feb 08, 2008 at 11:12 PM

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p.1 #11 · No more 1200mm lens posts

Think of it this way. $23,000 for the lens. Another few hundred to modify to EOS mount. It's still a bargain!!

Feb 08, 2008 at 11:14 PM

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p.1 #12 · No more 1200mm lens posts

Not the largest. This still is at 256 KG, 1700mm f4 Zeis Sonar No mirrors!

This image is copyrighted by the owner

Edited by GeneO on Feb 08, 2008 at 05:30 PM GMT

Edited on Feb 08, 2008 at 11:30 PM

Feb 08, 2008 at 11:15 PM

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p.1 #13 · No more 1200mm lens posts

Why is the Hassy using a film back? For the money spent on such a big lens, you'd think the person would be able to afford a 39MP digital back.

Well, time to start searching for whoever's using that lens on google earth. With some luck, you'll probably see some rich sheik hiding in a bush somewhere stalking wild animals. The dozen sherpas that move the lens around will give him away.

Edited on Feb 08, 2008 at 11:20 PM

Feb 08, 2008 at 11:19 PM

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p.1 #14 · No more 1200mm lens posts

I thought the 800 mm f/3.8 was quite revolutionary for a 1960s product... and much more portable at 15kg.

http://www.canonfd.com/mirrorlenses/pages/page02.html

Ron

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Feb 08, 2008 at 11:33 PM

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p.1 #15 · No more 1200mm lens posts

As the focus is by a bellows unit I think a cheapo non-optical FD to EOS adapter might do it............just the job for cheapskates!

Feb 08, 2008 at 11:34 PM

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p.1 #16 · No more 1200mm lens posts

Glad to see it's white. You know it's quality that way.

Feb 09, 2008 at 12:11 AM

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p.1 #17 · No more 1200mm lens posts

GeneO wrote:
Not the largest. This still is at 256 KG, 1700mm f4 Zeis Sonar.

Nope. Weighing in at about 2000kg:

http://astro.uchicago.edu/vtour/40inch/

Without a mirror, this will remain the largest unless technology changes.

Feb 09, 2008 at 03:26 AM

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p.1 #18 · No more 1200mm lens posts

That is not a camera lens, that is a telescope

ericvgill wrote:
GeneO wrote:
Not the largest. This still is at 256 KG, 1700mm f4 Zeis Sonar.

Nope. Weighing in at about 2000kg:

http://astro.uchicago.edu/vtour/40inch/

Without a mirror, this will remain the largest unless technology changes.

Feb 09, 2008 at 03:51 AM

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p.1 #19 · No more 1200mm lens posts

Yeah, well - non-mirror camera lenses ARE refracting telescopes. (Mirror lenses are reflecting telescopes, usually Maksutov-Cassegrains.)

The Yerkes is the largest refractor possible without gravity making the lens sag.

Feb 09, 2008 at 02:36 PM

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p.1 #20 · No more 1200mm lens posts

ericvgill wrote:

Yeah, well - non-mirror camera lenses ARE refracting telescopes. (Mirror lenses are reflecting telescopes, usually Maksutov-Cassegrains.)

The Yerkes is the largest refractor possible without gravity making the lens sag.

Not portable, fixed to locatio. . Makes a difference for most photographers

Feb 09, 2008 at 07:18 PM

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