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rbranan wrote:
i carry one in the bag, but find little use for it. not sure i would highly recommend getting one.



While I think this post contains some sarcasm, I have to agree with the sentiment. There are only limited uses for this lens. Certainly, it would be a good wildlife lens and it has some use in sports, but the size and the length really limit its usability in most circumstances.

As for turning it into a 7680mm with TCs...you would never get it steady enough to produce a decent shot without a permanent mounting of some time and that would be pretty much useless.



Mar 28, 2008 at 10:21 AM
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Read the article on the B&H site:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/find/newsLetter/Mother-of-All-L-Lenses.jsp




Mar 28, 2008 at 10:40 AM
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bbudman wrote:
Man, if only Canon would offer a $90k rebate I might consider buying one.

pipspeak wrote:
yeah but if it's a mail-in rebate imagine how pissed you'd be when told your submission is incomplete

The real problem with rebates is the tax you pay on the original price. At 6% that would be nearly $6000.
I guess that means that even with a 90K rebate, I still couldn't afford it
Of course, buying it here on FM there is no tax...



Mar 28, 2008 at 11:24 AM
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No tax if you live out of state, it would be cheaper to fly to another state, rent a vacation home or apartment, and not work for a month and have the lens shipped and insured than to have to pay tax in NY .

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Mar 28, 2008 at 12:51 PM
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JL-ConcepT wrote:
Oh my... imagine 1200mm + 2 * 2x TC + 1.6x FOVCF = 7680mm!!! That's what I call badass


Yeah but would you really want to be shooting a 40D, at f22 wide open?

I think not.



Mar 28, 2008 at 03:31 PM
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Imagemaster wrote:
Yes, many have seen it because this stupid subject gets posted about every 3 months. If you did a search first, you would know that.


That's a little harsh isn't it?


Edited on Mar 28, 2008 at 05:10 PM



Mar 28, 2008 at 05:10 PM
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SI own two of them.
there is an article somewhere about a Reuters photographer who used one to get some shots of the pope.



Mar 28, 2008 at 06:16 PM
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andrew81 wrote:
SI own two of them.
there is an article somewhere about a Reuters photographer who used one to get some shots of the pope.


Reuters has two of the Canon 1200mm. They also have the 1200-1700mm f5.6 IF-ED Nikon zoom modified to fit Canon
http://blogs.reuters.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/picture_3.jpg

http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/07/18/unleashing-the-beast

Edited on Mar 28, 2008 at 09:53 PM



Mar 28, 2008 at 07:22 PM
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If you want to see big lenses made by Canon have a look here:

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

They make the 1200 look like a walkabout lens!




Mar 29, 2008 at 01:11 AM
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EOS20 wrote:
If you want to see big lenses made by Canon have a look here:

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

They make the 1200 look like a walkabout lens!




Whoa! That 5200mm lens is ridiculous... I wonder what was going through the Canon engineers' mind when building that other than: "Hey let's make the biggest lens ever."

I see that they're mirror lenses like telescopes. So they're probably for astro photography?



Mar 29, 2008 at 01:35 AM
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Imagemaster wrote:
Yes, many have seen it because this stupid subject gets posted about every 3 months. If you did a search first, you would know that.


Also, sorry for asking about the 1200mm lens. Yikes.

I sorta figured that people had discussed it before... But I didn't know that we couldn't ever talk about something if has already had a post 3 months ago....... But it looks like some people like talking about obscure and rare type gear......

Edited on Mar 29, 2008 at 01:39 AM



Mar 29, 2008 at 01:39 AM
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I would love to pull up to a row of wildlife photographers at yellowstone pull a tarp off the bed of a truck and aim that 5400mm at my target. As they attach doublers to the 600's grumble about only being able to take macro shots of the animal at this distance


Mar 29, 2008 at 01:46 AM
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mattbuxton wrote:
Also, sorry for asking about the 1200mm lens. Yikes.

I sorta figured that people had discussed it before... But I didn't know that we couldn't ever talk about something if has already had a post 3 months ago....... But it looks like some people like talking about obscure and rare type gear......

Get used to it around here, people take their bad moods out on others. Also there are A LOT of whingers. Why would you even read a thread if you were sick of it. I dont read the "70-200 2.8 v 20-200 4" threads anymore because they happen all the time but you dont see me on there bitching about their existence



Mar 29, 2008 at 04:39 AM
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andrew81 wrote:
Get used to it around here, people take their bad moods out on others. Also there are A LOT of whingers. Why would you even read a thread if you were sick of it. I dont read the "70-200 2.8 v 20-200 4" threads anymore because they happen all the time but you dont see me on there bitching about their existence


Exactly.



Mar 29, 2008 at 07:48 AM
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If you look on that mir site I posted, There is a Canon 5200 f/14 for sale for only $23,000 USD!! What a bargain compared to the $99,000 USD asking price for the 1200 f/5.6! Shame it weighs 100kg though!

Heres the pic the shop took of the lens thats on the site:

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/canon/fdresources/fdlenses/reflex8002000/Pantotek%205200-2.jpg




Edited on Mar 29, 2008 at 12:22 PM



Mar 29, 2008 at 12:21 PM
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mattbuxton wrote:
Whoa! That 5200mm lens is ridiculous... I wonder what was going through the Canon engineers' mind when building that other than: "Hey let's make the biggest lens ever."

I see that they're mirror lenses like telescopes. So they're probably for astro photography?


I dont know just how good the canon would be for astrophotography, but when you get into incredibly serious optics you'd pay easily that much if not more for the kind of setup the best of the best use. Then add in another $15,000 for a suitable mount, $10-15,000 for the CCD camera, few thousand more for the computer and software, and well it gets expensive really quick.
http://www.rcopticalsystems.com/



Mar 29, 2008 at 12:48 PM
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