Seriously... Do you think there are any of these out there ANYWHERE for sale??
They are made to order.
So just talk to Nikon and they'll make you one. Or maybe if you get lucky and find one at a company liquidation sale (because that's mostly who bought it, corporations/government agencies) you could snag one.
David R wrote:
Does it come with the octapod required to support it?
according to the spec's, it weighs like 36lb's!!!...... as far as the Ocapod, "NO".... it comes with a staff of 4 Nikon employees to carry it any where you want to go.... and they hold it up for you too!!
"andylaiphoto".... .... "Prototype rocket booster"..... Sorry.... that's incorrect.... you must have read the article wrong.... it said they were trying to DEVELOP a prototype rocket booster to lift it out of the case for you!!!
I have never seen one for sale. It's not even in the Nikkor lens catalogue, not the one I have anyway. I do remember talking to a retailer whom suggested if I had the cash they could order one?
Have you seen it next to a 600mm f4? The thing is massive but I tell you what, if you donate one to me I promise to carry it around as my resident lens!!
I used to manage a camera shop in Oz and what is available 'special order' from Nikon is quite bewildering.
There are also specialist lense makers that work for the film industry/NASA/documentory makers ect that can built some very cool crap.
I've seen a lense for shooting insects in low light that has 2 seperate focus plains, ie one focus point at say 4" and one at 12" at f1.4 so you get the army of ants looking very interesting.
Also, one of NASA's craft had a 2000mm lense on board.
And then there was the 1000mm solid catadioptic lense that was availible in the 80's.
It is just so boring when you look at a catalog, ring the maker and see what they can do (if money is no object) it's just a tube with ground glass in it after all.
Except for the fluid filled lenses, but thats a whole differant story.
Gav
Qranc wrote:
I have never seen one for sale. It's not even in the Nikkor lens catalogue, not the one I have anyway. I do remember talking to a retailer whom suggested if I had the cash they could order one?
From what I understand, the last of these were produced in 1992
Qranc wrote:
Have you seen it next to a 600mm f4? The thing is massive but I tell you what, if you donate one to me I promise to carry it around as my resident lens!!
!!?
as that lens is, I think I'd rather have a 300/2.0 if someone else was paying for it.