Yakim Peled wrote:
>> I personally would still rather carry two cameras, one for the speed and one for the quality.
1D Mk II N seems to be capable of doing both.
It'll be darn annoying if those swine at Canon bring out a high-rez, high speed camera!
Just imagine being deprived of carrying one fast one and one slow one!
I think we should protest- or carry a brick instead on one side to balance things up.
Regards,
DaveMart
Such monsters are not unheard of. At an optics conference earlier this year I saw a report on a one-off zoom lens built for optical missile tracking:
750 - 3800 mm, f4 - f/14, >100 lpm resolution at all focal lengths.
and yes, it too weighed about 300 lbs. and cost something near $100K
But diffraction limited resolution at all apertures and focal lengths was pretty darned impressive nonetheless...
Nowhere Man wrote:
Sure it's nice, but can it be hand held?
Of course - in orbit, you'd hardly notice... and it would blend in with your nice NASA spacesuit! You wouldn't even need IS when you clamped it to the Shuttle's robotic arm ... Heck, even on the Moon the darn thing would weigh in at over 90 lbs! What a monster!
