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03/09/2007 01:35:48 PM · #1 |
This is a real mans lens...
The Canon `Beast` |
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03/09/2007 01:39:05 PM · #2 |
Ahhhhhahhha. Now that is fuckin lookin
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03/09/2007 01:39:07 PM · #3 |
I'm guessing from the style of the ad that it was 70's maybe early 80's :-)
Ooops, I was a little off... that was around 1965.
Message edited by author 2007-03-09 13:40:36.
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03/09/2007 01:39:40 PM · #4 |
Good lord!!! That thing is huge.
Rich
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03/09/2007 01:43:21 PM · #5 |
| I suck at math. What is 5200mm on my 1.6 20D sensor with a 2x converter? : ) |
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03/09/2007 01:43:43 PM · #6 |
Don't forget the Zeiss 1700mm.
The canon weighs 220lbs(100kg) the Zeiss weights 564lbs(256kg) |
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03/09/2007 01:44:56 PM · #7 |
does this lens have a macro mode? LOL
this one ain't bad either:
Zeiss Apo Sonnar T* 1700 mm F4
aaarg too slow... ;)
Message edited by author 2007-03-09 13:45:32. |
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03/09/2007 01:45:32 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by BlackDot:
I suck at math. What is 5200mm on my 1.6 20D sensor with a 2x converter? : ) |
f/14 with a 2x converter what's that f/19? Better use a remote, mirror lockup and hope the wind doesn't blow at all. LOL
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03/09/2007 01:45:53 PM · #9 |
With and FD mount, quite useless for EOS.
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03/09/2007 01:48:42 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Azrifel:
With and FD mount, quite useless for EOS. |
Good point! (puts credit card away) |
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03/09/2007 01:50:00 PM · #11 |
Edit: Sorry, saw now that it was already posted. :(
Message edited by author 2007-03-09 13:51:03.
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03/09/2007 01:51:07 PM · #12 |
the ad is a bit misleading. isn't any lens capable of photographing something 18-32 miles away? picture a mountain. or an ocean horizon...
anywas - i've got an FD mount canon slr - so i'll probably try to find one of these babies... ;}
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03/09/2007 01:55:17 PM · #13 |
Meh...it doesn't have the L designation...
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03/09/2007 01:57:32 PM · #14 |
it's a mirror lens - i don't think L grade optics would apply to a mirror lens?
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03/09/2007 02:41:59 PM · #15 |
I am not quite sure I call the Canon a lens. Sure it's an FD mount but I think of it more as a telescope especially as it's a mirror based lens.
Having used the 500mm mirror based lens I question whether that 5200mm could compete with a modern 600mm Canon IS lens. I know that my 70-200mm f/2.8 can resolve substantially more detail than my 500mm mirror lens (2.5x). I wouldn't doubt that even though it's 10x the magnification of a new 600mm lens. The latter would garner more detail.
(I could of course be mistaken.)
That said...the 1700 Carl Zeiss...now that's impressive. How much nature is in Quatar?
(However, the Carl Zeiss lens more approaches a device with more similarities to such used on naval ships for tracking or astronomical use.)
Message edited by author 2007-03-09 14:42:57. |
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