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10/07/2007 12:21:34 PM · #1 |
I was out in the Botanic Gardens in Helsinki yesterday and spotted a few very serious photographers shooting there.
Honestly, I have never seen a lens quite like this before, and was wondering what it was. Is the 600mm prime? Or, something even longer. The photo doesn't really do it justice!
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10/07/2007 12:31:47 PM · #2 |
It's either a 600mm F4 or a 400mm F2.8. The camo effect was added after market.
Watch any major sporting event, you'll see several of them.
Message edited by author 2007-10-07 12:32:14. |
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10/07/2007 12:34:38 PM · #3 |
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10/07/2007 12:47:17 PM · #4 |
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10/07/2007 12:49:52 PM · #5 |
I'd bet it's the 500mm F4. Out in public the 500mm is a more common sight than the 600mm. I've met tons of people with 500mm, I've yet to see one with a 600mm. I've only ever met one guy with a 400mm 2.8 and it was the DO
Message edited by author 2007-10-07 12:51:42.
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10/07/2007 12:53:20 PM · #6 |
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10/07/2007 01:01:04 PM · #7 |
The extended barrel between the wide grip ring and the lens control panel marks this as the 500mm f/4L IS. That gap is not there on either the 400 f/2.8 or the 600 f/4...
R.
Message edited by author 2007-10-07 13:05:32.
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10/07/2007 01:06:26 PM · #8 |
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10/07/2007 01:16:30 PM · #9 |
| Thanks - I was curious. It was enormous whatever it was! |
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10/07/2007 01:18:05 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by salmiakki:
Thanks - I was curious. It was enormous whatever it was! |
You should've just walked up and asked. That's what I do LOL.
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10/07/2007 01:20:37 PM · #11 |
I didn't want to disturb them, they were clearly waiting for a bird or something that was in the trees. But you are right, it would have been easier!
Originally posted by NstiG8tr:
Originally posted by salmiakki:
Thanks - I was curious. It was enormous whatever it was! |
You should've just walked up and asked. That's what I do LOL. |
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10/07/2007 01:25:34 PM · #12 |
I cant believe that no one noticed whats attached to it. It appears to be attached to a 1DMKIII. And I agree it looks like a 400MM F2.8
MattO
ETA just think with the tripod and lens mount, lens, and camera how much money is standing there waiting on a bird.
Message edited by author 2007-10-07 13:26:18.
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10/07/2007 01:26:50 PM · #13 |
And you can get your very own Nikon version right here:
Nikon AF-S VR 500mm F4 |
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10/07/2007 01:27:29 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by MattO:
ETA just think with the tripod and lens mount, lens, and camera how much money is standing there waiting on a bird. |
LOL, sooo true
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10/07/2007 01:40:06 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by MattO:
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ETA just think with the tripod and lens mount, lens, and camera how much money is standing there waiting on a bird. |
I did notice the camera. And the thought did cross my mind about how much was invested in the shot. I didn't think the birds around Helsinki were that unusual! |
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10/07/2007 01:43:52 PM · #16 |
OK, I find the following quite funny.
I have more than 100 views for this picture of the lens and about the same number of views on my free study entry, which has been in voting for a week!
Perhaps I should have entered the lens shot (even if it is rather poor technically!) in the searching challenge. |
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