Anyone got the cash for a 11-2000 lens?

[Frank Cueto]

Check this canon lens out, I don't think even Jim has this one amongst his collection...

http://www.petapixel.com/2010/01/06/ginormous-5200mm-canon-lens-on-ebay/

It's a 5200mm lens, btw.

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

Frank, I remember a few threads like this one pop up long ago and that Canon was the biggest anyone posted.

Unfortunately that video is not a sample:
"The video is a series of stills I took of the lens when I inspected it last year. I have also included video of the simulated magnification (35mm simulation) - all a bit of fun. In fact the maximum video telephoto simulation still just falls short of 3700mm in 35mm terms. So the 5200mm would be much closer & far sharper & distortion free. The video was shot with a Sony PDW 510 16x9 2/3 SD XDCAM disk camcorder with a TV video lens (18x1) using up to 3 optical (x2) extenders. If the 5200mm was hooked up to a video camera we'd be seeing a close up on an eye..."

This is the longest lens I believe. 1700 F4 for a 6x6 hasselblad

http://www.zeiss.com/c12567a8003b58b9/contents-frame/8baac109cb80bddfc12571e100393a1b

Wait, so that is a 1700mm with f/4 and covering a 4x4 image? Hole @$#&! This sounds like a bokeh-fanatic pleaser. ;P

Michael, is that the size of a camera in the render? Were any of these ever made?

 

[Jay Gannon]

Jim does however own one of the very few 1200mm Canon lenses, which is a genuine lens and not a mirror lens.

 

[Frank Cueto]

I believe Jim mentioned once that he USED to ahve it, but sold it, at a PROFIT might I add!

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

As soon as I came across this 1200mm shot on Airliners.net I remembered this thread:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Thom...=7&sok=&sort=&prev_id=0913799&next_id=0913797

 

[Michael Hastings]

This is the longest lens I believe. 1700 F4 for a 6x6 hasselblad

http://www.zeiss.com/c12567a8003b58b9/contents-frame/8baac109cb80bddfc12571e100393a1b

How's the bokeh?

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

^ Dunno about that, but hows my receipt for the lens I purchased from you Michael? ...5 months, 3 e-mails, piles of PMs, and 4-5 un-fulfilled promises for it... still waiting ???

 

[Mitch Gross]

This is the longest lens I believe. 1700 F4 for a 6x6 hasselblad

http://www.zeiss.com/c12567a8003b58b9/contents-frame/8baac109cb80bddfc12571e100393a1b

And it covers the Phantom 65 perfectly!:biggrin5:

 

[Iannis Holwech]

Some images of the ZEISS Apo Sonnar T* 4~1700mm.

Supposedly "one of a kind" made for a Oil Sheik.

:emote_head_explode:

 

[Vico Martin]

Check this canon lens out, I don't think even Jim has this one amongst his collection...

http://www.petapixel.com/2010/01/06/ginormous-5200mm-canon-lens-on-ebay/

It's a 5200mm lens, btw.

re-wow!!

 

[Mark Phelan]

Some images of the ZEISS Apo Sonnar T* 4~1700mm.

Supposedly "one of a kind" made for a Oil Sheik.

:emote_head_explode:

Yeah, the lens is pretty impressive, but it's those front-mounted, screw-in filters that will getcha. Don't even get me started on the filter case...

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

That 1700mm f/4 is far more appealing to me than the 5200mm f/14. I wonder that the closest focus is. Samples would be nice too.

 

[Iannis Holwech]

Yeah, the lens is pretty impressive, but it's those front-mounted, screw-in filters that will getcha. Don't even get me started on the filter case...

No problem. The sheik has a solution!