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c0wb0y007
10-04-2006, 12:01 PM
Couldn't believe my eyes :shock: :shock: 8)

This baby weighs 250 kilograms, it's a Karl Zeiss lens, a 1700 f/4. Wonder what the price is ... lol :lol:

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/photokina2006/Misc/IMG_0919.jpg


Cheers
TopGearNL
10-04-2006, 12:09 PM
:shock: :shock: :shock:

What the hell do they use this for?

Is this on a satelite?
Darkel
10-04-2006, 12:59 PM
Amazing :shock:

Article and press release can be found here :
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0610/06100101zeiss1700f4.asp

Some elements of comparison :D
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/1852/img0918pm7.th.jpg (http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0918pm7.jpg)
stmoritzer
10-04-2006, 01:58 PM
cool, with that lense I can spot all cars in TT's area from my balcony
dutchmasterflex
10-04-2006, 03:48 PM
Does it have vibration reduction? :lol:
sentra_dude
10-04-2006, 05:01 PM
Holy shit! :shock: :o

250kg! You need a cart just to move that thing around! :D
c0wb0y007
10-04-2006, 05:18 PM
Hehe, the ultimate gadget for any photographer/ paparazi :-)

This one is especially designed for a Hasselblad :D

And no it doesn't have vibration reduction but yes you can take pics from the caroussel straight to the start and finish line :P


Cheers
nthfinity
10-04-2006, 05:24 PM
:shock:

bah, i wont buy one til they make an F1.2 lens












:P
c0wb0y007
10-04-2006, 05:28 PM
HEHE, looking forward to that one :-) Hope you can get it with a nikon fitting then :-)

Sign me up :)

CHeers
MartijnGizmo
10-04-2006, 05:30 PM
IIRC National Geographic is gonna use it for wildlife-pics.....
c0wb0y007
10-04-2006, 05:33 PM
That's why I always end up buying a NG mag when I pass by a mag store.

The pictures you find into those, are the best !!!

Thanks for the info.


Cheers
Z3uS
10-04-2006, 08:53 PM
IIRC National Geographic is gonna use it for wildlife-pics.....
Very practical, they just have to point to the right location and take the pics from wherever they are.
MartijnGizmo
10-06-2006, 08:38 AM
Well, 1700 sounds extremer than it is. Remember that on medium format 80mm is a standard lens, whereas that's 50mm on a 35mm-camera (and 31.25 on a 1,6-crop digicam). 1700 divided by 2.56 (80/31.25) equals 664mm. Still impressive, but no shoot-around-the-world-capabilities.
StanAE86
10-06-2006, 11:09 AM
I've got one of those. I hired a midget wrestler to hold it on his head while I shoot pictures. :lol: