LOL: Now That's What I Call a Lens !
 

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/pho...c/IMG_0919.jpg


Cheers

:shock: :shock: :shock:

What the hell do they use this for?

Is this on a satelite?

Amazing :shock:

Article and press release can be found here :
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0610/06...eiss1700f4.asp

Some elements of comparison :D
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/1...0918pm7.th.jpg

cool, with that lense I can spot all cars in TT's area from my balcony

Does it have vibration reduction? :lol:

Holy shit! :shock: :o

250kg! You need a cart just to move that thing around! :D

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

:shock:

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












:P

HEHE, looking forward to that one :-) Hope you can get it with a nikon fitting then :-)

Sign me up :)

CHeers

IIRC National Geographic is gonna use it for wildlife-pics.....

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.


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Very practical, they just have to point to the right location and take the pics from wherever they are.

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.

I've got one of those. I hired a midget wrestler to hold it on his head while I shoot pictures. :lol: