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Canon 5200mm F/14
Reposted from Petapixel.com
Ginormous 5200mm Canon Lens on eBay
by Michael Zhang on January 6, 2010
If you have an extra $45,000 lying around, you might still be able to purchase the Canon 5200mm f/14 lens that was listed on eBay last month. It ended on December 14th with 0 bids (I wonder why…). Here’s a screenshot, in case the listing is removed:
Here’s an old advertisement that was displayed on the auction, demonstrating the power of the lens:
For an even better idea of how powerful the magnification of this lens is, here’s a video made with the lens attached to a video camera:
Some of the facts and figures listed in the auction and on the video page are pretty interesting… The lens has a minimum focusing distance of 393ft/120m. It weighs 220lb,100kg without its stand. In a flyer promoting the lens, Canon states that,
This is the only ultra-telephoto lens in the world capable of taking photographs of objects 18 to 32 miles away (30km to 52kms away). Having a focal length of 5200mm, Canon Mirror Lens 5200mm can obtain one hundred times as large an object image as that of a 50mm lens.
What’s even more interesting, is that if used with a DSLR with a crop factor (i.e. Canon 50D), the lens is effectively a 8320mm lens. Wowzers.
Obviously, this lens isn’t very practical for things aside from spying on someone across a city, or staring at some portion of the moon. It seems like the lens would primarily be used for astrophotography. Can you think of any other examples of where this focal length could be useful?
(via PDNPulse)
Holy smokes you have a big lens….
Here is a video from Outdoorphotogear.com for your viewing of the biggest piece of glass Canon Makes.
Well done over there on getting this segment for all of us big lens lovers…..
Sadly they will not allow embedding of their video so just check it out at their site
The biggest lenses on the planet….
The scary part is most of these are available from B&H Photo:
Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8 EX DG APO IF Autofocus Lens for Nikon SLR – Green
Price:$ 28,999.00 |
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Sigma 300-800mm f/5.6 EX DG APO IF HSM Autofocus Lens for Nikon AF-D
Price:$ 9,999.00 |
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| Nikon Telephoto AF-S Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED VR Autofocus Lens (Black)
Price:$ 9,699.95 |
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| Nikon AF-S Nikkor 400mm f/2.8G ED VR Autofocus Lens
Price:$ 8,799.95 |
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| Nikon AF-S Nikkor 500mm f/4G ED VR Autofocus Lens – Black
Super Telephoto Price:$ 8,299.95 |
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| Sigma 800mm f/5.6 EX DG APO HSM Autofocus Lens for Nikon AF-D
Price:$ 7,999.00 |
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| Sigma 500mm f/4.5 EX DG APO HSM Autofocus Lens for Nikon AF
Price:$ 4,999.00 |
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| Nikon Telephoto AF Nikkor 200mm f/2.0G AF-S ED-IF VR (Vibration Reduction) Autofocus Lens
Price:$ 4,799.95 |
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| Then there are the REALLY large Lenses: | Most of these are very custom: |
| Great Info here: | Internet Lens Repository |
| MF Nikkor Super telephoto Zoom lense 1200-1700mm f/5.6~8.0s P ED IF |  |
| Also more photos here (click the image) |  |
| Sigma 350mm-1200mm/F:11 APO with Super Low Dispersion Glass, manual focus Zoom lens for any Professional Nikon SLR camera |  |
| More Info | Click Here |
| Comparing the longest serving MF Nikkr super tele-zoom 180-600mm f/8.0 ED with the fast exit 360-1200mm f/11 EDIF and aNikkor 300mm f/2.8s telephoto lense. |  |
| More Info | Click Here |
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Canon Super Telephoto 1200mm f/5.6L EF USM Autofocus Lens
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Konica Minolta Telephoto AF 600mm f/4.0(n) APO G High Speed Autofocus Super Telephoto Lens
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AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4G ED VR – Yes Please…..
Nikon please take a moment to ship one of these out to me for free so I can use it.. Ok maybe I am wishing but I do need a monster lens for auto sports shooting and really long lens glamour work.
I guess I will need to safe up the 9700.00 bucks…. ouch.. oh wait there is one for sale from B&H for 5995.00 used…. hmm.. no still kidding
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Focal length
600 mm
Maximum aperture
f/4
Minimum aperture
f/22
Lens construction
15 elements in 12 groups (with 3 ED glass elements and one Nano Crystal Coat) and one meniscus protective glass element
Picture angle
4°10’ (2°40’ with DX-format camera)
Closest focus distance
5.0 m/16.4 ft. (AF), 4.8 m/15.7 ft. (MF)
Maximum reproduction ratio
1/7.4
No. of diaphragm blades
9 (rounded)
Filter/attachment size
52 mm
Focusing
Internal Focusing (IF) system; autofocus with a built-in SWM and manual focus
Diameter x length
(extension from lens mount)
Approx. 166 x 445 mm/6.5 x 17.5 in.
Weight
Approx. 5,060 g/11.2 lb.
Supplied accessories
Lens Hood HK-35, Heavy duty case CT-607, Dedicated filter holder, 52mm screw-in NC filter, Strap LN-1, Monopod collar
Note:
VR operation works with the Nikon F6, F5, F100, F80, F75, F65, D3, D700, D2-series, D1-series, D300, D200, D100, D90, D80, D70-series, D60, D50 and D40-series.
