Brand new EF 1200mm f/5,6L USM on sell

[Juan Zas]

If there is anyone interested into adquire this objective, here is a brand new on sell just for "only 90.000€" (around 107.000 USD):

Objetive Canon 1200mm/5,6.
Minimum focus distance: 14m
Filter diameter: 48 back ?
Weigh: 16,500g

http://www.fotocasiondigital.com/spa/productos/detail.asp?id=626

I did discover it just by casuallity, searching for another lens locally (the EF 300 f/4 L IS).

[foxbat]

I'll give it a miss, the minimum focus distance is too high. :rolleyes:

[PetKal]

What a p**sy "objective": no IS ! For that kinda money ?:rolleyes:

[cdifoto]

Site doesn't work. I had my credit card out and everything! :)

[Juan Zas]

Curious, but only the main and a few pages are accesible now in this website, may be is in maintenance ... or you have overload the system with a lot of purchases of this objective !!!!

[::John::]

I don't think I have a lens cleaning cloth large enough for the front element - I will pass on this opportunity.

[Juan Zas]

I think you don´t have arms long enought to reach the front element,
at least this is the real reason why I didn´t buy this objective !! :D :D :D

[::John::]

At that weight, mate, it's not going anywhere - I could walk (or take a cab/taxi) to the front. Somehow, though, I don't think it will look that good on my silver 350D.

Do they have it in a different colour?

[cdifoto]

I wish it was a 2.8

[farrukh]

I wish it was a 2.8

Then you would need to buy a Tractor to carry it.

[cdifoto]

Then you would need to buy a Tractor to carry it.

If I had the money to buy that sucker, a military surplus hummer with turret would be no problem!

[Lightstream]

Does it come with the free tripod? For that price it had better! OH, and the hood and case too! :D

These are like the little green men - you may have heard they exist, but perhaps never really believed they exist, until they show up one day and abduct you. :D

http://pix.lightrefineries.org/ff/ufo.gif

I had the opportunity to shoot one of these at a Canon event (yup, got abducted). While attaching my 350D to it, I suddenly feel that the 350 has been reduced in status to something about as insignificant as a lens cap...

[busterboy]

Then you would need to buy a Tractor to carry it.


I have a tractor. I will buy it..:D

[blue_max]

Does it work with a x2 converter?

Graham

[Kennymc]

Thats £55,800 ($107,176.67 US) so they must have gone up as they were only £51,000 before...

[wazmunstr]

whoa $107k usd... haha thats crazy. even if i had the money for that and bought it, my pictures would be a serious blur.

[mbze430]

The prices for the 1200mm will continue to go up, it's a given. Lack of quantity demands higher price. simple economics.

And yes it works with the 1.4x and 2x teleconverters

And yes, it comes with it's own head and tripod

[racketman]

already got one, hardly ever use it since I got the 300 f4L

[PacAce]

I thought those lenses could only be custom ordered from Canon. If so, can't see how that one on sale can be new. :confused:

[cdifoto]

I thought those lenses could only be custom ordered from Canon. If so, can't see how that one on sale can be new. :confused:

My money says the website is not quite legit.

[sqjaw]

Thats something you might use for the
battleship fire-ing :lol: :lol:

[PacAce]

My money says the website is not quite legit.
Yeah, that's what I think, too, but I didn't want to just come out and say it, being the diplomatic type that I am. :)

[crazyea]

http://www.pbase.com/cameras/canon/ef_1200_56u

[cdifoto]

Yeah, that's what I think, too, but I didn't want to just come out and say it, being the diplomatic type that I am. :)

I'm a brazen arse. I don't care. :)

Although if you were look at my own etail website...it doesn't really look legit either.

[Kennymc]

http://www.pbase.com/cameras/canon/ef_1200_56u

By the look of the last image it suffers from vignetting and isn't too sharp either...

[cdifoto]

By the look of the last image it suffers from vignetting and isn't too sharp either...

That boat example doesn't really look like it actually came from ANY L lens. However, at 1200mm, and looking across the water, atmospheric conditions most certainly would play a role.


I do have to add...it's a good thing SLRs aren't rangefinders! :)

[Kennymc]

For over nearly £56.000 it should be sharper than that and there shouldn't be any vignetting either...

[cdifoto]

I agree. Something tells me that isn't really a shot from that lens...or it's a bad copy or something. That'd suck if that's the best you can get with it...and somehow I doubt SI and/or anyone else that owns one would accept that quality.

[crazyea]

I guess they took some images from this guy.

http://www.dvinfo.net/canon/images/images17.php

[Hedoniste]

I didn't know that a 1200mm was made. Amazing. But for the price, I would get an E60 M5! Lol.

[yagobrf29]

It'll be nice to have so I can check my neighbor's wife being such a good looking and weighing in at 300 lbs. I think that lense can hadle it. Does it come with X-RAY.??? :mrgreen:

[abigailandsam]

I'm looking for an adapter that reverses the 1200mm for macro work.

[Kennymc]

There are quite a few images OF the lens but images taken WITH them are as rare as hens teeth...

[lorandh]

I didn't know that a 1200mm was made. Amazing. But for the price, I would get an E60 M5! Lol.

LOL, my thoughts exactly. What a monster though...

[Lightstream]

There are quite a few images OF the lens but images taken WITH them are as rare as hens teeth...
If I may be so bold.... :)

http://pix.lightrefineries.org/albums/misc350d/aai.sized.jpg

Uncropped, shot as RAW, run through Rawshooter Essentials. Atmospheric effects made the ship a little gray, but RSE 2005's highlight and shadow recovery worked well to give it back a little color.

My EXIF:

Camera Model Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Shooting Mode Program AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/800
Av( Aperture Value ) 10.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 400
Lens 1200.0 mm
Focal Length 1200.0 mm
Image Size 3456x2304
Image Quality RAW
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode Manual focusing
Color Space sRGB
Noise Reduction Off
Drive Mode Single-frame shooting


The tripod is exceptionally well engineered - it makes the lens feel almost weightless. I could aim it with two fingers, although they didn't really let me point it around, so I just put the camera on and shot at whatever was available. Of course, at that magnification, a little bit of finger movement goes a long way.

And yes.. why isn't there image stabilization on the darn thing? :D

[Kennymc]

No disrespect but I would rather have a bike/boat to get closer and a sharper lens for my £56,000... ;)

If I needed that reach in a lens I think I would go for the 600 f/4 and a 2x converter @ 1/10th the price and forget the extra stop, maybe buy something decent with the other £50,000... :D

Question:... Would you buy one?...

[cdifoto]

My Bigma is only 500mm and I find it usually gets me close enough to the stuff I shoot.

[peter graham]

*Assistant not included*

I believe it's 3.5 feet long, I forget the weight. The logisitics of just moving the thing could be challenging enough. I could try it out my newly purchased 2x extender though, I wonder what type of shots I would get with 2400mm!

If this is a serious sale I would think there would be a better photo of the lens on the site though. I wouldn't even bother buying anything with such a lousy jpg, let alone a lens worth about $125,000 CDN.

Am I seeing things, or did this guy actually mount a video camera on it?! http://www.pbase.com/image/51666046

I also wonder if this room is big enough to even achieve the minimum focus distance: http://www.pbase.com/image/53351614

[Kennymc]

Am I seeing things, or did this guy actually mount a video camera on it?!

It will fit the Canon XL series via an adaptor, it might also fit others...

[lakiluno]

meh...Just get the Opteka 650-1300mm - only $200 and its got the added bonus of a zoom.

Hey, its even got the retro feature of complete manual focus!!! :D

Leo

[NickSimcheck]

Blah, it won't work with my Digital ELPH...

For $107,000 I'd buy a car, driver, & nifty-50. And get better shots...

[peatoire]

Shame I cant afford it, I have a wedding coming up, it would be perfect. ;-)

[rudi_tapper]

1200mm is nice but look at the 5200mm monster on this page !

http://www.canonfd.com/mirrorlenses/pages/page10.html

Would be handy getting pics of things 32 miles away but I don't like the idea of the weight [100kg !!!]

[Kennymc]

I was going to get one but I don't like the doughnut rings that mirror lenses produce...
What next an adaptor for the Hubble?...

[Tom_D]

...I believe it's 3.5 feet long, I forget the weight. The logisitics of just moving the thing could be challenging enough...I borrowed this from another thread (different lens but a transport idea):

[abigailandsam]

I use a 1200mm on my old Brownie camera. The flash is a bit underpowered for a lens this long, but aside from that it's a great for shooting birds and basketball games.

[chansh]

It'll be nice to have so I can check my neighbor's wife being such a good looking and weighing in at 300 lbs. I think that lense can hadle it. Does it come with X-RAY.??? :mrgreen:

If my neighbor's wife was 300 lbs, I would't bother. :) :)

[blacksmurf]

What a p**sy "objective": no IS ! For that kinda money ?:rolleyes:

maybe because it's almost impossible to shake it: too heavy!!!
:lol:

[blacksmurf]

I don't think I have a lens cleaning cloth large enough for the front element - I will pass on this opportunity.

A man and a ladder with cleaning equipment come in bundle with this lens.

[Kennymc]

Do they do an adaptor for the Minox?...

[jjonsalt]

By the look of the...image it suffers from vignetting...

Damn screw-on filters.

[crazyea]

you guys are all hating 'cause you can't afford it, if you were bill gates you'd have 10. :)

[Juan Zas]

Yea, If I were Bill I should also have a remote control system in the style of the gun system from the "Chacal" movie to handle it from my chair with thumbleswitch & the PC screen!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Jackal]

I was a bit worried that no one would make the monthly 1200mm lens thread but now I can breathe easier!

:D!

[Longwatcher]

Some comments:
First if I had the money and nothing significantly better to do with it, I would have it.
Must win lottery first though.

Second: it doesn't come with IS because Image Stabilization is for reducing hand shaking and unless you the Incredible Hulk or Terminator not going to be handholding this puppy.

The price seems a bit high unless Canon has stated they will not be producing any more. My understanding was a brand new order from Canon was between $72,000 and $90,000.

And with the EF adapter the XL series video camera can use any EF series lens. I have played with my 100-400 with 2x and 1.4x mounted on the front of my XL-2. I got better pictures out of my 10D (and even better from 1DsMkII), but having video that can see across a 4.5 mile wide river and make out people (although not identify them) is very cool.

And yes it is my understanding the 1200mm lens can take the 1.4 and 2x extenders as well as the extension tubes.

14m minimum focal distance is perfectly okay by me, shorter then that and I am not going to be able to see what I am looking at anyway. With at most a 2 degree arc of coverage (on the diagonal) there is not a whole lot of field of view to start with. At 14M you will probably just get a head shot at most.
Hmmm...maybe a good portrait lens, just need radio to converse with model. :)

Obviously the 1200mm is a special purpose lens with only two "real" purposes in life.
1. To attract other photographers, but not too close.
2. To complete your Canon lens collection.
As an added bonus it has potential for sports close-ups and rare wildlife shots.

[mbellot]

Obviously the 1200mm is a special purpose lens with only two "real" purposes in life.
1. To attract other photographers, but not too close.
2. To complete your Canon lens collection.

I think he's calling your name Dante.

:lol: