so i am just watching the Transformers DVD special features and they are showing Michael Bay shooting a scene with the Canon 1200mm mounted on a video camera. this lens is HUGE!!!
blonde Buck Naked Floozies  8,405 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Boston, MA More info | Oct 20, 2007 16:10 | #1 so i am just watching the Transformers DVD special features and they are showing Michael Bay shooting a scene with the Canon 1200mm mounted on a video camera. this lens is HUGE!!!
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aero145 Senior Member  909 posts Joined May 2006 Location: Germany More info | Oct 20, 2007 16:20 | #3 Uh Snir, haven't you seen when some guy was testing out the 1200 on a video camera? He had a 2x and the EF to video cam mount converter was a 7.2x.  EOS 5D Mark II | EF24-105 f/4L IS | EF100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS | EF200 f/2.8L II | 580EX | Manfrotto 055xProB + 808RC4, and 679B
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dawei213 Senior Member  377 posts Joined Aug 2007 Location: Philadelphia, PA More info | Oct 20, 2007 16:24 | #4 Wow, that thing looks like it can launch a small missle or something! 7D | 17-55 | 24-105 f4L IS | Sigma 70-200 f2.8 APO EX DG HSM OS | 580EX II | 7MDH | An extremely light wallet now...:p
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GyRob Cream of the Crop 10,206 posts Likes: 1413 Joined Feb 2005 Location: N.E.LINCOLNSHIRE UK. More info | Oct 20, 2007 16:31 | #5 well i know the trouble i have with heat haze if i try to shoot to long with my 500mm so although this lens has the reach i doult it would be any good ,i think its more for just filling the frame with the subject , as aposed to shooting over a great disdence "The LensMaster Gimbal"
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Dylanlewis2000 Senior Member 444 posts Joined Apr 2006 Location: Swansea More info | Why would you need such a thing though? Seriously? Canon 400D, Canon 17-85 IS USM, Canon 50mm f/1.8, Sigma 100-300 F/4 DG EX, Sigma 150mm F2.8 MACRO EX, Jessops Extention Tubes, Jessops X2 Tele.
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blonde THREAD STARTER Buck Naked Floozies 8,405 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Boston, MA More info | Oct 20, 2007 17:21 | #7 he used it to view the scene in the airbase with the jets taking off so he needed a serious range to view the scene....
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cdifoto Don't get pissy with me  34,090 posts Likes: 44 Joined Dec 2005 More info | Oct 20, 2007 17:23 | #8 blonde wrote in post #4160828  he used it to view the scene in the airbase with the jets taking off so he needed a serious range to view the scene.... Wouldn't binoculars work? Did you lose Digital Photo Professional (DPP)? Get it here
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Dylanlewis2000 Senior Member 444 posts Joined Apr 2006 Location: Swansea More info | why not just move a bit closer? Canon 400D, Canon 17-85 IS USM, Canon 50mm f/1.8, Sigma 100-300 F/4 DG EX, Sigma 150mm F2.8 MACRO EX, Jessops Extention Tubes, Jessops X2 Tele.
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blonde THREAD STARTER Buck Naked Floozies 8,405 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Boston, MA More info | Oct 20, 2007 18:09 | #10 Dylanlewis2000 wrote in post #4160959 why not just move a bit closer? i can see it right now: " hey guys, i am going to get closer to these f22 jets as they take off, i need 2 crews to come with me"
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sboerup Senior Member  841 posts Likes: 1 Joined Jul 2005 Location: AZ More info | Oct 20, 2007 18:49 | #11 I take it on hikes with me, it helps me see the crystal formations in clouds. Put a Macro filter on it and it rocks.
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Space Senior Member  935 posts Likes: 1 Joined Apr 2007 Location: 3rd Planet More info | Oct 20, 2007 18:49 | #12 A lens like that has it's uses. But it's not an everydayer. Common Sense...Isn't
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Marcy Goldmember  1,752 posts Likes: 25 Joined Aug 2007 Location: on the road in an RV More info | Oct 20, 2007 21:43 | #13 You don't need to leave home just shoot out the window cuts down on gas usage
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EOSMan Happy Lucky 888 EOS  645 posts Joined Feb 2007 More info | Oct 20, 2007 21:53 | #14 aero145 wrote in post #4160562 Uh Snir, haven't you seen when some guy was testing out the 1200 on a video camera? He had a 2x and the EF to video cam mount converter was a 7.2x.  Those are some freakin thick tripod legs. How big are they - the diameter of a kit lens or something?
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canon_fire Senior Member  854 posts Joined Dec 2006 More info | Oct 20, 2007 21:59 | #15 I have one sitting in my closet ... need to bring it out sometime...
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