http://www.bhphotovideo.com …ephoto_1200mm_f_5_6L.html
Overnight shipping to me here in so-Cal is only $839 
But I don't think I can swing $99,000 right now 
LightRules Return of the Jedi  9,911 posts Likes: 5 Joined Jun 2005 More info | Dec 29, 2007 17:50 | #1 http://www.bhphotovideo.com …ephoto_1200mm_f_5_6L.html
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tiktaalik Goldmember  1,213 posts Joined Feb 2006 Location: Southern California More info | Dec 29, 2007 17:52 | #2 Oh rats. I wish I knew about this before I splurged yesterday on an 85 1.8 Julie
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scot079 Goldmember  3,839 posts Likes: 1 Joined May 2007 Location: Maryland USA More info | Dec 29, 2007 17:52 | #3 |
Bob_A Cream of the Crop  More info | Dec 29, 2007 17:53 | #4 You should buy it to test it Bob
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ps249 Senior Member  420 posts Joined Jul 2007 Location: Last seen in Saginaw, Michigan USA More info | Dec 29, 2007 17:53 | #5  Permanent banthats for Fox news corp or the major media giants. Not for you and me. And I thought $1,310 was expensive for a lens. 40D
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JWright Planes, trains and ham radio...  18,399 posts Likes: 35 Joined Dec 2004 More info | You'd think for that price it would at least have IS... John
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Dec 29, 2007 17:56 | #7 Someone find me a BH coupon code...now!
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elysium "full of stupid banter"  11,619 posts Likes: 1 Joined Jul 2007 Location: Harrow/London/UK/GB/That Part Of The World/Next To France More info | Dec 29, 2007 17:57 | #8 Let me sell my gear, my tv, my car, my virginity. FARK I HAVE LENS ENVY!!! Everyday, a programmer finds a way of creating an idiotproof program. Everyday, the universe spits out another idiot.....So far, the universe if winning
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tiktaalik Goldmember 1,213 posts Joined Feb 2006 Location: Southern California More info | Dec 29, 2007 18:03 | #9 ps249 wrote in post #4591136 thats for Fox news corp or the major media giants. Not for you and me. Of course it's for you or me. It would be mine if I hadn't already spent all my lens money yesterday... Julie
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Potisdad Senior Member  670 posts Likes: 10 Joined Mar 2007 Location: Auckland NZ More info | Dec 29, 2007 18:10 | #10 I hear it not much better than the Canon 75-300 with two 2 x teleconverters, so I am going that route... David
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sunbeast Goldmember  1,034 posts Likes: 3 Joined Nov 2005 Location: Maryland More info | Good job......I showed this to my wife......after muttering a few expletives, she said something to the effect that what I buy isn't bad at all! Gear and Feedback
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TomW Canon Fanosapien  12,749 posts Likes: 28 Joined Feb 2003 Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee More info | Dec 29, 2007 18:12 | #12 Take out a second mortgage - it's the American way (apparently). Tom
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tiktaalik Goldmember 1,213 posts Joined Feb 2006 Location: Southern California More info | Dec 29, 2007 18:22 | #13 The main problem as I see it is that they only have one. We all know that we should buy 5 copies (at least) of this lens, take hundreds of photos of brick walls and newspaper, and then return the four worst ones. The fifth gets sent to Canon for calibration. Julie
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Dec 29, 2007 18:29 | #14 I already ordered it. Picking it up tomorrow.
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Jonathan Cream of the Crop  More info | Dec 29, 2007 18:42 | #15 tiktaalik wrote in post #4591279 The main problem as I see it is that they only have one. We all know that we should buy 5 copies (at least) of this lens, take hundreds of photos of brick walls and newspaper, and then return the four worst ones. The fifth gets sent to Canon for calibration. If I spent $99K on a lens I would expect Canon to come and see me to calibrate the damn thing "Don't believe everything you read on the Internet" - Winston Churchill
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What Sigma lens is it comparable to (j/k)?
