If you think canon's slr lenses are expansive

If you think canon's slr lenses are expensive take a look at this canon video camera lens.

I was doing some research on canon video equiptment and came across this monster of a lens.

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …on_HJ40x14B_40x​_High.html

mids1999 wrote in post #4974740
If you think canon's slr lenses are expansive take a look at this canon video camera lens.

I was doing some research on canon video equiptment and came across this monster of a lens.

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …on_HJ40x14B_40x​_High.html

pfft- I've got two of those... and I use one as a doorstop

nice, i never really thought canon lenses were expensive when compared to hassies or noinks.

What no red ring?! Why would anybody buy this lens?

Oh, the red ring is there. You just need an unlimited budget to see it--it's intentionally invisible to us po' folk.

Proof? It comes with a hood!

I like the $5.95 cleaing kit that they pair with this $66+K lens - you think they'd include a free one for that kind of money

I wouldn't come within 100' of that lens with that cleaning kit.

Expensive or expansive?

That lens looks like a Sigma EX.

Sorry for spelling error. Didn't catch that one. And I did it twice

Isn't the canon super 100 supposedly pushing $99k ?

Then try this one at B&H and oh yah it's used only $99,000!
http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …ed&Q=116642&O=p​roductList

A picture of it in action.

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lemminglover wrote in post #4976938
I like the $5.95 cleaing kit that they pair with this $66+K lens - you think they'd include a free one for that kind of money

That is kind of funny. I mean do you still need to nickel and dime a guy after he/she plunks down that kind of coin?

FuryMe wrote in post #4977399
Then try this one at B&H and oh yah it's used only $99,000!
http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …ed&Q=116642&O=p​roductList

A picture of it in action.

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And a picture of the beast used to pull it

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Hmmm....

Approx. $80,000 new, but $99,000 used. Well, nobody can say it doesn't hold its value.

You'd think it was an ex-wife with that pricing structure.

Why can't we have zoom lenses like this? F/2.8 at 14-307mm is unheard of; there would be no need for any other lens.