Canon 800mm f/5.6L :)

Had a Canon tech rep drop into the store...and literally put the lens case down right in front of me. "LENS CASE 800". So the guy looks at me (I've known him for years now) and says..."open up the new toy". Inside was the Canon 800mm f/5.6L lens.

Photographed a few test shots (they're not really worth posting...just random stuff) and the lens handles nice. Makes the 600/4 that they had in the store look small by comparison. Weight wasn't too bad at all, right around 11 pounds. You can barely handhold this with the IS on to get decent pics. Canon actually recommends, at bare minimum, a stout monopod.

A fun toy at nearly 12 thousand dollars.

PM01 wrote in post #5721408
Had a Canon tech rep drop into the store...and literally put the lens case down right in front of me. "LENS CASE 800". So the guy looks at me (I've known him for years now) and says..."open up the new toy". Inside was the Canon 800mm f/5.6L lens.

Photographed a few test shots (they're not really worth posting...just random stuff) and the lens handles nice. Makes the 600/4 that they had in the store look small by comparison. Weight wasn't too bad at all, right around 11 pounds. You can barely handhold this with the IS on to get decent pics. Canon actually recommends, at bare minimum, a stout monopod.

A fun toy at nearly 12 thousand dollars.

Post 'em up anyways...

post a pic of the lense on the counter lol....

if what you say is true, all the specs that we have so far were wrong which makes this lens even less attractive to me. the whole premise of this lens was that it was much lighter andd about the same size or even smaller than the 600 F4.

well, i am happy, no need to try to come up with 12k

I stand corrected. It's about 10 pounds.

The front diameter is smaller than the 600/4, but the overall length is longer than the 600.

Lens mounted on Mark 3.

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Thats some lens although I don't see where Canon are going with it, is it really worth the extra over a 600mm f4 + 1.4x?

Wow! I am in awe...lol

Excuse me while i clean the drool off my keyboard

That is one sweet looking lens...please post whatever pics you took with it...would be interested to see

James M wrote in post #5721700
Thats some lens although I don't see where Canon are going with it, is it really worth the extra over a 600mm f4 + 1.4x?

Or a 400 with a 2x..

Hmm... Whats the filter size?

Can't wait for AeroSmith to buy this lens and start posting samples! =)

zeva wrote in post #5722128
Hmm... Whats the filter size?

Probably the same as most Canon super-teles... 52mm

James M wrote in post #5721700
Thats some lens although I don't see where Canon are going with it, is it really worth the extra over a 600mm f4 + 1.4x?

"bragging rights"? pride of ownership for the most expensive lens? I'm itch for this lens but every time i think about 12K being deduct out from my checking account, ouch..

1200mm costs a little more

just a bit...