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Sep 27, 2008 18:01 |  #1

Find the 800mm too tiny and the 1200mm seriously lacking in reach? Here's (external link) the Canon 5200mm lens on ebay.

I'm going to wait for the IS version. :lol:


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Sep 27, 2008 18:41 |  #2

Manual focus?? Man, I was about to push the button just before I saw that...


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Sep 27, 2008 19:47 as a reply to  @ Jethro790's post |  #3

It looks like a children's motorized toy train engine. Man, it even comes with its own rail!


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Sep 27, 2008 19:49 |  #4

Someone ask about local pickup!


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Sep 27, 2008 19:52 as a reply to  @ fWord's post |  #5

F14's a bit slow don't you think? I wonder if you can hand hold it? ;):D:D:D

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Sep 27, 2008 20:34 |  #6

Can I shoot low-light weddings with it since it's a prime?




  
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Sep 27, 2008 20:59 |  #7

Hey look a telephoto that's not white! I always wanted a discreet telephoto lens...



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Sep 27, 2008 21:08 |  #8

TeeTee wrote in post #6393761 (external link)
Hey look a telephoto that's not white! I always wanted a discreet telephoto lens...

Yeah.... discrete, like Marilyn Manson at High mass in Westminster Cathedral.... :p




  
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Sep 27, 2008 21:15 |  #9

We should get the forum members to each chip in a buck and buy it...then we could hold a raffle to see who gets to use it!


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Sep 27, 2008 21:15 |  #10

what are some practical applications for this 'lense'?


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Sep 27, 2008 21:20 |  #11

Woolburr wrote in post #6393814 (external link)
We should get the forum members to each chip in a buck and buy it...then we could hold a raffle to see who gets to use it!

I can see the thread now " Where is Gondo"
Man 220 lbs without the stand and only a f/14 I wonder if that would fit in my lowepro.


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Sep 27, 2008 21:20 |  #12

kenwood33 wrote in post #6393815 (external link)
what are some practical applications for this 'lense'?

Serious over compensation.:D


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Sep 27, 2008 21:22 |  #13

240dreams wrote in post #6393676 (external link)
Can I shoot low-light weddings with it since it's a prime?

Of course. :lol:


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Sep 27, 2008 21:30 |  #14

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Of course. :lol:

...from the church in the next suburb across no less!


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Sep 27, 2008 21:36 |  #15

And let me guess, it doesn't come with a case or with a hood.


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