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You never can have too much length!!! 
BeritOlam Goldmember  1,675 posts Likes: 4 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Deep in the Heart of Texas More info | Aug 08, 2009 01:22 | #1 http://img5.imagebanana.com …5.hxh0zJHS.Canon12005.jpg Gear List
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yonders Senior Member  665 posts Likes: 18 Joined Dec 2007 Location: Dubai. More info | Aug 08, 2009 01:44 | #2 What's the focal length of that bazooka? NIKON D700 | NIKKOR AF 80-200 f/2.8D ED | TAMRON SP 28-75mm f/2.8 XR LD Di | NIKON SB 700 | BLACKRAPID RS-4.
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RenéDamkot Cream of the Crop  39,856 posts Likes: 8 Joined Feb 2005 Location: enschede, netherlands More info | Aug 08, 2009 03:18 | #3 That's the 1200mm f/5.6 "I think the idea of art kills creativity" - Douglas Adams
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darosk Goldmember  2,806 posts Likes: 4 Joined Oct 2007 Location: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia More info | Aug 08, 2009 03:31 | #4 |
tupper Tupperware Party Sheep  2,432 posts Joined Nov 2007 Location: Sydney More info | Aug 08, 2009 03:53 | #5 I thought this was going to be a good thread until I realized it was photography based Ewan
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PhotosGuy Cream of the Crop, R.I.P.  More info | Aug 08, 2009 08:22 | #6 I'm removing the image tags. FrankC - 20D, RAW, Manual everything...
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Aug 09, 2009 10:49 | #7 size matters in almost every aspect of life.
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Rudeofus Senior Member  502 posts Joined Sep 2007 More info | Aug 09, 2009 13:49 | #8 I still don't understand why people get that excited about a 1200mm lens. Any decent telescope gives you a larger aperture, at least the same focal length, plus a finder scope which makes it feasible to actually acquire your subject with reasonable effort. And it costs by orders of magitude less. Yes, a scope doesn't have AF, but is that really essential at this kind of focal length? There must be a reason why Canon doesn't even bother offering it anymore .... Discovery is not accidental. We discover only when we make ourselves ready to receive and photographers seek discovery by mastering their craft. But it begins somewhere else. It begins with daisies, kids, awful scenes, falling in love, or growing old. It begins with that which matters to you. And it ends with visual statements that express what matters to you about these things. It is not sight the camera satisfies so thoroughly, but the mind. - Christian Molidor
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RDKirk Adorama says I'm "packed."  More info | Aug 09, 2009 14:07 | #9 Rudeofus wrote in post #8427679 I still don't understand why people get that excited about a 1200mm lens. Any decent telescope gives you a larger aperture, at least the same focal length, plus a finder scope which makes it feasible to actually acquire your subject with reasonable effort. And it costs by orders of magitude less. Yes, a scope doesn't have AF, but is that really essential at this kind of focal length? There must be a reason why Canon doesn't even bother offering it anymore .... 1. Yes, autofocus does matter at this focal length--to an extreme. It matters more and more with every additional millimeter. TANSTAAFL--The Only Unbreakable Rule in Photography
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Rudeofus Senior Member 502 posts Joined Sep 2007 More info | Aug 09, 2009 16:00 | #10 RDKirk wrote in post #8427774 Yes, autofocus does matter at this focal length--to an extreme. It matters more and more with every additional millimeter. Any 1200mm lens is not a hand holdable lens which you just point somewhere and fire away, it needs a very stable mount which won't allow you to move quickly at all. It takes forever (compared to a 300mm tele) to just acquire your subject, so turning an AF ring shouldn't be a big issue. In case a variable aperture is even required for an F/5.6 lens: There are even refractor telescopes which have huge apertures and long focal lengths and still cost a lot less than the 1200L. Obviously a refractor also doesn't have the O shaped bokeh. Depends on which telescope you look at. RDKirk wrote in post #8427774 Actually, Canon does offer it, but they are produced on order. I did not find it on their official web page, but read a number of forum posts which claimed it to be no longer offered by Canon. I may be wrong, of course. Discovery is not accidental. We discover only when we make ourselves ready to receive and photographers seek discovery by mastering their craft. But it begins somewhere else. It begins with daisies, kids, awful scenes, falling in love, or growing old. It begins with that which matters to you. And it ends with visual statements that express what matters to you about these things. It is not sight the camera satisfies so thoroughly, but the mind. - Christian Molidor
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RenéDamkot Cream of the Crop 39,856 posts Likes: 8 Joined Feb 2005 Location: enschede, netherlands More info | Aug 13, 2009 10:02 | #11 Rudeofus wrote in post #8428274 BTW: For all the fans of big camera lenses: here 's a 1700mm F/4 for MF cameras.Yeah, I saw it at the Photokina... Ridiculous. "I think the idea of art kills creativity" - Douglas Adams
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Aug 13, 2009 23:29 | #12 BeritOlam wrote in post #8421238 http://img5.imagebanana.com …5.hxh0zJHS.Canon12005.jpg You never can have too much length!!! Thats What She Said!!! Nikon Df
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StealthyNinja Cream of the Crop 14,387 posts Likes: 3 Joined Nov 2007 Location: Mythical Tasmania (the one with lots of tall buildings in the semi-tropics, A.K.A. Hong Kong) More info | Aug 13, 2009 23:31 | #13  Permanent banTook me 20 seconds to realise there was a lens in that shot.
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Rudeofus Senior Member 502 posts Joined Sep 2007 More info | Aug 14, 2009 02:34 | #14 Very stealthy indeed Discovery is not accidental. We discover only when we make ourselves ready to receive and photographers seek discovery by mastering their craft. But it begins somewhere else. It begins with daisies, kids, awful scenes, falling in love, or growing old. It begins with that which matters to you. And it ends with visual statements that express what matters to you about these things. It is not sight the camera satisfies so thoroughly, but the mind. - Christian Molidor
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BOSS Gone, but not forgotten 2,610 posts Likes: 2 Joined Nov 2007 Location: QLD,Australia More info | Permanent ban Size does matter just ask ...'pennypue'. John
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