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brippeon Member 162 posts Likes: 2 Joined Aug 2009 Location: York, Pa More info | Oct 15, 2009 12:20 | #1 Saw this picture and just had to laugh
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yuribox Senior Member 257 posts Likes: 1 Joined Mar 2009 More info | Oct 15, 2009 12:23 | #2 Did not know that Sigma makes rocket launcher. 1Ds IR, 5DIII, 1DIII, 17-40, 24-105, 70-200, TS-E24, 40, 50, 85, 100, MP-E65
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gasrocks Cream of the Crop  13,432 posts Likes: 2 Joined Mar 2005 Location: Portage, Wisconsin USA More info | Oct 15, 2009 12:32 | #3 They posted some test images to show off the lens. None of them were from handholding the lens. GEAR LIST
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tkbslc Cream of the Crop 24,604 posts Likes: 45 Joined Nov 2008 Location: Utah, USA More info | Oct 15, 2009 12:38 | #5 Don't look up the price or you won't be laughing anymore..... Taylor
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Oct 15, 2009 12:43 | #6 Oh btw its a cool $29K just imagine an OS HSM model
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Lisa "At least once a day"  2,325 posts Joined Feb 2009 More info | Oct 15, 2009 12:53 | #7 tkbslc wrote in post #8827875  Don't look up the price or you won't be laughing anymore..... http://www.bhphotovideo.com …00_500mm_f_2_8_EX_DG.html This is one of those lenses that Sigma made to prove that they could. I can't imagine they will sell more than 20 of them (kinda like thr 1200L) The "L" is only 100,000 more. Gear (full list)
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Oct 15, 2009 15:08 | #8 Surprisingly only weighs 39lbs
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TeamSpeed 01010100 01010011  More info | Oct 15, 2009 17:22 | #9 The lens even has an LCD display on it, how cool! Past Equipment | My Personal Gallery
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DeaconG Goldmember  1,474 posts Joined Mar 2009 Location: Port St. John, FL More info | Oct 15, 2009 17:23 | #10 Every time I see this picture the only thing that runs through my head is (to the tune of "That's Amore")..."When...your...nutz hit the floor like a screaming F-4...that's a rupture..." Gripped 5D Mark II & 50D|70-200 2.8 IS L|24-105 L|17-55|10-22|28 1.8|Σ 150-500|Σ 120-300 EX DG|Σ 50 1.4 EX|Σ APO 2X TC|580EXII|various other bits and pieces
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KenjiS "Holy crap its long!"  More info | Oct 15, 2009 17:43 | #11 brippeon wrote in post #8827909 Oh btw its a cool $29K just imagine an OS HSM model Eh...actually the AF uses a big beefy motor [It has its own internal power supply that powers the focus motor and the zoom motor] Gear, New and Old! RAW Club Member
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Oct 15, 2009 17:46 | #12 KenjiS wrote in post #8829729 Eh...actually the AF uses a big beefy motor [It has its own internal power supply that powers the focus motor and the zoom motor] My guess is that the glass is so heavy a USM wouldnt give the required torque...so it uses a conventional motor.. And OS...was probubly deemed unnecessary because its a 36lb lens... I was only kidding but thanks for explaining those things i would have never figured that out on my own
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beeng Senior Member  927 posts Likes: 1 Joined Aug 2009 Location: Halifax, Canada More info | Oct 15, 2009 17:48 | #13 I love how in the video they say it will sell for $10,000ish :P A roll of film, a carboard box, and a bobbypin
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Muskydave22 Goldmember  1,716 posts Joined Jan 2009 Location: Menomonee Falls, WI More info |
Oct 15, 2009 21:25 | #15 With this lens and a little bit of sun light you can probably set a whole colony of ants on fire
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. I'd only have to sell the house to be able to get both of these. 