Can someone buy me this lens?

[aphex]

Pretty Please

 

[alfa147x]

Wow were only a few made?

 

[Brainonska511]

Looks like it:

The Canon 1200/5.6L USM, the longest fixed telephoto lens ever built by Canon, contains 13 elements (2 Fluorite) in 10 groups and focus' down to 49.5'. With an angle-of- view of about 2° on a full-frame 35 mm camera, calling this lens a 'tele' is like calling King Kong a monkey.

Built-to-order by Canon from 1993 to 2005, each lens was hand-crafted at the rate of about 2-per-year and a delivery time of about 18 months. Only a dozen-or-so were ever made. Who bought them? National Geographic magazine and Sports Illustrated are known to own a couple, the Feds probably have a few squirreled away somewhere, and a few well-heeled photo enthusiasts.

Apart from a few minor cosmetic blemishes, this particular lens is extremely clean inside and out. Included with this lens is a leather slip-on 'lens cap', a fitted aluminum trunk case, and a prodigious measure of ego satisfaction. Weighing in at over 36lbs and an overall length of 33 inches, a sturdy tripod and pan/tilt head is highly recommended. Pack mule not included.

 

[jpeyton]

Just don't take pictures of planes with it.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

I have one. It's ok.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Meh. Mine exhibits a lot of CA wide open. It's just not really all that sharp. But I must say, it takes the pain out of watching that hawt 18yo neighbor chick of mine

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Meh. Mine exhibits a lot of CA wide open. It's just not really all that sharp. But I must say, it takes the pain out of watching that hawt 18yo chick in the next town over

fixed

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
I have one. It's ok.

I was going to order one. But then I thought... how cheap of Canon to not ad on a $200 to the price and throw in some IS.

 

[soydios]

Usage in the wild:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t...n2qGBuOfl5BtQeK3xtizdw

Zoom-Nikkor 1200mm-1700mm f/5.6-8.0P
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t...phimzMyQrjsWTxnTgXDi_w

 

[Jawo]

Good Grief! I thought the 800m was a beast! Isn't f/5.6 at this range like f/1.2 on a 70-200 telephoto?

 

[Fardringle]

I love how they took the lens in soydios's first link, added the XL1's 7.2x EOS adapter and added another 2x multiplier onto it to get an absolutely ridiculous 17280mm effective focal length. Who needs the Mars rovers when we can just hook up a camera to that beast and get the same pictures from here? :camera: :laugh:

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Jawo
Good Grief! I thought the 800m was a beast! Isn't f/5.6 at this range like f/1.2 on a 70-200 telephoto?

the glass size would make it ~70-200 f/.3-.9