... One lens to rule them all

[Anubis]

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0...8013101sigma250500.asp


:shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked:

 

[shocksyde]

I need to go change my underwear.

 

[jpeyton]

One lens to rule them all would be a 14-300mm optically stabilized fixed aperture zoom. Not even sure if such a lens is feasible to make, but it would cover the most popular wide-to-telephoto focal lengths.

If you just want a big lens, what about the Nikon 1200-1700mm f/5.6?

 

[alfa147x]

http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lens...sp?id=3349&navigator=3

 

[Jawo]

Good grief! that look like a bazooka launcher!

 

[kalster]

bigger than this ? Text

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: kalster
bigger than this ? Text

I love the look of that lens

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: alfa147x

Originally posted by: kalster
bigger than this ? Text

I love the look of that lens

It's a one-off custom lens made for long distance wildlife photography.

What's more interesting is who it was made for. Can anyone here read Arabic?

Maybe the Crown Prince of Dubai wanted to have the world's tallest building and the world's largest telephoto lens.

 

[skulkingghost]

Oh dear god, another pair of pants ruined. I want that lens.

 

[ElFenix]

7 inch refractor telescope with zoom. nice.

 

[magomago]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: alfa147x

Originally posted by: kalster
bigger than this ? Text

I love the look of that lens

It's a one-off custom lens made for long distance wildlife photography.

What's more interesting is who it was made for. Can anyone here read Arabic?

Maybe the Crown Prince of Dubai wanted to have the world's tallest building and the world's largest telephoto lens.

It just says the same thing in arabic. I can't can't read the last word (the one next to the 1700/4) but the first two just say "strong lens"

 

[soydios]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
One lens to rule them all would be a 14-300mm optically stabilized fixed aperture zoom. Not even sure if such a lens is feasible to make, but it would cover the most popular wide-to-telephoto focal lengths.

It is theoretically optically possible to make an f/1.4 14-800mm zoom. But, it is obviously not practical for reasons of cost, weight, and size. 3x seems to be the limit before something has to give, be it money, size, weight, aperture, image quality, or distortion.

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
One lens to rule them all would be a 14-300mm optically stabilized fixed aperture zoom. Not even sure if such a lens is feasible to make, but it would cover the most popular wide-to-telephoto focal lengths.

If you just want a big lens, what about the Nikon 1200-1700mm f/5.6?

GOOD GRIEF! that looks bigger than the Telescope I wanted as a child, I'm not suepr savvy on lenses, would something this big be used to take pictures of people in different countries or something? hehe.

 

[GrJohnso]

Nice! Battery powered zoom, built in LCD display of it's own... I'm guessing you aren't taking this on a long hike... No A-Mount, so I'll have to pass on it, otherwise I'd be all over it...

 

[arrfep]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: alfa147x

Originally posted by: kalster
bigger than this ? Text

I love the look of that lens

It's a one-off custom lens made for long distance wildlife photography.

What's more interesting is who it was made for. Can anyone here read Arabic?

Maybe the Crown Prince of Dubai wanted to have the world's tallest building and the world's largest telephoto lens.

Shame it was built around a Hasselblad, reducing the effective FOV. Shoulda been built around at most a 35mm...maybe just a 1.3X crop.

LOL....Imagine that baby on a 4/3s sensor. 3400mm f4.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: GrJohnso
Nice! Battery powered zoom, built in LCD display of it's own... I'm guessing you aren't taking this on a long hike... No A-Mount, so I'll have to pass on it, otherwise I'd be all over it...

Weight 15,700g/553.7 oz. = 34.6 lbs
LOL yea a ling hike with that might be hard

however if this thing preforms like it should itll be a godsend for pretty much any wildlife photog especially bird shooters, as well as sports shooters that cant he close to the action, IE surfing