This is Canon’s 1200mm f/5.6L EF USM Autofocus Lens. Canon has been making them since 1993, on a special order only basis, and if you want one you’ll have to wait around a year and half for Canon to build it for you. Unless you’re quick, and head over to B&H, where you’ll find a second hand one for just $99,000.
According to the B&H blog, “there are ‘more than twelve, less than twenty’ of them in existence”. The lens weighs 36lbs. and measures just over a yard long. You won’t be taking any handheld candids with this thing.
The Mother of all Telephotos [B&H Photo Video via Daring Fireball]
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
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