$180,000 for a lens
Jun 26, 2015 11:49:36 #
OldEarl
Loc: Northeast Kansas
Gene51 wrote:
Does the price include the vehicle needed to transport it, the tripods needed to support it and the team of sherpas required to help you get it into the exact location you will be using it? If not, I'll pass.
Probably not. But a gun carriage from a civil war reenactor supply should only be a hundred or so.
Jun 26, 2015 14:41:28 #
Well, you could never use it handheld, so you don't need IS...go for it...lol...
boberic wrote:
That's right Ijust saw a 1200mm Canon lens on sale used at B&H The price really is $180 K I turned it down because it doesn't have IS
Jun 26, 2015 15:23:57 #
Retina
Loc: Near Charleston,SC
boberic wrote:
That's right Ijust saw a 1200mm Canon lens on sale used at B&H The price really is $180 K I turned it down because it doesn't have IS
I would go for it if that is your only reason. If you can afford it, likely no one in your family or circle of friends that would dare point out that you may have taken a blurry shot.
Jun 26, 2015 18:21:07 #
I remember when this one came out. For rent only. Shortly after the EOS system came out.
Jun 26, 2015 18:31:34 #
I understand they sold two a year for about 12 years. There are a few more out there.
Jun 26, 2015 19:07:09 #
Jun 26, 2015 19:23:14 #
PAR4DCR wrote:
Thankful I shoot Nikon so this is not a problem for me.
Don
Don
Don, unfortunately for you, that's a good problem not to have!
All photographers should have the chance to be able to stress over and have to make that tough decision.
To buy or not buy a 1200mm lens, that is the question, and is one of those rights that is granted to us in our constitution!!!
That's why I always feel so bad for non-Canon shooters!!
How in the heck do they even know they are still ALIVE?!?! :lol: :lol:
SS
Jun 27, 2015 00:58:07 #
picturedude
Loc: Yosemite natl. park, Ca.
I think you're all missing the most important question here, and that's...
Does it come with its own Beer holder?
Does it come with its own Beer holder?
Jun 27, 2015 02:52:43 #
waegwan wrote:
That tripod looks a lot like the one I often use. Mine is a converted surveyor's tripod, that was originally used for a Transit or a Telescopic Level...VERY sturdy and nary a micron of movement that I can detect...
Jun 27, 2015 13:53:05 #
Jun 27, 2015 14:23:18 #
picturedude wrote:
I think you're all missing the most important question here, and that's...
Does it come with its own Beer holder?
Does it come with its own Beer holder?
Hey ! If you can drop 180 K for the lens you can afford a personal beer sommelier to hand you your favorite brew.
Jun 27, 2015 17:09:51 #
boberic wrote:
Hey ! If you can drop 180 K for the lens you can afford a personal beer sommelier to hand you your favorite brew.
Joking aside, is it not possible for such a lens to be jointly owned and shared like a condo by this group or just professional photographers of this group?
Jun 27, 2015 20:33:19 #
OldEarl
Loc: Northeast Kansas
ssymeono wrote:
Joking aside, is it not possible for such a lens to be jointly owned and shared like a condo by this group or just professional photographers of this group?
A large collective such as Magnum might--no forget those tightwads--a large collective might have a possible use for something. But there may be less expensive options in the 1000 mm range.
Jul 2, 2015 17:17:10 #
wj cody
Loc: springfield illinois
f8lee wrote:
Hmmm - maybe I will get the lens, now that I'll save a bunch of dough on a turntable I'm eying... :D
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even though i'm a linn person, i would go with the walker. you will derive way more enjoyment out of that baby than any lens out there! and don't forget to contact Vladimir Lamm for your electronics. good luck!
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