Someone with a few bajillion Euros to drop and a desire to shoot wildlife from really far away hired Carl Zeiss to build a giant lens to affix to his/her bajillion dollar Hasselblad medium format camera.
The result:
This 1700mm beast weighing 564lbs.
http://www.zeiss.com/c12567a8003b58b9/C ... e100393a1b
(via Engadget)
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
f/4
*yawn*
Email me anytime at [email protected].
i want one!!
it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
As far as I'm concerned, the Arabic writing on one side makes this the IDEAL spotting lens!
"My wife is an air traffic controller. I married her because I've always wanted to screw the FAA." - B. Wulle
And Futt comes in with the keen perceptive sense!
nice catch!
And I, I took the path less traveled by
and that has made all the difference......yet...
I have a feeling a handle of people are going to be very interested in what I post in the near future.
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