You Call That A Lens? THIS Is A Lens!

[Matt Molnar]

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:

http://www.zeiss.com/C12567A8003B8B6F/GraphikTitelIntern/stl_side_med/$File/stl_side_med.jpg
This 1700mm beast weighing 564lbs.

http://www.zeiss.com/c12567a8003b58b9/C ... e100393a1b (http://www.zeiss.com/c12567a8003b58b9/Contents-Frame/8baac109cb80bddfc12571e100393a1b)

(via Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/13/carl-zeiss-creates-over-five-foot-long-telephoto-lens/))

[PhilDernerJr]

f/4

*yawn*

[cancidas]

i want one!!

[Futterman]

As far as I'm concerned, the Arabic writing on one side makes this the IDEAL spotting lens!

http://www.zeiss.com/C12567A8003B8B6F/GraphikTitelIntern/stl_top_med/$File/stl_top_med.jpg

[mirrodie]

And Futt comes in with the keen perceptive sense!

nice catch!