Who wants one of these?

[pgengler]

http://www.usa.canon.com/templatedata/pressrelease/images/loRes/20071015_loRes_ef800_f56lis.jpg

Canon's working on an 800mm f/5.6 lens, perfect for spotting at EWR from JFK.

http://www.usa.canon.com/html/templated ... flens.html (http://www.usa.canon.com/html/templatedata/pressrelease/20071015_eflens.html)

[PhilDernerJr]

5.6? Garbage.

I think that there is a local shooter that has that glass though.

[mirrodie]

perfect for spotting at EWR from JFK.




That was great :)


Did anyone catch a TV show this weekend on nat'l Geographic, about a leopard they followed in the wild for 3 years (narrated by Jeremy Irons?)

If yes, one of the lenses the couple had seemed even bigger than this.

in fact, it was mounted to a post on the front end of their Land Rover.

What is the largest lens Canon has available?

[pgengler]

What is the largest lens Canon has available?

The largest lens I know of is a 1200mm f/5.6 (http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/lens/ef/data/super_telephoto/ef_1200_56l_usm.html?p=1) that was only built when someone requested it.

[Mellyrose]

The 1200mm cost $84,000. Jeez.

[nwafan20]

Hey, if your giving them out free, sign me up!

[Cary]

I'll be at PhotoPlus, as my company has a booth there. Anyone dare me to grab that bad boy and make a run for it? :D

[cancidas]

i know a photog from cali who is in to airshows big time. the uses canon, but has got a 400mm f2.8 lens that is literally as tall as he is. this one looks small compared to the one he's always lugging around..

[stuart schechter]

"The new Canon 800mm L-Glass lens! Guaranteed to make you look like your holding a rocket launcher."