New insanity lens!

mloc

This thing is crazy

New zeiss lens. Totally mad. Thing weighs over 250kg!

melekalikimaka

holy feck...f4 too

peckerhead

D'you reckon they're trying to compensate for something..? :eek:;)

Roen

peckerhead wrote:

D'you reckon they're trying to compensate for something..? :eek:;)

Distance.

mdebets

That would be the ideal lense for me stalking my neignours (/goes of counting money/)

melekalikimaka

neighbours?? you could see into the people in the next county's house with that

mikeanywhere

OMG!!!

Need to get to the location a week before hand as the amount of people needed to set this thing up you would scare away any wildlife

evilhomer

Thats insane! You would need a jeep just to get it around!

That must have cost a fortune!

Fionn

i like the way they say 'non-military' puts it in perspective eh?

Carrigman

Largest..for "non-military" purposes. Clearly, certain military types have bigger ones. I wonder if I joined the FCA could I get my hands on one?

mloc

it says the individual lens elements cost the same as a family car... hence 12 or so elements add up to well over six figures. ouch.

Sebzy

Was up close to this monster over the weekend at Photokina and it's a lot bigger than in the online pics hmmmm see that lcd screen on the back it's about 7"x6" wide and thats a medium format 645 cam on the back.

Feckin huge Would of loved to stick it on my SLR and go planet spotting.


Seb.

311

You'd probably need all the sand from Dollymount to build one

rob1891

Sebzy wrote:

Was up close to this monster over the weekend at Photokina and it's a lot bigger than in the online pics hmmmm see that lcd screen on the back it's about 7"x6" wide and thats a medium format 645 cam on the back.

Feckin huge Would of loved to stick it on my SLR and go planet spotting.


Seb.

hmm, wouldn't be standing underneath that thing....

Shrimp

256 KG (564 lb)... ha!

Takeshi_Kovacs

Who knows what the American military have in side their spy satellites.. i remember reading that one of the latest ones has a mirror larger than that inside the Hubble, and with a res down to 15 cm.... well they've certainly got the money to build it..

Xios

Carrigman wrote:

Largest..for "non-military" purposes. Clearly, certain military types have bigger ones. I wonder if I joined the FCA could I get my hands on one?

Haha, you'd be lucky to get your uniform if ya join.

JMcL

Sebzy wrote:

....and thats a medium format 645 cam on the back.

Bloody hell. I thought that was just the lens adapter!

Is it available in Canon mount?

mikeanywhere

JMcL wrote:

Is it available in Canon mount?

It can be whatever you want it to be.

slumped

Bet it's crap at macro though

Oriel

Shrimp, that thing's bigger than you.