Is bigger always better, is there a point where things just get silly???

Goldeeno · Dec 14, 2007

I found this while looking for a new lens.... i thought the price might be a typo, i want one, just to impress my mates

http://www.jacobsdigital.co.uk/index.php?target=products&product_id=370

Big Mike · Dec 14, 2007

I'm not sure if Canon still makes those...I heard that they were only 'made to order' anyway. They were so expensive that only a very few actually had them. I'm surprised that is says 10 day delivery.

These days, most will just use a 600mm F4 with a 2X TC.

If you want to see another whale of a lens, check out the 'SigMonster'.

Peter_pan91 · Dec 14, 2007

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0703/07030805sigma200500mm.asp

Check this out

Big Mike · Dec 14, 2007

That's the one I was thinking of...much bigger than the Sigmonster.

JerryPH · Dec 14, 2007

Yeah, we all need to walk around with those lens-monsters. If anything, its a great way to lose weight (at least until your back gives out)... lol.

Steph · Dec 14, 2007

Ok. I win with the link to the biggest lens. :wink:

Sideburns · Dec 14, 2007

Steph said:
Ok. I win with the link to the biggest lens.

It might be huge....but it's also medium format...so it won't have the same reach as if it were a 35mm lens. It'd be cool if it was though.

jstuedle · Dec 14, 2007

Just the lens I "NEED". Now, where did I put that Hasselbald-to-Nikon adapter ring at?

Steph · Dec 14, 2007

Sideburns said:
It might be huge....but it's also medium format...so it won't have the same reach as if it were a 35mm lens. It'd be cool if it was though.

Yep! But in terms of physical size, it wins easily. On a Hasselbad (6x6) the diagonal field of view is about 2.7 degrees. That's roughly equivalent to a 900mm on a 35mm camera. Still not too bad in terms of magnification.

lostprophet · Dec 14, 2007

don't forget the Nikon 2000mm http://photo.net/bboard-uploads/00CW2Q-24085584.jpg

Goldeeno · Dec 14, 2007

lol...they are some mighty bits of glass, i like the one that comes with a mounting plater a turret

, still... £70,000 WTF!

lostprophet · Dec 14, 2007

Goldeeno said:
lol...they are some mighty bits of glass, i like the one that comes with a mounting plater a turret , still... £70,000 WTF!

and thats an old price, last we heard it was about £90,000

jstuedle · Dec 14, 2007

The well know American politician Tip O'Neil once said "a million here, a million there and pretty soon your talking real money." He must have been a photographer.

Buszaj · Dec 14, 2007

Peter_pan91 said:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0703/07030805sigma200500mm.asp

Check this out

I think thats the point where things just get silly. Was it really necessary to make it that wide? There are 400mm f/2.8s around that aren't that wide, to me that lens looks terrible. Now the sigmonster on the other hand is a beauty. It actually looks like a telephoto camera lens.