[nigelblake]

Check out this beastie....... not for hand-held images I fear, and you would need some damned clear air between you and the subject to avoid softening from atmospheric compression.


http://www.zeiss.com/c12567a8003b58b...2571e100393a1b

[desgreene]

LOL
It looks like a jet engine. It wouldn't look out of place strapped under the wing of 747!

[robinm]

Imagine the reaction taking one of those into a crowded hide

[Andy Bright]

I saw this posted on dpr yesterday... awesome. in it's favour, it makes the Canon 1200mm and Nikon 1200-1700mm lenses look highly portable. Just how do you deal with a 250kg lens?
Where's Mark? Sod that digital eyepiece, i want to try one of these... I'll buy the Blad

[Steve G]

Originally Posted by nigelblake

Check out this beastie....... not for hand-held images I fear, and you would need some damned clear air between you and the subject to avoid softening from atmospheric compression.


http://www.zeiss.com/c12567a8003b58b...2571e100393a1b

..........will it still autofocus with my 2x kenco extender??

[desgreene]

Originally Posted by Andy Bright

I saw this posted on dpr yesterday... awesome. in it's favour, it makes the Canon 1200mm and Nikon 1200-1700mm lenses look highly portable. Just how do you deal with a 250kg lens?

Don't worry Andy, just wait for the EL version next year. That will only be 200Kg

[Alex_sk]

That's a big boy's toy if ever I saw one.

STL Sonnar T* 4/1700 = arm ache

[kennyg92]

I think I'd wear my arms out more carrying in the cash to pay for that lens than I would trying to handhold it while shooting...

-Ken

[geedub]

Gimme gimme gimme! Price only 1.5 million euros, made by Zeiss for an Arab sheik's son who wants to mount it in a special turret on his SUV to take photos of falcons. Wish my dad was rich!