[Photography-sig] Photography-sig Digest, Vol 11, Issue 11

[Gary Jones]

The US price on the 200-500 f2.8 lens is about $24,000, and the price (US)
on the 1200mm monster is (was) $120,000. For that one, you have order it,
which may take up to 18 months (mainly to grow the crystals that size for
the production of the lens elements). They were only making two per year,
and most of it is hand made.  Almost worth buying both at that price, isn't
it?  You can be sure you would be the only one on the block with those
(probably the only one in town too).       :-)

Gary



On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Eric Brackenbury <
eric.brackenbury at gmail.com> wrote:

> Any one know how much this thing costs   :-))
>
> Sure makes a beautiful image, oh and the cleavage Richard  !!
>
> Eric
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> > Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:10:02 -0500
> > From: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb at tricolour.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Photography-sig] My next lens purchase
> > To: Jeongyun Lee <jeongyun at gmail.com>
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> > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:05:31AM -0500, Jeongyun Lee wrote:
> >>
> http://www.juzaphoto.com/eng/articles/sigma_200-500_2_8_ex_dg_field_review_samples.htm
> >>
> >> What do you think? :-)
> >
> > What sold you?  The cleavage?
> >
> >
> > Canon has had this around for a while:
> >
> http://www.the-digital-picture.com/reviews/Canon-EF-1200mm-f-5.6-L-USM-Lens-Review.aspx
> >
> > And then there is this monster...
> >        http://blog.wolffmyren.com/2008/09/30/canon-5200mm-f14-lens/
> >
> >
> > Seriously, that Sigma looks like quite a lens!  It is a zoom, which
> > these two others aren't.  With the 2x teleconverter, it is a 1000mm
> > f/5.6, almost on par with the 1200mm for reach at the same weight, but
> > at a third of the price.
> >
> >
> >        slainte mhath, RGB
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