![Canon 1200/5.6L USM
At 36lbs, 33” long and 9” wide at the front element, calling this lens a ‘tele’ is like calling King Kong a monkey.
The Canon 1200/5.6L USM has been built on a special-order basis since 1993, and the ‘official word’ is there are “more than twelve, less than twenty” of them in existence. With a price tag equivalent to a pair of his-and-her sports coupes, they were produced at the rate of about 2-per-year and a delivery time of about 18 months. […] What you get for your money is a monster lens with an angle of view of about 2° on a full-frame 35 mm camera.
A used copy sells for $99,000 at B&H. Operators are standing by.
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Canon 1200/5.6L USM
At 36lbs, 33” long and 9” wide at the front element, calling this lens a ‘tele’ is like calling King Kong a monkey.
The Canon 1200/5.6L USM has been built on a special-order basis since 1993, and the ‘official word’ is there are “more than twelve, less than twenty” of them in existence. With a price tag equivalent to a pair of his-and-her sports coupes, they were produced at the rate of about 2-per-year and a delivery time of about 18 months. […] What you get for your money is a monster lens with an angle of view of about 2° on a full-frame 35 mm camera.
A used copy sells for $99,000 at B&H. Operators are standing by.
(via kottke.org)
