The 120,000 dollar lens

[Avotius]

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/116642-USA/Canon_2527A001_Super_Telephoto_1200mm_f_5_6L.html

What? No original picture?

 

[kid_a]

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-1200mm-f-5.6-L-USM-Lens-Review.aspx

Here's a review of that exact lens. What a monster.

The wait time at order was 18 months, because it took a YEAR to grow fluorite crystals big enough for that lens. WOW

 

[bucks11]

Ummm....WOW.

I always thought 200mm was a good chunk of scenery for me...

 

[Avotius]

The wait time at order was 18 months, because it took a YEAR to grow fluorite crystals big enough for that lens. WOW

Can you imagine this conversation?

"dang it, a bug flew into the growing crystal and now is firmly entrenched in the center of the lens...."