rxmd
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If you ever thought your 300/f4 lens wasn't all that great for bird and wildlife photography, and you've always wanted extremely low DOF in those head-and-shoulders portrait shots from half a mile away, Zeiss has revealed just the lens for you: the Zeiss 1700/f4 (German link, English link).
Weight 256 kg, covers 6x6, comes with a Hasselblad 206 FE attached. Nice to get an idea of the scale of this thing.
Now only one question remains: Where is the M mount version?
EDIT: Wrote "link" next to the link, added English link thanks to Nachkebia
Weight 256 kg, covers 6x6, comes with a Hasselblad 206 FE attached. Nice to get an idea of the scale of this thing.
Now only one question remains: Where is the M mount version?
EDIT: Wrote "link" next to the link, added English link thanks to Nachkebia
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Socke
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Wow! got a link I can send my Canon wielding friends who drool over the lame EF 1200/5.6L?
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found the link
Edit:
found the link
ErnestoJL
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Looks nice...
Ernesto
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varjag
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Pah, it's not even autofocus!
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Stephan
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Is there a press release or an official site with some pictures of this ? I cant find anything :/
Nachkebia
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Stephan
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Nachkebia said:
Hehe, thanks again. You're being very helpfull today, sir
rxmd
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I've edited the text now for better link visibility and added the English link Nachkebia had posted.Socke said:
(I'm prepared for the thundering roars of "Who cares" once again, however, I guess it's a bad idea to have a stylesheet where links look just like plain text and then suddenly hop around when you accidentally hover your mouse over them).
RObert Budding
D'oh!
varjag said:
Autofocus? You'd need a portable generator to have enough power to move all of that glass!
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varjag
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For the reference, the thing weights in at quarter ton already, so 50 kg of a generator wouldn't make much differenceRObert Budding said:
(And no, I wasn't suggesting AF there for serious)
rxmd
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Focusing apparently is servo controlled anyway in this thing according to the text, so autofocus wouldn't be an issue?
lubitel
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rxmd
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Dr. Lubitel or how I learned to stop worrying and love Zeiss?
johne
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And I thought an 85mm Russian Biogon was a great lens for shooting humming birds!
Johne
Johne
anselwannab
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This is a joke, right? How'd they get it to look like its on the Zeiss site?
Mark
Mark
raid
Dad Photographer
It is interesting that there is Arabic writing on one side of this lens.
rxmd
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I guess it's a special order item for some rich guy from the Gulf or so who is looking for ways to spend lots of money. (But the Arabic only means "super tele lens" anyway.)
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
Who was that mor...err...individual that said that telephotos are for whimps? Yeah, only whimps would be hauling that around.
Or does it come with valet service?
I'm sure you can really see what that lion had for dinner with this.
Or does it come with valet service?
I'm sure you can really see what that lion had for dinner with this.
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
Does it fit into a hand luggage or do I have to check it in when flying?
halabar
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raid amin said:
From the article, it says it was custom built for a customer who requested it. So, think about who could pay for that... Oil money.
probably at least a half-mil, maybe more?...