Ginormous 5200mm Canon Lens on eBay
If you have an extra $45,000 lying around, you might still be able to purchase the Canon 5200mm f/14 lens that was listed on eBay last month. It ended on December 14th with 0 bids (I wonder why…). Here’s a screenshot, in case the listing is removed:
Here’s an old advertisement that was displayed on the auction, demonstrating the power of the lens:
For an even better idea of how powerful the magnification of this lens is, here’s a video made with the lens attached to a video camera:
Some of the facts and figures listed in the auction and on the video page are pretty interesting… The lens has a minimum focusing distance of 393ft/120m. It weighs 220lb,100kg without its stand. In a flyer promoting the lens, Canon states that,
This is the only ultra-telephoto lens in the world capable of taking photographs of objects 18 to 32 miles away (30km to 52kms away). Having a focal length of 5200mm, Canon Mirror Lens 5200mm can obtain one hundred times as large an object image as that of a 50mm lens.
What’s even more interesting, is that if used with a DSLR with a crop factor (i.e. Canon 50D), the lens is effectively a 8320mm lens. Wowzers.
Obviously, this lens isn’t very practical for things aside from spying on someone across a city, or staring at some portion of the moon. It seems like the lens would primarily be used for astrophotography. Can you think of any other examples of where this focal length could be useful?
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A mirror lens. Gotta love that doughnut bokeh…
A mirror lens. Gotta love that doughnut bokeh…
The owners has been trying to sell it for a long time. I keep seeing it on ebay and around the web. I think it was used for taking photos of Nuclear Bomb testing wasnt it?
Now if Crumpler could make a camera strap so I can hang that from around my neck, I might go and place a bid!
Great for some very very shy birds
Still more than half as cheap as the Canon EF 1200mm f/5.6 is used: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/116642-US...
That is quite a lens. Highly impractical to most, but still very cool. Would make a cool collectors item. How many people could say they have one? Now, to just find a spare 45K kicking around and a Canon Camera.
Hmmm, you might need a tripod for that. And a bank manager with a sense of humour.
But the lenscleaning kit is still just 5.95!
Surprised its not an “L” lens… no red ring, no care.
This could be used for terapixel panoramas if you had access to one of those robotic arms used in the auto industry.
Or petapixel panoramas ;-)
What no IS?… I'm out.
For what, earthquakes? Haha.
My lens is bigger than yours!
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I want one ! :p
Who want's to carry it for me ?? :D :D
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