Canon owners! Have I got a lens for you...

[regnaD kciN]

1200mm f/5.6L EF USM Autofocus

...and it's specially priced at less than $100,000! (Make sure you read the "features" section of that page.) :crazy:

[soup]

1. hmmm,

So, if I don't pay the mortgage, electric, water, and phone bills for a mere 100 months, this could be mine?!?

slight hitch? - tech Q. - will it work on my powershot A630? :rofl:

[Eurobabe]

2. looks more like a bazooka to me...

:wtf:

[Maestro]

3. Okay, even I think this is excessive.

And I lust after all sorts of lenses! ;)

[JeffR]

4. Closest focusing distance 49.5'? I was hoping for 49.25'. Oh well!

:silly: 36.2 lbs. Good thing the lens hood is built in. The added few ounces would be a killer otherwise!

Here's B & H's feature rundown for anyone who didn't click the link:

The Canon 1200/5.6L USM, the longest fixed telephoto lens ever built by Canon, contains 13 elements (2 Fluorite) in 10 groups and focus' down to 49.5'. With an angle-of- view of about 2° on a full-frame 35 mm camera, calling this lens a 'tele' is like calling King Kong a monkey.

Built-to-order by Canon from 1993 to 2005, each lens was hand-crafted at the rate of about 2-per-year and a delivery time of about 18 months. Only a dozen-or-so were ever made. Who bought them? National Geographic magazine and Sports Illustrated are known to own a couple, the Feds probably have a few squirreled away somewhere, and a few well-heeled photo enthusiasts.

Apart from a few minor cosmetic blemishes, this particular lens is extremely clean inside and out. Included with this lens is a leather slip-on 'lens cap', a fitted aluminum trunk case, and a prodigious measure of ego satisfaction. Weighing in at over 36lbs and an overall length of 33 inches, a sturdy tripod and pan/tilt head is highly recommended. Pack mule not included.

[RagingInMiami]

6. And the line that sticks out to me is

the Feds probably have a few squirreled away somewhere,

[Blue_In_AK]

5. Pack mule not included...

:rofl:

[RagingInMiami]

7. This is what I call

Putting the Cannon in Canon.

[DS1]

8. I'm surprised to see one on sale

wow

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

9. some paper switched from Canon

to something else, I bet

[DS1]

10. Or maybe the guy from Qwest is running out of cash