One for those who like a fast lens !

comes with a teleconverter to make it 1000mm F5.6.

don't forget to budget for filters and a set of scaffolding to put it on :D

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

i take it that handle is to aid you in using the focusing ring yeah? ;P

I'll just empty my pockets and see what change i have lying around... what sort of price is that monster anyway?

"In every colour, there's the light.
In every stone sleeps a crystal.
Remember the Shaman, when he used to say:
Man is the dream of the Dolphin"

Rich Meadows Photography

Sorry, but I'll stick with the Canon EF 500 :)

No IS either (image stabiliser) or whatever Sigma call it...!!!

Quote -

comes with a teleconverter to make it 1000mm F5.6.

But...does not tell you how many stops you loose :)

[quote]what sort of price is that monster anyway?

I paid £4,500 UK for my Canon EF 500.

Would imagine somewhere between £2500 - £3500 plus at a guess?

yes it does - f2.8 without f5.6 with... surely that is what you are asking no?

not as much as i was thinking i suppose... doesnt beat that £70k 1200mm f/4 posted last week tho ;)

"In every colour, there's the light.
In every stone sleeps a crystal.
Remember the Shaman, when he used to say:
Man is the dream of the Dolphin"

Rich Meadows Photography

Quote - yes it does - f2.8 without f5.6 with... surely that is what you are asking no?

not as much as i was thinking i suppose... doesnt beat that £70k 1200mm f/4 posted last week tho ;)

Cant see no mention of IS?

1200, only about 12 in the UK!

Thats a fast fat lens alright. I wonder how good the overall quality is though.

Question the question. Answer the question. Question the answer...

I wish I knew what I was gonna say :oP

OMG, didn't even notice the camera attached at first, that's a big lens :D

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
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I recently haad a double hernia op,think I will skip this one

i was just thinking how one might put the lens on the camera, then i thought you might damage the camera if you did it with the cam lying on it's back (which is generally how i do it if i am out and about (i sit down and the cam goes on my lap). So what happens, you put the camera on the lens? :biggrin:

"In every colour, there's the light.
In every stone sleeps a crystal.
Remember the Shaman, when he used to say:
Man is the dream of the Dolphin"

Rich Meadows Photography

"Would you like a camera with that lens?" It is a beast, that's for sure. I am also pretty sure the quality will be pretty good, though I'll reserve judgement for when I see some samples.

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Attached Link: http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-500mm-f-4.0-L-IS-USM-Lens-Review.aspx

PLUS!....add to that the lens HOOD!

Cannot believe the design.

Heres Canon equiv which I own above..ok, so its f4!

LOL! That is one sweet looking monster lens. I sure wouldn´t mind adding that one to my kit....although i have a feeling it wont really fit in my bag. :blink: Does it come with a complimentary caddie of some kind? :tt2:

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
____________________

Andreas

Mystic Pic

What do you want to fit it into your bag for ?

You could get all your landscape shots without leaving home if you had one of these

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

LMAO! :biggrin: I guess that´s true....i reckon there´s really no need to go to Scotland this autumn after all. I just spend my money on that Bigma lens instead and climb up on the roof or something to have a look at Loch Lomond. :tt2:

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
____________________

Andreas

Mystic Pic

Yep that's the way

Don't take the high road,
and don't take the low road
ne'er be ag'in on the bonnie bonnie banks
of Loch Lomond .

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

:b_stunned: .... ne'er be ag'in on the bonnie bonnie banks???? :blink:

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
____________________

Andreas

Mystic Pic

Attached Link: Loch Lomond

LMAO - You gotta learn this stuff before you go !

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

lol Seems an odd design and I cant see a tripod mount unless it it that odd square shape at the bottom... I guess you could tie some rope and swing it from a tree!! It would take some tripod for this monster I hear it is 33 pounds in Weight.. Without camera and the converter etc

Danny O'Byrne http://www.digitalartzone.co.uk/

"All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice" Eliott Erwitt

hehe - andreas, get up to the highlands and they will be speaking a whole different langauge, if not they will be speaking gaelic anyway :) One of my favourite scottish songs is Campbeltown Loch in which the chorus goes:
Oh! Campbeltown Loch, Ah wish ye were whisky!*
Campbeltown Loch, Och Aye!**
Campbeltown Loch, I wish ye were whisky!**
Ah wid drink ye dry.*

When you over in scotland anyway? you'll have to come visit st andrews :)

"In every colour, there's the light.
In every stone sleeps a crystal.
Remember the Shaman, when he used to say:
Man is the dream of the Dolphin"

Rich Meadows Photography

I wish you were whiskey? Well that makes sense! LOL. :tt2:

I´ve been planning on going over in august sometime. Probably late august or early september. Taking the flight to London and then road-trip through UK. I shall bring me golfclubs....if only i had any.

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
____________________

Andreas

Mystic Pic

***"It would take some tripod for this monster"

***At the price I have seen suggested I think it must come fully mounted on the back of its own pick up truck !

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

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