Drool over a Canon 9.3-800mm f/1.7-f/4.0 lens?

David J Taylor wrote:
Something to drool over?

Canon 9.3-800mm image-stabilised f/1.7-f/4.0 lens....

http://www.expandore.com/product/add...UPER86IIxs.htm

0.6 metres long and merely 23 Kg.

image area is around 9.6 x 5.4 mm (16:9).

methinks you could buy a damned good car for the price of this thing.

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mcdonaldREMOVE TO ACTUALLY REACH ME wrote:
elmer_goldsteine wrote:
On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:59:31 GMT, "David J Taylor"

wrote:

Something to drool over?

Canon 9.3-800mm image-stabilised f/1.7-f/4.0 lens....


http://www.expandore.com/product/add...UPER86IIxs.htm

David

Can anyone find a
price on that piece of ****? I sure can't.

Roughly $150,000.

Where'd you get that figure? Anyways, that's peanuts. Think I'll
order a couple.

David J Taylor wrote:
Something to drool over?

Canon 9.3-800mm image-stabilised f/1.7-f/4.0 lens....

http://www.expandore.com/product/add...UPER86IIxs.htm

David

You do realise that this isn't an EOS mount lens, I hope?
It's video camera lens (for something like the Canon XL H1 HD), so it
probably can only cover a 2/3" CCD at best.

dj_nme wrote:
David J Taylor wrote:
Something to drool over?

Canon 9.3-800mm image-stabilised f/1.7-f/4.0 lens....

http://www.expandore.com/product/add...UPER86IIxs.htm

David

You do realise that this isn't an EOS mount lens, I hope?
It's video camera lens (for something like the Canon XL H1 HD), so it
probably can only cover a 2/3" CCD at best.

Yes, I've seen them in use and the results from same. At the Australian
Formula 1 Grand Prix, as it happens, although I guess they are a fairly
common sports lens.

Cheers,
David

mianileng wrote:

Roughly $150,000.

Where'd you get that figure?

from a guy in the TV business with PBS

Doug McDonald

"David J Taylor"
wrote in
message . ..
Something to drool over?

Canon 9.3-800mm image-stabilised f/1.7-f/4.0 lens....

http://www.expandore.com/product/add...UPER86IIxs.htm

David

I had a Sony broadcast quality lens like that. Guess what a lens with 6-10
6" lenses, some made of fluorite costs?

David J Taylor wrote:
Something to drool over?

Canon 9.3-800mm image-stabilised f/1.7-f/4.0 lens....

http://www.expandore.com/product/add...UPER86IIxs.htm

Dang! Looks like I'll have to beef up both the mono and tripods.....

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John McWilliams

vern wrote:

Something to drool over?

Canon 9.3-800mm image-stabilised f/1.7-f/4.0 lens....

http://www.expandore.com/product/add...UPER86IIxs.htm

No thanks. I already have that much zoom range and aperture (well, f/2.0 -
f/2.4) *with* IS on my P&S cameras with only 2.5 lbs. of glass for less than
$300, vs. 51.8 lbs for $xxx,xxx?. of non-diffraction limited overpriced DSLR
crap. Can anyone find a price on that piece of ****? I sure can't.

That is a P&S lens: diffraction limited at 2MP HD video, 9.6 x 5.4 mm
(16:9) 1920x1080. That's what the setup you describe costs if it were
usable at 2MP.

David J Taylor wrote:
Something to drool over?

Canon 9.3-800mm image-stabilised f/1.7-f/4.0 lens....

http://www.expandore.com/product/add...UPER86IIxs.htm

But keep in mind that it's designed for 2MP images. I suspect that it
lacks some sharpnes with a 20MP image. It's also not very portable.
No autofocus. No aperture.

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Ray Fischer

elmer_goldsteine wrote:
On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:59:31 GMT, "David J Taylor"
wrote:

Something to drool over?

Canon 9.3-800mm image-stabilised f/1.7-f/4.0 lens....

http://www.expandore.com/product/add...UPER86IIxs.htm

David

No thanks. I already have that much zoom range and aperture (well, f/2.0 -
f/2.4) *with* IS on my P&S cameras with only 2.5 lbs. of glass for less than

But you're that spamming asshole who keeps lying his ass off.

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Ray Fischer