SOLD: Kalimar 800-1200mm zoom

austinado16austinado16 Registered Users Posts: 300 Major grins
edited June 9, 2009 in House of Canon
SOLD
Kalimar 800-1200mm zoom in brand new condition. Comes with both caps, the original bag, owner's manual and warranty card. Fits Canon. Fun for wildlife, ships on the ocean, and spying on your neighbors!

Looking for $225 shipped and paid for via Paypal. You can check out my ebay feedback (since I'm a newbie here) buy using my "austinado16" name.
KalimarLens.jpg

Here are a couple shots, uncropped....
Here's a local hill top shot at 28mm with my Canon 40D. It's about 2mi away as the crow flies:
Towerat28mm.jpg

Here's how it looks at 1200mm w/ the camera on a monopod:
Towerat1200mm.jpg
Let's face it; more gear than sense.

Canon 7D... Canon 70-200/2.8L IS... Canon 28-70/2.8L... Canon 135/f2L... Canon 85/1.8... Canon 50/1.4... Canon 28/1.8

Comments

  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited May 12, 2009
    Unless I'm missing something (like an easily swappable mount), I'm moving this lens to House of Canon, since that is what it fits. thumb.gif
    Erik
    moderator of: The Flea Market [ guidelines ]

  • austinado16austinado16 Registered Users Posts: 300 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2009
    DoctorIt wrote:
    Unless I'm missing something (like an easily swappable mount), I'm moving this lens to House of Canon, since that is what it fits. thumb.gif

    Okay. I wasn't sure (being a total newbie) if "House of Canon" was for "Canon" brand equipment only, or if non-brand was okay there.
    Thanks.
    Let's face it; more gear than sense.

    Canon 7D... Canon 70-200/2.8L IS... Canon 28-70/2.8L... Canon 135/f2L... Canon 85/1.8... Canon 50/1.4... Canon 28/1.8
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited May 13, 2009
    austinado16 wrote:
    Okay. I wasn't sure (being a total newbie) if "House of Canon" was for "Canon" brand equipment only, or if non-brand was okay there.
    Thanks.
    No worries. People with Canon bodies aren't going to browse for lenses in the Other Guys, so you're likely to get more hits here nod.gif
    Erik
    moderator of: The Flea Market [ guidelines ]

  • austinado16austinado16 Registered Users Posts: 300 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2009
    Thanks!
    Just added a couple pictures to show it's reach.
    Let's face it; more gear than sense.

    Canon 7D... Canon 70-200/2.8L IS... Canon 28-70/2.8L... Canon 135/f2L... Canon 85/1.8... Canon 50/1.4... Canon 28/1.8
  • Candid ArtsCandid Arts Registered Users Posts: 1,685 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2009
    That reach is incredible! 1200mm on a 1.6x crop body gives an effective 1920mm. That is seriously ridiculous. Do you have any shots from mounted on a tripod? Something a little more sturdy to get some sharpness?

    Also, what were your settings for this shot? Shutter speed, Aperture, ISO...

    What is the min/max aperture for this lens?
    Candid Arts Photography | Portland Oregon | Fine Art
    OneTwoFiftieth | Portland, Oregon | Modern Portraiture

    My Equipment:
    Bodies: Canon 50D, Canon EOS 1
    Lenses: Canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5, Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS, Canon 50mm f/1.4, Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro, Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8
    Lighting: Canon 580EXII, Canon 420 EX, 12" Reflector, Pocket Wizard Plus II (3), AB800 (3), Large Softbox
    Stability: Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 Tripod, Manfrotto 488RC4 Ball Head, Manfrotto 679B Monopod
  • austinado16austinado16 Registered Users Posts: 300 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2009
    I don't have a tripod right now, sorry. It's on the laundry list of things I need to add to my kit. Can't remember what my settings were. Maybe 100 or 200ISO and 1/500th with spot metering on in order to get through the group of power lines you see in the foreground of the first picture.

    The aperature range is 9.9-14.9

    Would be a fun lens on a tripod.......big ships on the ocean, mountain climbers, an Eagle (or similar) nest, in a Nat'l Park like Yellow Stone or Yosemite, etc.
    Let's face it; more gear than sense.

    Canon 7D... Canon 70-200/2.8L IS... Canon 28-70/2.8L... Canon 135/f2L... Canon 85/1.8... Canon 50/1.4... Canon 28/1.8
  • austinado16austinado16 Registered Users Posts: 300 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2009
    Still for sale. Make offer.

    Here's a shot of the moon that I took tonight on my new Slik 700DX tripod:
    Moon1200mmresized-1.jpg
    Let's face it; more gear than sense.

    Canon 7D... Canon 70-200/2.8L IS... Canon 28-70/2.8L... Canon 135/f2L... Canon 85/1.8... Canon 50/1.4... Canon 28/1.8
  • austinado16austinado16 Registered Users Posts: 300 Major grins
    edited June 9, 2009
    :ivar SOLD:ivar
    Let's face it; more gear than sense.

    Canon 7D... Canon 70-200/2.8L IS... Canon 28-70/2.8L... Canon 135/f2L... Canon 85/1.8... Canon 50/1.4... Canon 28/1.8
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