2600mm canon!

Tim Kirkwood

http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-EOS-Mt-650-2600mm-Lens-Digital-for-5D-30D-20D-NEW_W0QQitemZ160025703355QQihZ006QQcategoryZ4687QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Tim

DanielB

Tim Kirkwood wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-EOS-Mt-650-2600mm-Lens-Digital-for-5D-30D-20D-NEW_W0QQitemZ160025703355QQihZ006QQcategoryZ4687QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Tim

i like how no where in there it tells you your aperature

andymillson

DanielB wrote:

i like how no where in there it tells you your aperature

They are listed further down in the listing

f/8.0 @ 650mm – f/16 @ 1300mm [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]
With 2x Teleconverter: f/16 @ 1300mm – f/32 @ 3200mm[/SIZE][/FONT]
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Looks like a real deal, gottta get me one of these babies

Scott_Quier

The add has a picture of a group shot against a bright sky. I wonder how much work went into eliminating the CA? Pheonix lenses all have CA problems. I know someone who bought a much short (and narrower range) tele-zoom. Wow, talk about CA!

Just took another look at the example shots. They were taken from two different locations! Nothing like truth in advertising!

claudermilk

That'll make a nice, bright viewfinder image to set focus--which will probably have to be manual. Thanks, I'll just foot zoom.

gtc

the other problem is..
even if you can keep it steady eg not a puff of wind, you have the problems that all lenses have over 1000 mm, and that is AIR and everything floating about it in it.worse through cheap glass.

2X teleconverters,by and large, suck ,too.murkiness converters.good paper weights.

a zeiss 800 mm cat lens would be a better buy for some specific purposes,but not sport,maybe some really long nature shots and abstract stuff that i like.

yes ,i want an 800mm zeiss cat,but would not waste my money on what looks like this heavy,murky rubbish.no CA with cat lenses either.

hgernhardtjr

So if you want it, get it here: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=333965&is=REG&addedTroughType=search

Everything at B&H is good isn/t it?

herion

Cameta is one of the *worst* places I've ever dealt with. Even if they were the only ones selling the lens, I'd suffer without it.

ziggy53

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=857388&postcount=222

ziggy53

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=857458&postcount=230
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=857815&postcount=247
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=858021&postcount=258

claudermilk

Not that you'd expect 300/2.8 results from this thing, but dang! For what it is those are actually some decent results--how can you complain for 1300mm at $300? The softness & CA in the examples are no surprise. I especially like the sag in the lens zoomed out to 1300mm.

From B&H's site it sounds like a fixed-aperture, manual focus lens. That's one way to cut costs.

BTW, Herion, my one experience with Cameta was actually quite good. Won one of their auctions a few years ago to make my jump into digital. Sent the wrong memory card & made it right with no troubles.

herion

claudermilk wrote:

Not that you'd expect 300/2.8 results from this thing, but dang! For what it is those are actually some decent results--how can you complain for 1300mm at $300? The softness & CA in the examples are no surprise. I especially like the sag in the lens zoomed out to 1300mm.

From B&H's site it sounds like a fixed-aperture, manual focus lens. That's one way to cut costs.

BTW, Herion, my one experience with Cameta was actually quite good. Won one of their auctions a few years ago to make my jump into digital. Sent the wrong memory card & made it right with no troubles.

I would say you were extremely fortunate. I won an ebay auction for a Canon flash, they sent a Phoenix one instead, refused to exchange it and made me pay 15% restocking. I sicc'ed Amex on them for the 15%. Never dealt with them again - I use Beach or Allen's Camera for almost everything now...

morrisphotography2003

gtc wrote:

even if you can keep it steady eg not a puff of wind, you have the problems that all lenses have over 1000 mm, and that is AIR and everything floating about it in it.worse through cheap glass.

2X teleconverters,by and large, suck ,too.murkiness converters.good paper weights.

a zeiss 800 mm cat lens would be a better buy for some specific purposes,but not sport,maybe some really long nature shots and abstract stuff that i like.

yes ,i want an 800mm zeiss cat,but would not waste my money on what looks like this heavy,murky rubbish.no CA with cat lenses either.

Just shot this one with the same lens on friday night, no monopod or tripod from about 70yards.

gtc

how about..
thats not bad -how about a 100% crop pre-photoshop,an infinity shot and the piece of newspaper taped to a wall.