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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 04:19 PM
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Default Forget spending $12k on a 800mm Lens!
Check out this beast! Just promise me you will read through the info. But I will say this, close to 4000mm focal length with a 2x converter I think its like $100k used

The article is actually kinda funny...

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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 04:44 PM
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holy hell
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 05:07 PM
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As I said earlier, this is the lens I was looking for when the previous thread came up.
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Jesus, theres really no need for something that big.
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Holy shit!
Can you see life on another planet with that thing?
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you can see the future with that.... no seriously.
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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 06:22 PM
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It's 1200mm, which is what you would need to fill the entire frame with the moon from Earth on an APS-C sensor. That thing is pretty amazing.

I want one.
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