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Originally Posted by specialfx
Now *that* is a serious tripod head. Anyone know what the heck it is? (Um, yeah. The lens is cool too. [:)])
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Quote:
Originally Posted by specialfx
Now *that* is a serious tripod head. Anyone know what the heck it is? (Um, yeah. The lens is cool too. [:)])
that's funny [:D]
That IS a serious tripod head. Usually used for Canon's long television lenses - Think football, baseball, etc.
But the deposit!!!
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Originally Posted by Jon Ruyle
It's probably not built for still photography, but moving images; looks like Sachtler to me. Tripods for cinema and primetime TV can easily go up to $30,000 by themselves, but they move smoothly with over 100 pounds of gear.
Don't worry everyone, I wiped all of the drool off the lens when I was finished.
EDN - The "Canon Truck Bed Mount" is optional.
Adam - Sometimes you need to un-justify a desired purchase. :)
Adam & Naturegrapher - I too plan to wait for the IS version.
Gian - The Sigma would be fun to spend some time with someday. I'll have to talk too Sigma about that one.
Devsalvi - I tried the camera neck strap, but it was not a great solution.
George - I wasn't too nervous - it was not mine. :)
ShutterbugJohan - Only part of an afternoon. But worth every minute of the 8 hour round trip.
Sinh - I passed your request on to Roger. :)
Jon - I'll pass your suggestion on to B&H. :)
Alan - Bring it on!
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Originally Posted by Daniel Browning
Video, surely. I read somewhere that wimberly claims their tripod head will work for any canon lens, but this might be pushing it.
Bryan,
After your review - the 800mm croped to 1200mm sounds the best way to go, but I'm still waiting for the 200mm - 400mm zoom.
That's it, I guess I have to join the "agency." I don't think it is humanly possible for me to give you any useful feedback onthatlens, Bryan.All I can say is wow. I agree, though, that I would ratherhave the 800mm,just for usefulness.
Can you indentify faces from 1 mile with the 800mm? Maybe with extenders?
And congratulations to Mr. Carnathan, as I believe that it is the first review of this lens. (Wikipedia already has a link to the review on their 1200mm page.)