Ever wanted to see what a Nikon 1200-1700mm lens looks like? Or a 6mm fisheye? What about a Canon 5200mm mirror lens?
This amazing picture of a photographer carrying Nikon’s monster 1200-1700mm f/5.6-8 telephoto zoom appeared on Reddit and PetaPixel yesterday. At a weight of 16kg and a total length of 880mm, this must have been quite a lens to work with – but when you simply have to have that 1700mm reach, what else can you do? Read on for some more interesting niche lenses.
Much like the 1200-1700mm, the Nikon 6mm f/2.8 fisheye, pictured below,Β needs to be ordered before it actually gets produced – they don’t keep them in stock. It has a field of view of 220 degrees, which means it can actually ‘see’ behind itself.
Canon fans need not be left out – Here’s the Canon 5200mm f/14 mirror lens:
This massive telephoto was developed to take photos of objects β18 to 32 miles away.” It weighs about 100kg and has a minimum focussing distance of 120 meters. Notice the small silver and black thing on the right? That’s the camera…
If you’d like to learn more about these lenses, start here:
Nikon 1200-1700mm on MIR
Nikon 6mm fisheye on MIR
Canon 5200mm on MIR
hahaha, who says you can’t get the eccentrics in the photography world too.
Ooh!! Interesting Canon Lens. Wonder if that would fit in my bag? Crazy!! Wonder why they built this lens. Must be for a specific project…???
I think the proper question is, will your bag fit in the lens? π
YEP!!! LOL…While we at it, just add some wheels. Hilarious!!
just put that canon on a equally oversized equatorial mount and you got the worlds best astrophotography telescope