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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Felix Lopez
> de Maturana
> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 7:40 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: EOS If you only had one prime lens....which one?
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> >Terence,
> >The next time Stuart Niler (sp?), the Canon rep from your area,
> is doing a
> >"Canon Days" promotion at your local high end photo shop stop in to see
> him.
> > He carries the 1200mm with him once in a while. It can be yours for a
> >mere $120,000. He has had it here in Saint John, New Brunswick before.
> >
>
>
> $120K!!! I'd like to hear from someone just what that would buy you,
> over using a 600mm with a 2x extender, at what? 10% of the cost?
>
>
> Ken Durling
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> Terence,
>
> I saw this impressive lens in a Canon show here in Bilbao, Spain, and even
> tested it of course on a tripod. I do not think a 600 plus TC will be same
> thing. This lens is ordered specially, under command and I supose previous
> money advance, mainly by "paparazzi" and militar people. Perhaps some
> millionaire lover of nature too...
I can see where might be real professional photographers, like paparazzi,
who can justify the cost of such a lens in their work, and also publishers
who can buy one and lend them out. If you consider the cost of a taxicab
and medallion for a cabby, or the cost of an eighteen wheeler for a truck
driver, it might be a worthwhile investment for a photojournalist to give
him the edge over the competition.
It would be interesting to know the sales figures for these lenses.
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Gerry Palo
Denver, Colorado
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