From: "Felix Lopez de Maturana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>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'd just like to clarify that it was not I who expressed the opinion the "n� plus
ultra" EF1200 f5.6 L is somehow nonsensical compared to the EF600 f4 with the EF2X. It
is not so. Speed costs in photography and fast,
long lenses are very important to me personally as I can not abide the look of high
ISO films.
I do know for a fact I could make very constructive use of that lens in my photography
. . . effectively the same magnification as my 800mm f5.6 with 1.4 converter and a
full stop faster! Then of course, with the
EF1.4, you have 1680mm/f8 although I appreciate it would be tough to use that.
Still, of course, its cost is astronomical and I will never have one. Still, it would
be neat to see it! And, yes, it would be interesting to see how many Canon has
actually made. I also wonder why it is not IS. I
appreciate its weight helps to stabilize it but it must be very subject to wind
buffeting which is often an overriding problem for my 800/5.6. As a showcase item in
the Canon line, it should have IS. I appreciate they
don't sell many.
--
Terence A. Danks
Nova Scotia, Canada
Wildlife and Nature Photography
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/danksta/home.htm
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