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The making of a Canon lens.

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Posted by Justin on February 2, 2007 at 4:09 PM
Hi,

Spotted a link to the following site: Canon Virtual factory posted elsewhere and thought it may be of interest if anyone's got a spare five minutes.
Interesting stuff I thought.
Clicking on the Virtual lens plant is a good one.Shows what goes into the making and assembly of a Canon 500mm F4 I.S. lens.
Posted by Craig Nash on February 2, 2007 at 4:52 PM
I have also just noticed it on other site. Fascinating!
Posted by Tom_W on February 2, 2007 at 4:52 PM
nice one... worth the watch, from a techno geek
Posted by Vincent Jones on February 2, 2007 at 4:58 PM
WOW :eek: I thought the glass in all lenses was made by specsavers, Learn something everyday.

Thanks for posting the link Justin, now added to favourites :toast: :toast:
Posted by Kevin Lewis on February 2, 2007 at 5:37 PM
Most of the Nikon glass is made by specsavers :razz:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on February 2, 2007 at 6:02 PM
Hi Justin,
I've often wondered why my 500 cost so much :confused:
Thanks for posting the link.

Kind regards
Andy... :smile:
Posted by Alan Bryant on February 3, 2007 at 10:09 AM
Thats awesome :cool:

As Andrew said, now i can see why my 500 was so expensive.

I'd like to know how many of the 500 they have made sinse the start of production.It must be loads :confused: