Posted by Paul DeCesare on February 7, 2008 at 12:54 PM
99 grand, yowza. This one's used... was the price of a new one MORE??
Imagine" "Hi honey... you know that kitchen renovation and new SUV and built-in swimming pool we've always wanted? I spent the money on a lens instead."
Oh, NOoooooOO! Well, that's just the wildest thing. Who could carry it? How could you possibly hold it still other than by implanting it in cement? Collectable? I don't think so! Maybe as a pedestal for something as equally useful? Good one, Ned!
Posted by Curtis Knight on February 7, 2008 at 1:45 PM
I would build a turret in the back of my truck for it... A thought that conjures up images of the "Rat Patrol."
Holy crap! ground shipping is $561!!!
Posted by Erik Lundh on February 7, 2008 at 3:47 PM
Just unbelievable IMHO
Posted by Rick Lamb on February 7, 2008 at 5:37 PM
99 Grand?? And take note it's USED!!!! Amazing!!!
Does it come with a forklift?! How does one schlepp such a beast??!!
Posted by Rick Lundh on February 7, 2008 at 9:39 PM
Leave it to Canon to overcompensate for...you know
Posted by Ned Fenimore on February 8, 2008 at 12:02 AM
I'd probably buy the Canon system before I bought this honker..
Posted by Sean Watson on February 8, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Hmm. If you took a 600 F/4 IS, added a doubler, and bumped the ISO up a stop, I wonder how much worse the image would be?
I'm willing to pay a lot (both in terms of money and weight) for an extra stop... but I have to assume this is targeted at collectors.
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Imagine" "Hi honey... you know that kitchen renovation and new SUV and built-in swimming pool we've always wanted? I spent the money on a lens instead."
Holy crap! ground shipping is $561!!!
Does it come with a forklift?! How does one schlepp such a beast??!!
I'm willing to pay a lot (both in terms of money and weight) for an extra stop... but I have to assume this is targeted at collectors.
Sean