http://www.zeiss.com/c12567a8003b58b...2571e100393a1b

256kg = 563lbs



Yes, I know it's a prime and not a zoom.

 

Oh, and guess who had the cash to buy it? For a hint, click on the top view for a larger image and look at the text on the side of the lens...

 

doh.. is it that sultan of Brunei dude again!?!? wtf..

nice lens.

 

If you were to use an adapter on your 1.5 crop Nikon, this thing would have the field of view of a 3442mm lens. A Canon 1.6 crop would be 3672mm.

I just want to find out how he plans on mounting this thing. I bet it will be mounted to a jeep, sort of like a machine gun.

 

can a get a 2x tele converter please for it.

 

Maybe he wants to take some pics of the bikini babes on the beaches of Vietnam.

 

so how far can that thing zoom? is it crazy like those cameras that capture the shuttle taking off?

/me thinks he should use it to spy on chicks

 

i wonder if it was more than a million dollars...

 

They're not giving the exact price other than it had 7 zeros on the tag, and I don't think they were counting pennies. It took a team of 12 engineers over a year to design it. I'm sure that wasn't cheap.

 

Looks like a decent "walking around" lens.

That thing is almost as long as I am tall, but a few pounds heavier.

 

Can my tripod handle this lens?

 

Do you have lens envy? Now my 100mm macro just seems so....so...unworthy.

 

This guy is either shooting celestial bodies, or he's a major peeping tom.

 

At f4, this thing is actually pretty fast.

 

If I'm doing the math right, which I'm pretty sure I am, the actual physical aperture inside this lens is over 16" in diameter when wide open.

 

Yep, it would need to be at least 16". Just building an aperture that big would be an engineering feat in itself.