If you happen to need a new lens and want this lens to be able to take close-up pictures of a subject several hundred feet away, then this is for you! Wetzlar Camera Auctions will offer the legendary Canon EF 1200mm F5.6 L USM for sale in an upcoming auction in early October. Long story short, this lens is just absurdly massive. It is the longest lens ever created for the EF mount I believe and with its length of 80cm (31.5″) and its weight of 16.5kg (36.4 lbs) it is a truly enormous lens indeed. When it was released in 1993, the thing cost around $90,000. Wait, what? image credit: Wetzlar Camera Auctions Fast forward to 2021, German company Wetzlar Camera Auctions will have one these rare lenses on sale in early October. Canon EF 1200mm F5.6 L USM The lens itself was built only to order, so there are not so many copies on the market anyway. Mainly used for wildlife photography and sporting events, this glass monster is a real specialty lens: consisting of 13 elements in 10 groups, including two lens elements made of large diameter artificial crystal fluorite (3rd & 6th). image credit: Wetzlar Camera Auctions The video description of the video below, which shows the actual lens that Wetzlar Camera Audtions has for sale, reads as follows: Canon EF 1200mm f/5.6 L USM, 1997 – the world’s largest interchangeable SLR autofocus lens, in terms of both focal length and maximum aperture – available on...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 14 June, 2021