Canon 1200mm Lens

Canon’s Super Telephoto 1200mm f/5.6L EF Autofocus Lens may look like a bazooka at first, but it’s just a $180,000 camera accessory you can pick up today from B&H. Unfortunately, you’ll have to settle for a used specimen, but on the bright side, it does have a 9+ rating, which means it’s almost in new condition. This is the longest prime lens ever made by Canon, with a minimum focusing distance of just 49.5-feet. Product page. Continue reading for a video, one more picture and additional information.

Canon 1200mm f/5.6L Camera Lens

“With an angle-of- view of about 2° on a full-frame 35 mm camera, calling this lens a ‘tele’ is like calling King Kong a monkey. Built-to-order by Canon from 1993 to 2005, each lens was hand-crafted at the rate of about 2-per-year and a delivery time of about 18 months. Only a dozen-or-so were ever made. Who bought them? National Geographic magazine and Sports Illustrated are known to own a couple, the Feds probably have a few squirreled away somewhere, and a few well-heeled photo enthusiasts,” according to B&H.

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