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Many times, the photographs and video footage you see of celestial bodies was captured using high-powered telescopes, but for those who have a Leica APO-Telyt-R 400mm f/2.8 lens, it’s capable of much more than you think. Photographer Markus Stark recorded this at only 290 meters above sea level while camping in Germany, as his intended goal was to make the viewer feel like they observing the moon from a spacecraft.
He used the lens on a Panasonic GH4 with a modified Leica 400mm f/2.8 with a 1.4x teleconverter as well as two 2x Leica Apo extenders and some of the zooming and spinning movements that you see was added in post production. How much will one of these lenses set you back? Around $15,000 USD used since production ended in 2009, which at that time, had it retailing for a whopping $39,000 USD.
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