For $99000 + $550 of shipping you can get this King Kong.

[africangrey]

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/find/newsLetter/Mother-of-All-L-Lenses.jsp

 

[HellboundX]

WOW, I think you would need a trailer just to transport that bad boy.

 

[africangrey]

yeah, that thing won't fit into my carry on bag for sure.

 

[jwedehase]

Darn, and I just bought mine, too! Now it's on sale!

 

[Rosseau]

Not bad, I'm waiting for the f/2.8 version before I buy.

 

[Saiyan]

Just curious as I have never tried it. But couldn't you get similar results a lot cheaper with a telescope and a camera mount? I know it wouldn't be L quality glass but would it work?

 

[Rosseau]

http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000cJe

I don't know.

That would be cool.. I have a pretty big scope laying around.

 

[louist]

This lens has been around for a long time. There are only ~10 in circulation around the world. Sports Illustrated owns two of them.

They nominal prices are ~USD$80'000 and are made to order in Japan.

Google and find the article/photos where they tested this lens on an XL-1 with the EF-XL1 lens mount converter that gives 9x crop-factor.