Thursday, January 07, 2010

Now For Sale 2nd Hand

This Canon 5.2 metre lens was up for sale on ebay before Solstice. Canon says of the lens:
This is the only ultra-telephoto lens in the world capable of taking photographs of objects 18 to 32 miles away (30km to 52kms away). Having a focal length of 5200mm, Canon Mirror Lens 5200mm can obtain one hundred times as large an object image as that of a 50mm lens.
The asking price on ebay was apparently $45K. Funny, but it didn't sell. The video below gives you an idea of what this lens is capable of.



And John apparently has dibs on it for a birthday present.



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The trick of the class war is not to let the victims know they are under attack. That's how, little by little, the owners of the planet take away what little we have.

Greg Palast