Now if you don't feel manly swinging that thing around, I'm afraid only a Porche can help you.
Update:
Silly me, I stand corrected, this is the Canon model. They are eerily similar.
(I guess I'm so brand agnostic now I don't even differentiate between Nikon and Canon! :-)
The Nikon model, discontinued for some reason, sells on eBay for $3-4K, even in awful condition! (Glass fine, but half the paint worn off.)
That's a Canon EF 200mm f/2L IS USM
ReplyDeleteIt costs $6000 and weighs about 2.5 KG and is one of the sharpest lenses made.
How you got Nikkor in the heading is a mystery.
Drool.
ReplyDeleteTake a close look JB, the picture there is of the older f/1.8 which was discontinued some time ago. Mind you, if you offered me either one, I would accept!
ReplyDeleteOoops.
ReplyDeleteLooks very similar though.
(I guess I'm so brand agnostic now I don't even differentiate between Nikon and Canon! :-)
The 'L' lenses are fantastic machines for pro photogs. The glass is the highest quality. If one looks at most of the sports and media events worldwide, and you see the signature of a white lense body, it'll be an 'L' lense.
ReplyDeleteThey are used because they deliver fantastic, sometimes impossible to capture images. Expensive, yes, but fantastic technology and worth the cost in results if you're a photographer.
Surely.
ReplyDeleteThough the big ones cost as much as a small car.
I have several L lenses for Canon, and yes, they are generally excellent. (Although oddly sometimes the 24-105mm doesn't seem so dang sharp at the wide end. I'm not sure if it's a focusing issue. I've not gotten around to testing it.)
I'd be interested in learning what a 'Porche' is in this context. In the USA, a porch is a small structure either at the back or front of a house (or both).
ReplyDeleteUnless you meant the German car named Porsche.
As far as the lens goes, it has very little to do with being manly. It's more of a high quality photographic instrument that serves a specific purpose.
Ooops, sorry for the spelling mistake. If I ever get a Porsche, I guess I'll have to learn.
ReplyDeleteThe Manly thing was a joke.
(Though I could imagine it actually is a factor for some, at least subconsciously.)
If you ever do get a Porsche automobile, bear in mind that it'll be a 'Porsche' with the model number.
ReplyDeleteIt'll never be referenced as something like iPorsche. Sorry.
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Dang, I had just decided that I would start writing about Porsches when they come out with the iPorsche.
ReplyDeleteLeave Eolake alone already.
ReplyDeleteIf he thinks there's an iPorsche coming into the market, then so be it. Who knows - maybe he has a spiritual connection to the people at Apple - or maybe just to Jobs and they create their products based on his (Eolake's) vision. Or maybe it's all based on lysergic acid diethlamide...
Thanks, Robb, it's clear you understand me!
ReplyDelete(I was always wondering what was in these little pieces of paper I lick every morning. They do seem to make my day much more interesting.)
No doubt the idea of an iporsche gave Eolake an all-day rager.
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