Tuesday, October 14, 2014

About That 25-300mm f/2.8 You Wanted

About That 25-300mm f/2.8 You Wanted, article.

Everybody wants one lens which can do everything, so you never have to change lenses (and miss a shot) again. Meaning a fast lens which goes from real wideangle to real telephoto, in high quality.
Well, surprise: it can be done, and it has been.
The catch: It costs over $40,000! And weighs about 18 pounds!
Woa.

I have the Nikkor on the left, and trust me, it is not small. In fact it's so big that I regretted buying it... 1.5 kilo lenses are not for hobby street photographers! But I wanted quality. The joke was on me, when full-frame Nikons appeared, it turned out it was awfully unsharp in the edges. Lame. (Oh, it's been replaced years ago.)


9 comments:

TC [Girl] said...

It costs over $40,000! And weighs about 18 pounds!

NUTS!! :-P

That lens looks like it's thicker than one of the dude's legs!! :-/

Anonymous said...

Big lenses always make me go a big rubbery one.

That lens looks like it's thicker than one of the dude's legs!! :-/

How thick are The Dude's legs?

TC [Girl] said...

How thick are The Dude's legs?

Thicker than his arms, one would hope!! :-P

TC [Girl] said...

Saw this today... :-D

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

Kooool.

TC [Girl] said...

Quite weird to think that that used to be the cost of a Hummer!! :-P

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

Yeah.
You paid 80 grand for *what*??! Do you realize you could get a Canon cinema lens for that amount?!

My apartment is worth about that now, but when I bought it in 2002, I paid two thirds of it. (I got real lucky with the timing.)

TC [Girl] said...

Yeah.
You paid 80 grand for *what*??! Do you realize you could get a Canon cinema lens for that amount?!


LOL!! Exactly!! I would "settle" for an SUV, a fisheye, an ultra-wide, and a super zoom...and prob have $ left over for a remodel!! :-P

My apartment is worth about that now, but when I bought it in 2002, I paid two thirds of it. (I got real lucky with the timing.)

Amazing!! What do you think it's worth, now? What's the square footage; would be interesting to see the diff in prices, from over here...and DK... :-D

Joe Dick said...

would be interesting to see the diff in prices, from over here...and DK... :-D

I think Big E lives in England.