Zeiss Lens: It's a Giant, 1700mm and 564 Pounds - Gizmodo Comments

Zeiss Lens: It's a Giant, 1700mm and 564 Pounds

djdare — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:23:26 EDT

imagine the pictures of lindsey lohan that this lens could take!!!

djdare

Zeiss Lens: It's a Giant, 1700mm and 564 Pounds

DrChaos — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:32:18 EDT

time to hit the girls locker room

voyeurism ftw!

DrChaos

Zeiss Lens: It's a Giant, 1700mm and 564 Pounds

dave the wet sprocket — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:00:03 EDT

is that a camera in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

dave the wet sprocket

Zeiss Lens: It's a Giant, 1700mm and 564 Pounds

Brad — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:38:17 EDT

No, it's for sports. Since the major sports (NFL, MLB, etc) groups have banned taking pictures IN the stadium, you can now take pictures from well OUTSIDE the stadium.

Clever duck...

Brad

Zeiss Lens: It's a Giant, 1700mm and 564 Pounds

Rask — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:34:53 EDT

What would they shoot with this thing? Any combination of wildlife, celebrities, and nude beaches.

Rask

Zeiss Lens: It's a Giant, 1700mm and 564 Pounds

Grover — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:32:31 EDT

Somebody's clearly overcompensating...

Grover

Zeiss Lens: It's a Giant, 1700mm and 564 Pounds

Jon R. — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:16:24 EDT

I would say, at that point, just buy a telescope and get a lot more bang for your buck. But, this is an f4 lense, which is probably the widest f-stop you can get in a lens in that category.

Jon R.

Zeiss Lens: It's a Giant, 1700mm and 564 Pounds

Daniel Rutter — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:53:50 EDT

Note also that military lenses in this kind of size class are not actually top secret items. They've been in production for many decades, and show up on the surplus market from time to time. They're ludicrously huge and very expensive, but if you've got the time, money and fanatical commitment required, this sort of thing can be yours.

Daniel Rutter

Zeiss Lens: It's a Giant, 1700mm and 564 Pounds

frootis — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:49:45 EDT

When you say except the military, which are 10 time larger....the military has them and they are 10 times SMALLER. The private sector hasd nothing on military technology. 150gb solid state flash hard drives? yep they got em. They got it all, which means we have it all, so aren't you glad you pay your taxes?

frootis

Zeiss Lens: It's a Giant, 1700mm and 564 Pounds

givemeyourshoes — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:34:37 EDT

WOW, a little late on this one guys. Engadget posted about this a couple weeks ago. It was made as a one off for some guy who wants to shoot wild life really far away for what I remember reading.

givemeyourshoes

Zeiss Lens: It's a Giant, 1700mm and 564 Pounds

blore40 — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:24:15 EDT

Finally we can find some WMDs.

blore40