The quest for the biggest lens continues

By LR admin | Published: July 6, 2009

This is just an update on the series of previous posts about the biggest/most expensive lens in the world.

After Leica (1600mm) and Zeiss (1700mm), now it seems that Canon will be the winner with 5200mm/f14 lens (the picture is from eBay – this lens was for sale a while ago):

canon 5200mm f14 The quest for the biggest lens continues

Now I know how “Canon” got its name. More info on this monster is available here.

Related posts:

  1. The largest telephoto lens in the world is not a Leica
  2. The most expensive lens in the world (it’s a Leica of course)
  3. Rare 50mm f/0.75 lens
  4. What happened to the new 35mm Summilux lens?
  5. The new version of the Leica Lens Compendium book coming soon

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5 Comments

  1. Quimera
    Posted July 6, 2009 at 6:50 pm | Permalink

    What’s next? A a kind of Hubble telescope?

  2. NikoDoby
    Posted July 6, 2009 at 9:37 pm | Permalink

    Remember it’s not how big it is, it’s how you use it =^)

  3. NoiryKang
    Posted July 7, 2009 at 7:31 am | Permalink

    Does that actually mount on an SLR body?

  4. Anonymous
    Posted July 7, 2009 at 1:40 pm | Permalink

    i wonder if it could be used for macro photography? What’s the closest it can focus?

  5. Quimera
    Posted July 7, 2009 at 3:32 pm | Permalink

    Must ask Lowepro a special bag for this ;)