Interesting read on this Carl Ziess one off lens , Sold at Auction for $80,000
http://petapixel.com/2013/08/06/carl...ens-ever-made/
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Interesting read on this Carl Ziess one off lens , Sold at Auction for $80,000
http://petapixel.com/2013/08/06/carl...ens-ever-made/
Canon : 30D, and sometimes the 5D mkIII , Sigma 10-20, 50mm 1.8, Canon 24-105 f4 L , On loan Sigma 120-400 DG and Canon 17 - 40 f4 L , Cokin Filters
Made me smile.
Then I cried 'cause I couldn't afford a lens like it.
"Poke around on the web, however, and you won’t find any sample photographs captured with this lens. Why? Because the lens was never designed for real world use, and was never functional."
"The “Q” stands for “Quatsch,” which translates to “nonsense” in German."
I'll take two!
Cheers, Troy
D800; AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G; AF-S 50mm 1.8G; SB-910; ||
120-300mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM 'S'; APO Teleconverter 2x DG ||
Phantom 2; H32D Gimbal; 5.8Ghz FPV LCD GS
LOL! ..... also saw this and laughed .. $80K for a lens that doesn't really work!
Lens looks great tho
Nikon D800E, D300, D70s
{Nikon}; -> 50/1.2 : 500/8 : 105/2.8VR Micro : 180/2.8 ais : 105mm f/1.8 ais : 24mm/2 ais
{Sigma}; ->10-20/4-5.6 : 50/1.4 : 12-24/4.5-5.6II : 150-600mm|S
{Tamron}; -> 17-50/2.8 : 28-75/2.8 : 70-200/2.8 : 300/2.8 SP MF : 24-70/2.8VC
{Yongnuo}; -> YN35/2N : YN50/1.8N
That's about 5 bus stops more than you'll ever need.
A One off Leica for an Oil Sheikh
Plus an options of a special support vehicle.
The lens looks a bit like the 200 - 600 F2.8 Sigma lens without the electronics
Last edited by horizon; 08-08-2013 at 6:55pm.
That Leica is lame compared to Zeiss's 1700/4 tho!
Some ppl have too much money on there hands
Nikon D750,D500,Z6,Coolpix P7700
Nikkor 300mm f/4E PF ED VR, Nikkor 16-35mm f/4 VR, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8, Tokina 100mm f/2.8, Tamron 60mm f/2 , Tamron SP 24-70mm f2.8 VC Di, Nikon Z 24-70mm f/4
FTZ adapator
Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Art
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