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01-07-2008, 10:38 PM
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#1 | | Your ad here. ;)
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This is a Nikon 1200-1700mm zoom lens! 16kg in weight and 880mm in length! MF Zoom-Nikkor 1200-1700mm f/5.6~8.0s P ED IF
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01-08-2008, 12:52 AM
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01-08-2008, 04:25 AM
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01-08-2008, 04:30 AM
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| This is getting silly. You might as well buy a good telescope with the Camera attachment, save yourself a small fortune, get a better magnification and save Hospital bills for a dislocated shoulder. | 
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01-08-2008, 04:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Glider  This is getting silly. You might as well buy a good telescope with the Camera attachment, save yourself a small fortune, get a better magnification and save Hospital bills for a dislocated shoulder. | I kinda agree, that does take the cake for over kill. No offense Eric. I would think taking arerial shots would be alot harder.
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01-08-2008, 04:58 AM
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01-08-2008, 05:15 AM
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Country: | I stumbled across this last night and couldn't believe it. I wouldn't want anything that big for many reasons, the main one being my back!
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01-08-2008, 05:29 AM
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Country: | Sh!t, at 16kg??? Man Eric, u carried way more than that strapped to ur ass back in the day...
Oh wait a minute, we're in our 40's now arent we???
Whats the pricetag on something like that??
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01-08-2008, 05:57 AM
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01-08-2008, 06:02 AM
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01-08-2008, 06:09 AM
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01-08-2008, 06:18 AM
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Country: | Yeah, Dan, carrying 16kg in the heat isn't my idea of fun anymore. Although it is a lot more enjoyable when you don't have to dodge bullets! By the way that lens is a manual focus too! They were a limited production run in the 1990s and from what I have read were about $90,000 (yes, for one manual focus lens!). I could buy a truckload of gear for that price tag.
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01-08-2008, 06:34 AM
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Country: | Yeah, that's WAY too big. If I was going to look into a big zoom, which I may someday, I'd look at the Sigma "sigmonster" 300-800mm. A much lighter 12 lbs is easier to hand hold for shots (well, lighter than that Nikkor mortar tube). Plus the price tag is a more budget friendly $6,000. Not that $6k is friendly to my budget, but still friendlier than $90k.
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01-08-2008, 06:37 AM
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Country: | E.G? for $90.000 for that d*ck extension thingy....if I handed you the money, what would you buy instead for your photographic needs??
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01-08-2008, 06:46 AM
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