Canon EF 1200mm f/5,6L USM Lens Review

The Canon EF 1200mm f/5,6L USM Lens uses a Ring USM Ultrasonic Motor rear focusing system, This is a electronic focus-by-wire design that works very well, It is quiet and relatively fast, Focus hunting can be an issue with this lens, The shallow DOF means that focus must be adjusted to a relatively close-to-correct setting for the relatively small f/5,6 aperture to allow the camera and lens

Canon 1200mm f/5,6 Sells for $580,000, Most Ever for a Lens

A Canon EF 1200mm f/5,6 lens was the focus of a bidding war at the Wetzlar Camera Auctions WCA last week that saw it climb to a final value …

Up Close with the Canon EF 1200mm f/5,6 L USM Lens

The Canon EF 1200mm f/5,6 L USM Lens above is shown behind the itself very large Canon EF 800mm f/5,6 L IS USM Lens, Even with this 1200mm-size-reducing perspective from a 105mm lens, the 1200mm lens appears huge, While one person can mount the 1200 L on a tripod, two people make the job significantly easier and far less risky, Don’t even think about handholding this lens, Even if you …

Canon EF 1200mm lens

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Ultra-rare Canon EF 1200mm camera lens fetches $462,321 at

Only 20 Canon EF 1200mm f/5,6L USMs were made – and this ultra-rare example sold for over four times its estimate Canon‘s monster 1200mm f/5,6 L-series supertelephoto lens has just sold for over four times its estimate at a specialist auction in Germany, The …

A B&H Photographic Journey, with the Legendary Canon EF

The Canon EF 1200mm f/5,6 L USM lens was born with the Canon FD mount and reportedly first appeared in 1984, at the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California, Five lenses were used by the media to cover the Games and then the lenses were shipped back to Japan and later converted to the EF mount, According to Canon, this is the longest lens in the world with full …