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- From: acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih)
- Subject: LONG EOS lenses. (was Re: EOS Rebel IIs vs competitors)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.001626.1315@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- References: <ROBERTW.92Nov20094017@bmerh654.bnr.ca> <1992Nov24.041115.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> <1992Nov23.223055.3058@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
- Date: 24 Nov 92 05:16:26 GMT
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- In <1992Nov23.223055.3058@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> ka1gt@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (robert.m.atkins) writes:
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- >I agree the Rebel is a great camera for the money. Now, is there really a
- >1200mm f5.6 EF series lens? Was it one of the "Olympics specials"? (I know
- >Canon in the past have produced some spectacular "one-off" lenses for such
- >events). I assume they are unobtainable if so (and I assume no mortal could
- >afford one if they were!).
-
- I saw this mentioned in some UK photo mag (Photo Plus?). It supposedly
- lists at 33,000 pounds. (No idea what the exchange rate on the British
- pound is these days. No matter what, I can't afford to even rent
- one, and I don't believe in cruelty to tripods. :-)
-
- I've also heard rumours of an 800/4.0L in the works...
-
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