Sometimes we see some photographers laboriously carrying the lenses of their cameras while filming certain events, including sports or wildlife, and we may wonder about the type of these lenses that we rarely see, how much are they priced, and for what use they are designed for.
Below we offer you a list of the largest photography zoom lenses with their specifications and pictures:
Sigma 200-500mm f / 2.8 APO EX DG Ultra lens,
This lens is called the Green Monster
Price: US $ 26,000 Similar to the Portable Rocket Launching System, the green color further supports the terrifying monster appearance.
Canon -EF- 1200mm f / 5.6 L - USM Lens
Price: Over $ 100,000 It was Canon's longest-running telephoto lens
The Leica APO-Telyt-R 1: 5.6 / 1600mm is the world's most expensive lens
Price: $ 2,064,500
If you thought spending $ 10,000 was too much on your hobby, you have no idea how far one would go if they had the money. Sheikh Saud bin Muhammad Al Thani requested from Qatar the specially designed Leica APO-Telyt-R 1: 5.6 / 1600mm lens from Leica, and spent the whopping $ 2,064,500 to acquire it.
This Leica APO-Telyt-R prototype was designed and built at the Leica factory in Solms, Germany, where the prototype can still be seen on display. 1.2 meters long and 42 cm wide at the end with a weight of 60 kg or 132 lbs, you may need a truck to be transported. An interesting fact is that it was handed over to Al Thani in 2006, and no pictures of it were ever made public.
Canon 5200mm f / 14 lens
Also called Tele-Monster featIts price is 50,000 USD
This 5200mm prime lens is the world's largest known SLR lens.
Nikkor 1200-1700mm f / 5.6-8.0 Lens
Price: $ 60,000
Weighing 36 pounds and about 3 feet tall, the manual focus lens was introduced in 1993 and cost an exorbitant $ 60K. This lens was first used in 1990 at Koshien Stadium, the baseball stadium where the High School Spring Baseball Championship is held. By the AP news agency during the exchange of French hostages for taking pictures from a safe distance.
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