Waiting to Shoot the New Pope with Nikkor 1200-1700mm Lens

[mrsfotografie]

Good to see there's reasoning behind these crazy focal lengths. This is gonna be an expensive shot (all this pope business is a bit over the top IMHO).

[RobPan]

Shooting the pope will not solve anything.

[bvukich]

This is a photography forum.  The next person to make inappropriate comments WILL get banned.

Disclaimer:  I'm an atheist that couldn't possibly care less about your personal beliefs, however this is not the place for you to air them.

[Halfrack]

Sigzilla 200-500 2.8 + 2x TCIII + 1.4x TCIII + 1D4 = 728mm-1820mm

Either way, I want to know what the Swiss Guard think of something this big anywhere near the Vatican.

http://www.lensrentals.com/rent/canon/lenses/supertelephoto/sigma-200-500mm-f2.8-ex-dg-apo-for-canon

[sagittariansrock]

even if it is just for a brief moment? ... COOL

Yeah... you wish!

[glongstaff]

old post:
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-1200mm-f-5.6-L-USM-Lens-Review.aspx

that's a prime lens not a zoom lens.

and your point is?    all I ws doing was posting a link about the 1200mm lens that canon used to make

[Rienzphotoz]

even if it is just for a brief moment? ... COOL

Yeah... you wish!

Don't steal my dream 

[Rienzphotoz]

old post:
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-1200mm-f-5.6-L-USM-Lens-Review.aspx

that's a prime lens not a zoom lens.

and your point is?    all I ws doing was posting a link about the 1200mm lens that canon used to make

That its a prime lens

[zim]

Well the wait is over, wonder if the lens worked!

[Rienzphotoz]

Jorge Mario Bergoglio (of Argentina) is the new pope ... it'd be interesting to see what the lens captured
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/world/europe/cardinals-elect-new-pope.html?_r=0

[Alex]

Well the wait is over, wonder if the lens worked!

No it came up with lens error then retracted back in

[bchernicoff]

Here it is. Here's the picture he got! I guess it was too much lens.

[Skirball]

unfortunate choice of words in the title 

please don't shoot the pope.

I figured it was a euphemism.

[Rienzphotoz]

Here it is. Here's the picture he got! I guess it was too much lens.

You sure? ... that looks extremely large pic for a 1700mm lens

[Rienzphotoz]

Amazing to think the arms race that brought us the Canon EF 1200 5.6L and the Nikon 1200-1700 5.6-8 was driven by high school baseball! Specifically at the Koshien Stadium.

http://www.nikon.com/about/feelnikon/recollections/r16_e/index.htm

Interesting article ... thanks for sharing. It's funny how Nikon does not use the name "Canon" (as their competitor) in that article ... it merely says "rival company":
"In 1980s, a rival company was making a 1200mm f/5.6 super telephoto lens. The newspapers were beginning to switch over to cameras made by this company in order to use the lens in their coverage of baseball at Koshien Stadium."