If the 120-300mm f/2.8 EX
was called the “Big-ma”, is this the “Tank-ma”

It’s big. Over Twenty-Eight inches long by nine inches in diameter big! It’s the only lens that could make an attached Canon EOS 1D Mark III
or Nikon D3
look small.
It’s heavy. Thirty-four and a half pounds heavy! Let’s put that in perspective. It’s heavier than Three of Canon’s EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM Super Telephoto Lenses.
It’s long at 200-500mm (500-1000mm with the included 2X f5.6 “attachment”) and it keeps a monster f/2.8 aperture all the way to 500mm. But I wouldn’t call it fast. How fast can an f/2.8 lens be when it has to turn glass that’s nine inches in diameter? Oh wait, that’s right, it has it’s own battery to power the zooming and AutoFocus operations.
It has an it’s own built-in LCD panel to display focusing distances and focal lengths. Why? Because it’s so huge you can’t see around it to tell how far away that Grizzly bear really is. But with a minimum focus distance of up to 196.9 inches, I guess you’ll know when to play dead.
It’s painted military green and comes with it’s own dedicated hard case for travel. Good luck getting that past the TSA on your next flight to Washington, D.C..
Price? Do you really have to ask? At under $25,000, you could always choose a Honda Civic as your new rolling camera case.
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