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What Would You Use This Lens For?

Maiznblu_757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 5112 posts, RR: 52
Posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 2226 times:

I think I would use it as a Billy Stick...

Quantaray - 600-1000mm Zoom Lens (T-mt.) $349.00

AND NO, I AM NOT GOING TO BUY THIS... Big grin

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Vafi88 From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 3116 posts, RR: 18
Reply 1, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 2217 times:

Possibly contrails??

Or! You can catch airplanes on finals (I can just see a quote like: Airbus A340 about 3 minutes before landing at ___ airport) Big thumbs up

If I had the money (and the camera), I'd buy it!

I'd like to elect a president that has a Higher IQ than a retarted ant.

Maiznblu_757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 5112 posts, RR: 52
Reply 2, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 2211 times:

I am sure the quality is a bit sub-standard.

Pilothighflyer From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 220 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 2180 times:

Paper Weight
Door Stop
Weight lifting (Prolly pretty light tho)
Dog Toy
Increasing ones ego at the airport by having the longest lens?
Just a few ideas....

Robert

JeffM From United States of America, joined May 2005, 3266 posts, RR: 53
Reply 4, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 2166 times:

That is a bird watchers lens.

v/r
Jeff

Gocaps16 From Japan, joined Jan 2000, 4298 posts, RR: 23
Reply 5, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 1 day ago) and read 2140 times:

no no no, Jeff.

That is a peeping tom's lense. :-P

It also requires a T- mount.

Kevin

Cfalk From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 6, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 19 hours ago) and read 2108 times:

When shooting airplanes beyond 600mm or so, unless you have an extremely clear day, you will get different haze effects, either heat, or simply smog or vapor. Also, if you want to shoot good quality shots, 100 ASA might not be nearly sensitive enough.

Keep this lens for bird-watching.

Charles

Vulindlela From Germany, joined Apr 2002, 468 posts, RR: 1
Reply 7, posted (9 years 4 months 1 week 18 hours ago) and read 2091 times:

I have the 650-1300mm lens that looks just like that. I got it (knowing it would be poor quality) just to mess around with, and for $200 on ebay. My friend took it to SFO and had some impressive shots with it. They won't get accepted here for sharpness, but some of them were very good. The build quality of the lens is bad-it is just a tube sliding over another tube to zoom, and there is no aperture adjustment or lens contacts (probably constant f8). But, I still think it is fun to use sometimes.
-Kevin

"If you take everything I've accomplished in my entire life and condense it down into 1 day, it looks decent!"

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