The Canon Mirror Lens 5200mm 1:14 is the world’s largest SLR lens. It can focus on objects between 18-32 miles away, and has has a minimum focusing distance of 120m. It weighs 100kg without its stand, so it’s not the easiest lens to carry around.
With a full-frame DSLR you get 5200mm, but using the lens on an APS-C DSLR with a would give you a focal length of 8320mm. When one of these extremely rare lenses sold on eBay, it’s said there are only three in the world, it fetched around $50,000. Here a copy of the original Canon data sheet.
Here’s a video showing this incredible lens in use.
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The previous post for the 80mm Carl Zeiss Biometar lens and tilt adapter has been popular, so I’ve found an example shot to show how sharp the lens is. The image above is the full frame version, and the image below is a crop at 100%. I think you’ll agree…
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The Canon Mirror Lens 5200mm 1:14 is the world’s largest SLR lens. It can focus on objects between 18-32 miles away, and has has a minimum focusing distance of 120m. It weighs 100kg without its stand, so it’s not the easiest lens to carry around.
