The World's Most Extreme Photography Equipment

[bwana]

Some serious wow factor here http://www.crestock.com/blog/technology/the-worlds-most-extreme-photography-equipment-117.aspx

 

[The_Techie]

Wow

 

[rpm]

Crazy indeed!

 

[ldmelsa]

Hi,

I'm here to do your wedding!!!

My assistant will be across the road:

 

[koffiejunkie]

Can I have the girl with that?

 

[ldmelsa]

Can I have the girl with that?

"Not included"
Read the fine print, man!

 

[koffiejunkie]

"Not included"

 

[Datura]

The World's Most Extreme Photography Equipment.

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Sigma APO 200-500 F/2.8

Perhaps the most "sensible" of the items presented in this list, this is nevertheless one of the heftiest tele zoom lenses for SLR cameras around. While the zoom range of 200-500mm is nothing new or exciting, it's the maximum aperture of an incredible f/2.8 throughout the focal range that makes this such a special lens.

While a lot of tele lenses have a distinct cannon barrel look, Sigma have apparently done all they can to enhance that trait, giving the lens a leafy green finish. The end result is an extremely fast tele zoom lens that could easily be confused with a surface-to-air missile launcher.

Seitz 6x17'' digital panoramic camera

Instead of the common digital camera sensor which records the entire scene at once, the Seitz 6x17'' uses a scanner to literally scan the view through the lens. The end result is 160 megapixel images in a panoramic format. It does the job a bit faster than your average flatbed scanner though, recording a full-sized frame (21 250 x 7500 pixels) in two seconds. It's big, it's heavy (5 kilos if you wish to use it outside a studio) and quite silly, but it turns out huge, amazing photos – and it should, costing as it does $42 000.

There are a couple more on the list. Very cool stuff

 

[bitesize]

wow, do they sell the crane to go with that? check out photojojo for some weird photography stuff.

 

[genetic]

Not photography, but I'd kill for this camera!!!

 

[genetic]

^^^

It's Sony's latest highest end digital cinematography camera - still a prototype able to shoot full 3D at 4k at 240fps per second.

Love at fist sight!

 

[calvin-]

and here i'm lusting after a canon 550d

 

[koffiejunkie]

How about 1700mm f/4?



Just for scale, the Camera at the end is a Hasselblad 203 FE, a much bigger camera than a DSLR.

 

[ponder]

I wanna see someone carrying that 1/4 ton lens around

 

[koffiejunkie]

Well, at least camera shake will never be a problem...