<a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/800557508-USE/Canon__Super_Telephoto_1200mm_f_5_6L.html" target="_blank">http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/800557508-USE/Canon__Super_Telephoto_1200mm_f_5_6L.html</a> <BR> <BR>I'd buy two for that low price but I'm waiting on the 2.8.

Please tell me they added one to many zero's...

yeah 99 grand seems a tad high.

I think there were only something like 12 of them made and the original retail was a tad under 90 grand. Sport's Illustrated owns one, I think I read the govt owns one and most of the rest of them are owned by collectors. <BR> <BR>You can get a 1200mm f8 by sticking a 2X on a 600 f4 L IS for about 8 grand total (or how about the new 800 f5.6L IS with 1.4X) so someone is paying an awful lot for that extra stop. <BR> <BR>This lens is like the old Canon EF 50 f1 L, Canon built them because they could not for any real economic reason.

I have four in my closet... <BR> <BR>Too bad there is no sample of the images here: <a href="http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx</a> I would curious to see how it holds up to my *new* all time favorite lens the 300mm f2.8 <BR> <BR> <BR>btw - Rich... Now I understand your position on the 70-200 f4.0 vs. the f2.8..! (even the f2.8 @ 4.0 is still not as sharp as the 70-200 f4.0 @ f4.0 ) <BR> <BR><a href="http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?FLI=0&amp;API=0&amp;FLIComp=0&amp;APICo mp=0&amp;Lens=103&amp;Camera=9&amp;LensComp=404" target="_blank">http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?FLI=0&amp;API=0&amp;FLIComp=0&amp;APICo mp=0&amp;Lens=103&amp;Camera=9&amp;LensComp=404</a>