The EF 1200mm f/5.6L USM is a super-telephoto prime lens that was made by Canon Inc. It uses an EF mount, and is compatible with the Canon EOS camera range. When used on a 35 mm film camera, or a digital body with a full frame sensor, it has a Focal Length of 1200mm. When used on a digital body with a crop factor of 1.6x, such as a Canon EOS 40D or 450D, it provides a 35mm field of view equivalent to that of a 1920mm lens. With a 1.3x body, such ...
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The EF 1200mm f/5.6L USM is a super-telephoto prime lens that was made by Canon Inc. It uses an EF mount, and is compatible with the Canon EOS camera range. When used on a 35 mm film camera, or a digital body with a full frame sensor, it has a Focal Length of 1200mm. When used on a digital body with a crop factor of 1.6x, such as a Canon EOS 40D or 450D, it provides a 35mm field of view equivalent to that of a 1920mm lens. With a 1.3x body, such as a Canon EOS-1D Mark III, the field of view is equivalent to that of a 1560mm lens.
The lens was aimed at sports and wildlife photographers, and is both relatively expensive and extremely rare. Canon described it as "the world’s largest interchangeable SLR AF lens, in terms of both focal length and maximum aperture."
The EF 1200mm f/5.6L USM is a professional L series lens, that is now discontinued. This lens is constructed with a metal body and mount, and with plastic extremities and switches. The features of the lens are: a wide rubber...
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