World’s Most Expensive Lens: $2 million Leica APO-Telyt-R 1600mm

[Ric]

This might be a dumb question but what can you use it for?

[04Stefan07 (Stefan)]

That's crazy!

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Originally Posted by Waxing_Gibbous

Well...precisely.
Couldn't even get the AF to work at f5.6!!

AF? This isn't for Leicas. They're bought by photographers, not button-pushing think-we-are's. LOL

Seriously, Leica cameras are manual focus. Always have been, probably always will be. It'll be interesting to see if the new M10 due out at Photokina keeps that alive or not.

[Miaplacidus (Brian)]

Well, probably it makes visible the owner's genitalia, but mainly it's used to impress.

Originally Posted by Ric

This might be a dumb question but what can you use it for?

[Octane (Humayun)]

Ric,

Wildlife photography.

Think Planet Earth by BBC.

H

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Originally Posted by Octane

Ric,

Wildlife photography.

Think Planet Earth by BBC.

H

And yeti hunting.

[bloodhound31]

I love the comment, "This would be perfect for pictures of cats".

[Ric]

Cheers H,

It's in perspective now, there was some amazing shots in those documentaries.