Worth the tour....

[Canonman]

Was going over some old browser bookmarks and stumbled on this one.

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/tech/l_plant/f_index.html

It has a 'virtual tour' of the lens manufacturing process, and a lens gallery with some additional informative short movies detailing different types of lens elements.

It definitely helps the end user to understand why good lenses are very expensive.

Enjoy!

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[Land Rover]

Pretty interesting little video. Thanks for the link.

[Bluedog]

Very cool, I never knew how much work went into the lens-making process. Of course, that was a $5000 lens they were making. And, how many times can one person say "EF 500mm f/4L IS USM Lens?" One would think they'd eventually just say 500mm lens.

[Latin Lens]

That was pretty cool.....I love learning the science or the ideas behind the equipment I/we use.....fascinating.

[Canonman]

And, how many times can one person say "EF 500mm f/4L IS USM Lens?" One would think they'd eventually just say 500mm lens.

Sadly, it appears to be a by-product of a VO talent that has no clue what they're talking about, just reading the script given to them.

The HSs series Fujinon HD lens I am using is supposed to be their 'hand picked' cream of the crop lenses off the line.

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[rocky1138]

cool beans, thanks for sharing