restorer-john
Grand Contributor
The world has changed around us John. When I got into photography in early 1980s, I bought an $800 telephoto lens and thought that was so much money. Fast forward 20 years later and I go to photo shoots with my $10,000 telephoto lens and look around and everyone has similar telephoto lenses costing $6K to $12K (all are white Canon lenses and are large so you can spot them for a mile away). People spend a lot of money on their hobbies these days. Samsung announced their new fold 3 phone and it is almost $2,000.
Yeah, you are right. I saw a dude taking pics at the airport near us with a giant Canon white lense the size of a newtownian reflector telescope. He was taking shots of the planes from underneath as they took-off and landed. Just because he liked planes undercarriages.
I think it was like this bazooka lens:
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