1200mm f/11 Bazooka

[BW]

Thats not a big lens. This is. Unfortunately its a Canon. Shitty optics

[Jakov Minić]

Hahahaha, Børge, tell me more about this packaging for shit
Where did you capture it???

[Mongo]

actually BW, Mongo is quite impressed with this. The build quality and optics have an excellent chance of being better than some Nikkors Mongo has purchased in the past.

[BW]

It`s in Trondheim, Norway. I saw it driving by in a boat. I don't know what it is so, naturally I assumes it was a discarded Canon lens of the less portable kind It is certainly worth a closer look. But now we`re way off topic..

[richardHaw]

Sorry, really busy to reply

saw some sample images of this lens and the performance is not as good as i hoped but i can imagine this lens opening lots of possibilities before. 

this looks like it belongs on the rollbar of a landrover fitted with a custom mount

[Bjørn Rørslett]

An example with the 1200/11 ED-IF is posted here:

http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,4483.msg70860.html#msg70860

Do note the shutter speeds ranged from 1/8 to 1/15 sec ... A challenge to sort the adequate from the inadequate as far as tripod support is concerned.

[richardHaw]

by the way, i Gave the sn to Roland Vink and he confirmed that this is indeed one of the rarer ED version but the focusing unit is that of the older type, am I correct?

[Bjørn Rørslett]

by the way, i Gave the sn to Roland Vink and he confirmed that this is indeed one of the rarer ED version but the focusing unit is that of the older type, am I correct?

The ED version of the 1200/11 lens head is very rare and probably performs well, if the 800/8 ED is anything to judge by (amazingly sharp long lens). However, where is the golden ring to signal the lens is ED? Not visible in the opening photo.

The old adapter is well-nigh useless with any of the lens heads except for the 400/4.5 Nikkor. The reason is that Nikon made the helicoid way too short and the leverage of the longer lens heads will make the helicoid stick or bind badly. Get the newer AU-1, it works like a charm.

[Erik Lund]

by the way, i Gave the sn to Roland Vink and he confirmed that this is indeed one of the rarer ED version but the focusing unit is that of the older type, am I correct?

What is the Sn# on this lens ?

Not many AU-1 on the marked,,,

[Bjørn Rørslett]

... Not many AU-1 on the marked,,,

So very true. I had to buy another 600/5.6 Nikkor lens head in order to get the AU-1 it was attached to. Thus I now own both adapters and have duplicate 600/5.6 Nikkor-P lens heads. I will give away the 600/5.6  - for free - to any party interested ... if Erik refrains from picking it up first ....

[Erik Lund]

I have looked high and low but no AU-1 anywhere I can see,,, 

[Roland Vink]

The ED version of the 1200/11 lens head is very rare and probably performs well, if the 800/8 ED is anything to judge by (amazingly sharp long lens). However, where is the golden ring to signal the lens is ED? Not visible in the opening photo.

Below is a picture of a 1200 ED I saved from ebay, it has a gold ring between the tripod mount and aperture ring. The aperture ring has a square-pattern grip similar to K and AI lenses. The lens Rick posted looks very similar, but no gold ring in the same place, and the aperture ring is the old scalloped style, so I'd say it was not the ED version. Either they gave the wrong serial number, or we have an ED lens put into an old barrel, or ED serial number put on a non-ED lens (which is unlikely since they are different optically and unlikely that parts can be interchanged)

[Bjørn Rørslett]

That is how my 800/8 ED lens head looks, apart from being shorter. Thus the lens illustrated in the opening post is not an ED type.

[richardHaw]

Hello. I cannot find the image in the outbox so Inwill ask Roland for the serial again. Yhe serial falls in between the sn on his database.

¥120,000 is also a nice price according to another collector friend of mine considering that it comes with that casket looking box.

Can it be that this is an interim version? i know nothing about this lens

[richardHaw]

Ok, i found the picture of the sn. I asked the shop to check their records and they gave me this
They usually don't give out sn but i am a good customer