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    Learning more with every "click" mjs1973's Avatar
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    How to build your own 500mm f/4 lens

    You might not have all the equipment laying around the house to do this yourself, but it's pretty interesting. Click on the Enter button.

    http://aux1.jp.canon.com/com/camera-...ant/index.html
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    Re: How to build your own 500mm f/4 lens

    You might also find this interesting:
    http://www.canon-europe.com/Support/...ork_iii_en.asp

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    Re: How to build your own 500mm f/4 lens

    heeey that's pretty awesome.
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    Re: How to build your own 500mm f/4 lens

    amazing. Can you imagine the cost of the equipment used to make them?
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    Re: How to build your own 500mm f/4 lens

    Quote Originally Posted by mjs1973
    You might not have all the equipment laying around the house to do this yourself, but it's pretty interesting...
    Indeed. A little known fact is that this same exact process is used to make Three Musketeers Bars, Twinkies, and Burger King Whoppers.

    The others simply use different ingredients...
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    Re: How to build your own 500mm f/4 lens

    Hey, Mike - thanks for the link! Love watching how things are made.

    Lots of good information in this link :thumbsup:
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    Re: How to build your own 500mm f/4 lens

    Great link, Mike! It was pretty cool to see a pile of white powder turn into precision optics.
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