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Blue Ash Film Group
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Cincinnati, Ohio, US


Cool video on how the lenses are made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl … bybv2LrmK8
Feb 05 13 09:20 am  Link  Quote 
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Select Models
Posts: 32,703
Upland, California, US


Way cool... makes me proud to be an owner of 9 of their superfine quality optics... borat
Feb 05 13 09:27 am  Link  Quote 
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GreatMomentsPhotography
Posts: 2,393
Orlando, Florida, US


I am pretty sure the canon camp will be posting theirs soon.
Feb 05 13 10:14 am  Link  Quote 
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S W I N S K E Y
Posts: 24,199
Saint Petersburg, Florida, US


GreatMomentsPhotography wrote:
I am pretty sure the canon camp will be posting theirs soon.

always following....

Feb 05 13 10:21 am  Link  Quote 
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Phil Drinkwater
Posts: 4,233
Manchester, England, United Kingdom


GreatMomentsPhotography wrote:
I am pretty sure the canon camp will be posting theirs soon.

Why attempt to turn it into an off topic canikon thread?

And likewise the "always following" comment.

If you don't want people to have silly arguments, don't start them?

Feb 05 13 10:36 am  Link  Quote 
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Vector One Photography
Posts: 2,029
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US


Nikon has always been one of the few that produce their own glass.
Feb 05 13 11:40 am  Link  Quote 
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London Fog
Posts: 5,003
London, England, United Kingdom


Wonderful video!

Would love to see the big C's L factory too!
Feb 05 13 12:47 pm  Link  Quote 
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Yingwah Productions
Posts: 1,123
New York, New York, US


Thats more of a montage.

I remember an old video of a canon 400mm being made and each step being explained
Feb 05 13 01:33 pm  Link  Quote 
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Ivan Galaviz - Photo
Posts: 884
Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico


The How Canon Lenses are made is a lot older...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vXBkLAtwR0
Feb 05 13 01:42 pm  Link  Quote 
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London Fog
Posts: 5,003
London, England, United Kingdom


Final assembly of the EF 500mm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=en … Oyud3EA9kE

Simply amazing and painstaking work!
Feb 05 13 02:11 pm  Link  Quote 
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HHPhoto
Posts: 553
Atlanta, Georgia, US


Canon 500mm f4.0 IS lens manufacture

Part I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl … KNFW0YwDYw

Part II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzpt49qq6v4

Part III
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bQ3-DWh-rA

I believe the first and last video links were posted above.

Edit:
My 500mm is one of my favorite lenses.  The links above are to videos depicting the manufacturing process for the Canon 500mm lens, and this was my 500th post....
Feb 05 13 03:51 pm  Link  Quote 
Photographer
ELiffmann
Posts: 1,240
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US


HHPhoto wrote:
Canon 500mm f4.0 IS lens manufacture

Part I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl … KNFW0YwDYw

Part II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzpt49qq6v4

Part III
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bQ3-DWh-rA

I believe the first and last video links were posted above.

Edit:
My 500mm is one of my favorite lenses.  The links above are to videos depicting the manufacturing process for the Canon 500mm lens, and this was my 500th post....

mind=blown

Feb 05 13 04:50 pm  Link  Quote 
Photographer
PDF IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHY
Posts: 4,441
Jacksonville, Florida, US


S W I N S K E Y wrote:

always following....

heheheh tongue

Feb 05 13 04:58 pm  Link  Quote 
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Robb Mann
Posts: 7,763
Baltimore, Maryland, US


Sweet. Good find!
Feb 05 13 05:27 pm  Link  Quote 
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