Leica 1600mm f/5.6 Telephoto Lens: $2,000,000
A lot of photographers have seen the pictures but don’t know the story of the first lens on this list. This Leica camera lens is actually a one time creation that was made for Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Al-Thani of Qatar. The Sheikh paid just over $2 million for that lens.
That lens is a one off, but the photo above is from the prototype that’s in the Leica factory showroom. Since this lens isn’t exactly being sent out for review, we don’t know an awful lot about it. It fits the Leica R-mount, is 1.2 meters long (1.55 with a lens hood), has a maximum diameter of 42cm, and weighs 60kg. The kicker? Sheikh Al-Thani had a Mercedes four-wheel drive commissioned specially to drive the lens around.
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