Apparently commissioned as a one-of-a-kind for a private client, Zeiss Optics has built a 21X, STL T 4/1700mm Super Tele lens. The client wanted a lens to use for wildlife photography with a Hasselblad 203FE camera (shown mounted at the right) that would provide the "highest imaginable image quality." Which it probably provides...if you can move it. It weighs 560lbs (256kg)...

If you want to see it for yourself it will be on display at the Zeiss Booth at Photokina (Hall 2.1, Booth B010).

I'm very curious what kind of 'wildlife' the client had in mind; and how he will get it there

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