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Get a load of this eBay listing for a 5200mm, f/14 lens. Be sure to look at the bottom picture showing an SLR mounted to it.

Check out this roundup of crazy sh*t, including the Sigma APO 200-500mm f/2.8 and Zeiss Apo Sonnar T* 1700mm f/4 lenses and a 6×17 inch camera:

There are several categories of camera gear available: there’s the sensible, the desirable and then there’s the stuff that you’d never even imagined. Here’s a selection of equipment that most definitely belongs in the latter category…

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The eBay listing for this 1859 brass monstrosity says:

The Lens is almost 22″ long including the shade. The diameter of the front element is 6″. The diameter of the rear element is 7″. The Lens weighs 23 lbs and has a focal length of 22.5″.

And I thought the Schneider 360mm f/6.8 I just bought was comically large…

Check out this eBay auction for a "multiplying camera" with 12 brass lenses! With an opening bid of €2900, it aint cheap, but it sure is funky!

Check out this eBay auction for a reducing back that allows you to shoot 35mm film on an 8×10 Deardorff field camera!

Thanks to Tom Persinger for the heads-up.

Check out this completed eBay listing for a 1800mm f/16 lens with a 2640mm image circle. Pictures on eBay. Holy shit!

Check out this 200 pound, 12 inch across, 35 inch long Perkin Elmer 36 inch f/4 aerial lens at the camera hacker’s delight cheap optics shop, Surplus Shed. Yours for a mere US $3,750.

Thanks to Seth for the heads up on this piece of insanity!

Holy shit! Check out this 30×40-inch ultra-large format press camera for sale at the Large Format Photography Forum. Pictures included.

Check out this monster 16×36-inch view camera that Ron Klein built for a friend.