Behind the scenes of how a Canon 500mm lens is made

A reader emailed me this video a while back and I finally got around to watching it. If you enjoy watching how things are made you will really appreciate the amount of effort that goes into making pro level lenses. I have never thought of my lenses coming ultimately from a bunch of powder!

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Patrick Hall is a founder of Fstoppers.com and a photographer based out of Charleston, South Carolina.

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I really enjoyed this video. It was very informative!

Not just informative Matt, but badass! It makes me feel proud about the product I'm holding in my hand...I have a prejudice towards well crafted products :)

Yeah it was pretty BADASS!

Not just informative Matt, but badass! It makes me feel proud about the product I'm holding in my hand...I have a prejudice towards well crafted products :)

I really enjoyed this video. It was very informative!

Not just informative Matt, but badass! It makes me feel proud about the product I’m holding in my hand…I have a prejudice towards well crafted products :)