I hope it's the stabilised version...

I’d like one of those mugs too. What I’m NOT going to do is hollow out my lens to drink tea out of it.

ive always hated that colour of beige on canon lenses, looks tinky, id buy one of those too for a great prank, pretend someone whos got that actual lens, and pretend u got it and throw it down a cliff to watch the pranked guy see it smash to pieces

Ibegpardon?

Mark

dont worry, youre a nikon user therefore cannot be offended

Oh. Ok. Beg pardon?

don't worry, you're a canon user therefore your opinion doesn't count.

Sony do lenses that colour too. I agree -it’s a bloody silly colour to make a pro lens.

You can get camouflage sleeves for them. If natural history photography is your bag, a light coloured lens is the last thing you want - it puts the wildlife off.

There is this item on eBay should you wish to spend £28 upwards on a mug.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Authentic-24-105m ... 720wt_1167

Who wants coffee with more colour? Surely black, (or brown) is sufficient?

I thought the white colouring was something to do with reflecting heat when being used in direct sunlight at sporting events.

Mark

There's probably some truth to this. I'd also wonder if by making them white the lenses become instantly recognisable and do no harm to the 'brand' when seeing many all across football stadia and the like.

Maybe it just makes it easier to see the controls?

Paul - the Sony 80-400 is silver.

Mark - quite correct, and it works. A few of the lads were in America recently and the only lenses that would work in the heat were the Canon white ones. Nikons and Sigmas in particular were prone to the heat and wouldn't autofocus. The chaps with dark lenses had to focus manually which was really no problem given the amount of light around.

Al

Well done that man!