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[dakegra]

Slightly nervous about tomorrow. Part of me wishes I'd had another week off, but another part wants to get on and doing again.

It'll be weird turning up at a new place and being the new boy again. I wish I knew exactly what it is they want me to be working on, but heck, I'm sure I'll find out soon enough!

NTS: need to buy a new suit. And some new smart shoes.



In other news, I've been pondering what to spend my redundancy money on, given that I'm now back in full-time employment. Tempted by a proper wide-angle lens for my D50 to take up to Scotland at the end of October, but also tempted by the (cheaper) Sigma 18-200mm lens, which would give me the range of my 18-55mm kit lens, with a zoom on top - I could see that being my default carry-around lens, and I don't currently have a zoom lens for my camera.

Hmm. Tricky. Thoughts from my photographer chums, pls?

Comments

[pteppic.livejournal.com]

All super-zooms are crap.
Repeat.

Sigma 10-20mm, best bang for buck on a wide-angle for crop sensor.
If you want a better-than-kit regular lens, Tamron SP f2.8 28-75. Again, best in class bang/buck.

[primitivepeople.livejournal.com]

All super-zooms are crap.

Agreed, especially because the maximum aperture is usually around f4, or f5.6 if you're really unlucky, at the telephoto end. Hopeless for the sort of photography I've got into of late, which calls for very shallow DoF.

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

I think the sigma is the way to go. Though I'll have to save up for a while to get it.