New Year, New Lens
One of my joys during this year of lockdowns and restrictions has been rediscovering photography with a camera, rather than a phone. My trusty Canon M50 has seen a serious workout, as I’ve turned my daily walks into an opportunity to really focus on and capture the peninsula where I live.
I hadn’t been paying much attention to the development of Canon’s M-series of mirrorless cameras over the last few years, but I was becoming slightly frustrated that, with my lens set, I couldn’t easily capture most things with one lens. And when you’re out walking with two children, on the beach, in windy conditions, lens swapping is not always an option.
And so, I was delighted to find out that there was now an 18 to 150mm lens that would be perfect as an all day lens. But I was less delighted to find out that it sells for nearly £400 — which was more than I can justify right now.
However, after a couple of weeks eBaying old camera kit I no longer use, I had both more shelf space, and enough money in my PayPal account to pick up a second hand lens on eBay.
Here are two photos, taken from exactly the same spot, at the extreme edges of its range:
18mm
150mm
This is great. I’m really looking forwards to putting it through its paces on our daily walk today.
Well, this morning I had to reset my router to factory settings and rebuild my network to get everyone online again.
How’s your day going?
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Looks like I have bad news for her.
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I’ve been on the beta. It’s interesting - but really needs the network effect to kick in.
