Saturday, July 23, 2005

Okay, kids. I'm beyond excited.

Besides the fact that I can't afford my rent, I don't think I can afford school, and I have no job... my life is fabulous. Because my daddy gave me my birthday present three months early.

It's a Canon 10-22mm 3.5-4.5/f wide angle lens. And a 58mm split neutral density filter for my 18-55mm lens.

Wow.

Wow.

WOOOOOOW.

I'm really very excited about this lens. I've been drooling over it for about 8 months. And I've had the need for one since last summer when I went to China and realized that I "didn't have enough room" to get all of the monuments in my pictures.

Let me show you example of the greatness of the lens. Also, be warned, the horizon is slightly off on both of these pictures, but I didn't want to crop anything so you can see the difference.

Here's my normal 18mm lens:


And here's the 10mm lens:


Yeah. You can also see the difference with the neutral density filter... look at the clouds in the two pictures. The 18mm has detail and more vibrant blues... while the 10mm is slightly blown out. I might want to get a 77mm solid neutral density filter for the wide angle lens. I haven't decided yet.

But now I have a few toys to play with!!