There are several pieces of gear that are very high on my list, exceed
my current budget, but depending on money availability and need, I hope
to get before too long. I'm sure that most people on this list have a
similar list, and others might actually have the gear. The only thing
that differs are probably the lines of "too expensive for now, otherwise
I'd already own it", and "inexpensive enough that I might actually
someday own one".
On my trip to Pittsburgh, I realized that I don't have a good travel
tripod. I bought the one I have now very shortly after I started using
a DSLR, and it was better than the $20 tripods that you can pick up
anyplace, but still so wobbly that I lost a lot of night time exposures
to camera blur. The one I recently discovered is the Benro A1190t
travel flat. For some reason the A2190t simply is no longer available.
It is going for $142 various places, and ends up being about the same
length, and about three times the width of the monopod that I always
carry in the laptop pocket of my camera bag.
The two lenses that are at the top of my wish list are both Sigma. The
18-35/1.8 isn't quite as sharp as my 31, but it's probably a lot better
than my Sigma 20/1.8. It also has the versatility of a zoom, and the
speed of a prime. It would save me a lot of lens changing when
photographing dance events.
The other lens I often find myself wishing I had is the sigma 35/1.4 art
lens. I think this one might actually even be full frame capable. The
2/3 stop in speed between it and 1.8 doesn't seem like much, but it
often means the difference between shooting at 1/20 and 1/13 which is
right on the edge of where camera blur and motion blur become issues. I
often find myself shooting with my 50/1.4, even when I don't really have
the room for it, just because I need that extra bit of speed.
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Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est)
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