I'm looking at the Bower (Samyang 14mm f2.8), for most of my wide angle
needs, and a Normal Zoom for APS-C, probably a 17-70 either the Pentax
or Sigma, if I can get either for a good price. I've either got to get
my F 70-210 repaired or replaced, (almost the same cost proposition),
and well I've got to replace all my lighting gear and buy a decent
tripod... Needless to say none of this is in my budget.
On 5/16/2015 1:52 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
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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immortality through not dying.
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