so i got me a new lens…

February 26, 2008

… and here are some photos from it:

This is Mayer’s Photo Store in Quiapo where I ordered and purchased my Sigma 10-20mm F4.0-5.6 EX DC HSM. I immediately fell in love with its 102.4 degree field-of-view, and I’ll have this almost always at 10mm ^_^

Our humble little home. Ang sarap gamitin nito to photograph interiors. just find a cozy corner and snap a shot. Voila!

I took this for the weekly theme on pentaxforums, which is "Vanishing Point". Sakto nga eh, it’s so easy to take a vanishing point photo using the lens. ^_^

Vanishing point din? This is LaSalle (street) cor. Aurora Blvd. Took this on the way to work on a Sunday (flashes "L"-sign on forehead).

Yeah, alam ko bawal magshoot ng photos sa MRT station, but hey I got away with this. Hehe.

Inside the MRT. Damn you person in the black jacket who’s occupying a third of the frame. Ganda sana nung kuha… Bawal pa din ba tong pagpi-picture sa loob ng tren? ^_^

Dela Rosa walkway on a sunday. Not a soul in sight (flashes "L"-sign on forehead again). I was supposed to submit this as the vaniship point entry instead, kaso nakapagsubmit na ako and I didn’t think the bus photo was half-bad. This one still look pretty nice for a VP photo eh?

My second home. Hahahaha. No really, this is my work area sa office. There’s my chair with the green jacket… by black and white striped pillow… my coffee mug with the stress ball inside… and then there are the workdesks of five other officemates who share the area.

Anyway… more about the lens:

I didn’t exactly buy it outright. The plan was to wait for the bonuses and then consider buying the lens. (some plan that was) Sometime last week though, my mom presents this idea to me where she sponsors my purchase of the lens and they I just pay her in installments. So it got me thinking:

PROS: i get the lens now… the payment scheme is more convenient…
CONS: what cons?

In hindsight though, medyo na-excite ako at impulsive yung pagkakabili ko ng lens. Good thing it turned out to be a fine purchase though and I can’t wait to use it on landscapes! Apparently, I got a good copy too. Sharp daw. But I still love my original lens and I’ll still be using it more than this new one. ^_^

Oh, and while trying out the lens, sabi ko kay Mau: "I-limit ko kaya ang sarili ko to one lens a year?"

She just laughed. =p