135mm lens
That beastly lens came in the mail this morning, along with these rolls of film from Thailand. Not in the mail, but at the store were two pairs of shoes that'll make an appearance here at some point.
I'm super excited about the lens, mostly about learning how to use a 135mm lens. It's such a change from my 50mm and 28mm that I've been using on the film camera below. I'm not used to long lenses, and so the learning curve is going to be steep. I need to back away a lot more than I thought, and it's not always doable or practical. I took a few photos with it this afternoon, and I was amazed by the things I could see that are usually just a tiny dot in my frames. It's kind of mind-blowing to see how powerful such a small thing can be. It's making me want to read up on camera optics to understand how lenses are made. I used to suck at science so I can't promise my efforts will be conclusive. I guess that's one reason why I'll never be a great photographer. You need a lot more technical knowledge than my brain can understand, especially since I'm mostly learning by doing, and reading a few things here and there.
I'm super excited about the lens, mostly about learning how to use a 135mm lens. It's such a change from my 50mm and 28mm that I've been using on the film camera below. I'm not used to long lenses, and so the learning curve is going to be steep. I need to back away a lot more than I thought, and it's not always doable or practical. I took a few photos with it this afternoon, and I was amazed by the things I could see that are usually just a tiny dot in my frames. It's kind of mind-blowing to see how powerful such a small thing can be. It's making me want to read up on camera optics to understand how lenses are made. I used to suck at science so I can't promise my efforts will be conclusive. I guess that's one reason why I'll never be a great photographer. You need a lot more technical knowledge than my brain can understand, especially since I'm mostly learning by doing, and reading a few things here and there.