JerryPH
No longer a newbie, moving up!
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After all my talk of holding off my purchases until the economy gets better, I go and order myself a new toy... lol
It's kind of a "well done" pat on my back to myself, as I won a rather large government contract to educate 200-250 IT people over a 2 year period just today (see, Vista is good for something... my job security!
).
I just *had* to purchase one of the 2 lenses I am looking at getting (the Nikkor 14-24 is the other lens I am going to get, but it will have to wait a few more months... my b-day is coming in July, what better time to treat myself to the big present than then!)
Anyways, this is what I ordered:
The Sigma 15mm F/2.8 fisheye.
I've wanted a fisheye for a while now, but I was planning to get the Nikkor 14-24 first. As it turns out, since the price for the 14-24 is crazy nuts now, the Sigma comes first, Nikkor 14-24 will come later.
I was looking at the Nikon 16mm fisheye, but with very close performance numbers between the two lenses, 1 incredibly important full mm more for the Sigma (lol), and at 1/2 the price, this was the best option for me. On top of that, it's a FX lens that will give me the full fishy 15mm effect on my D700.
Let's face it, no one uses a fisheye all the time... it is a limited use specialty lens, but the effects are fun, unique and add to my pleasure. That alone was worth the price of admission!
I expect it to arrive sometime next week, I am looking forward to some stinky fishy kinda photos! :lmao:
It's kind of a "well done" pat on my back to myself, as I won a rather large government contract to educate 200-250 IT people over a 2 year period just today (see, Vista is good for something... my job security!
). I just *had* to purchase one of the 2 lenses I am looking at getting (the Nikkor 14-24 is the other lens I am going to get, but it will have to wait a few more months... my b-day is coming in July, what better time to treat myself to the big present than then!)
Anyways, this is what I ordered:
The Sigma 15mm F/2.8 fisheye.
I've wanted a fisheye for a while now, but I was planning to get the Nikkor 14-24 first. As it turns out, since the price for the 14-24 is crazy nuts now, the Sigma comes first, Nikkor 14-24 will come later.
I was looking at the Nikon 16mm fisheye, but with very close performance numbers between the two lenses, 1 incredibly important full mm more for the Sigma (lol), and at 1/2 the price, this was the best option for me. On top of that, it's a FX lens that will give me the full fishy 15mm effect on my D700.
Let's face it, no one uses a fisheye all the time... it is a limited use specialty lens, but the effects are fun, unique and add to my pleasure. That alone was worth the price of admission!
I expect it to arrive sometime next week, I am looking forward to some stinky fishy kinda photos! :lmao:
