Mmm, lens love

6 July 2008

Last Sunday we had our Summer Party, blogged live by me and Lauren before the immense quantities of food we’d made and then consumed finally overcame us and we no longer had the ability to type.

I’d rented a very shiny, very heavy, very beeeyootiful lens to try out that day: a Nikon 70-200mm f2.8. So I went around scaring impressing my relatives with a piece of kit twice my size, taking photos of them sitting at the tables outside while, yes, I ~~ate~~ guarded the food indoors. That lens was so good, with such a nice little swishy noise as it focussed, that all day I had an argument going on in my head about whether I should buy one of my own or not. Sure, I’m lucky enough to be able to afford one, but where the hell would I keep it? Yes, the photos are fabulous, but you’re going to need a wrist transplant, etc…

I’d rented the lens from an absolutely brilliant company called Hire A Camera, who saved the day when the first company I’d gone to, Camerent, eventually conceded after actually, no, they couldn’t supply the lens. Sorry about saying we could and all that – and sorry about having a caveman answering our phone. The lovely people at www.hireacamera.com liked my feedback on their service so much they put it on their customer comment page. The only thing is that they asterisked my mention of C*******, possibly leading readers to wonder just what new and exciting swear word I’d used that would fit that many asterisks.

Oh, and apropos the food, I didn’t get any photos of it. But Lauren did. She also took photos with her new wide angle lens. And it’s about time she put them on Flickr and sent them to me. Here’s what she probably says to that:

Click on the photo for the rest of the party set

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2 Responses to “Mmm, lens love”

Rayne
8th July 2008 @ 5:18 pm

The rent-a-lens thing sounds incredible! I would love it if I could find something like that here so I could test it out first. That’s the main thing that is holding me back from upgrading. Afraid of spending lots of money on something that isn’t doing what I want it to do.
The color depth in that photo is fantastic.
Sarah
8th July 2008 @ 5:57 pm

Be reassured that some of the vibrant colour in the photos comes from my post-processing. But some photos, like this one were pretty much straight out of the camera.

Now get yourself a good DSLR and a copy of Photoshop and you’ll be away!