New Equipment! 50mm Nikkor 1.8 lens - dirt cheap! the sharpest optics I've ever owned! and the cheapest

D-200! was a bargain!


Couch Surfing --> [link] ...is what I'll be doing in Madrid in a few weeks...

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It's been a busy time, and it's going to get busier for me!

I decided I wanted a prime lens for just oh so many reasons! Looked on ebay and got one dirt cheap. I have to focus manually (but get a little green confirmation light) and with the D-200 auto-exposure works! Couple that with (what seems to be) relatively organic looking noise when shooting high ISO in low light with the D-200, and it all gets me pretty excited!!!

A new site/community I have joined (on recommendation) that is right up my street, and is just a wonderful idea to get people off their couches, and onto other peoples!

Couch Surfing!

Bored of the idea of networking sites like Myspace just providing yet another way to talk to friends you already have? Like to travel? and meet new people? Then Couch surfing might be just for you... Damn! I sound like I'm promoting it, well I suppose I am, but only because I think it's a genuinely great idea! If you do get on there, be sure to join the Photography > Deviantart group as it's lonley with only 2 members! ha ha

There are loads of photographers on there though, and all over the world!

Going to Madrid on 15th April while others go to New York, and I hope to do some couch surfing with some other photographers, or just interesting people I meet! Sounds a bit dodgy I know staying with strangers and that, but it's a great community with verified and vouched for members some with lots of great couch surfing stories to tell and, and I'm always up for an adventure! I pretty much do the same thing every trip I make to Holland. Who wants to pay to stay in a Hotel on your own with a load of tourists anyway!

If anyone has been to Madrid before (I chose it quite randomly for the £0.01 flight each way from my local airport! +tax of course!) then let me know about your experience, or maybe places that are cool to visit, and meet interesting people! None of that touristy bollocks!

Well there so much more I want to write about, but I've gotta sort out my priorities a little, (and my time management) I'm always saying that! Sorry if those phrases start to get boring! I guess by voicing that out load it helps to make it something that I officially have to do!!!

Expect some noisy images shot at 3200 ISO (equivalent) soon...!!!!

¡Voy a aprender un cierto español también! ¡or lo menos voy a intentar aprender un poco español! ¡Amo la lengua! ¡Si usted es español entonces consígame en tacto con!

just to clarify, I can't yet speak Spanish, but rather Babel fish.....

Peace and Love to all to all you wonderful beings!

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