Mum and Dad went away the day to NZ after I returned my trip and I was nice enough to loan them my camera for the trip. Now I am stuck at home without a camera and my brand new flash. I decided to splash out and purchase a Nikon SB-800 flash unit (I cant even take a photo of it, cos I don’t have a camera – the camera on my 6310 doesn’t count as a camera). I ended up purchasing it through Amazon as a kit, and it is impressive – well off camera it is impressive.

I am definitely feeling withdrawal from my camera, so much so that I have begun the hunt for the next big purchase. I am going to buy a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 shortly probably form Camerastore.com.au but that is a relatively cheap acquisition – well compared with the other lenses I am looking at. The current list of potential purchases include:

• Sigma 50-500
• Nikon AF VR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED
• Nikon AF-S 300mm f/4D IF-ED

I think that is the current list – but I can be swayed. I like the flexibility of the zoom lenses but I am also interested in getting into the sharpness of primes. I am reading as much information as possible about the lenses, it wont be a purchase any time soon, maybe a birthday present in November.

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