As many of you may know, I have a somewhat keen interest in photography. I recently changed from film to digital, and have seen some benefits to the change. I say some, because there are pros and cons to the whole film vs digital aspect of photography:
Pros:

• Quick
• Instant - you can see results on the screen, or in post on the PC
• Lower overheads in chemicals/processing
• More opportunities for experimentation

Cons:

• Less originality - more pictures taken means less thought about composition
• No prints, no negatives - why is this a con? I’ll explain in a later post. Let’s just say I liked scanning film, getting 10,000px sized images

Anyhoo, I’ve added a lens to the digital collection: a Nikon AF-S Nikkor 55-200 f4-5.6G ED. In other words, a telephoto zoom, with a decent macro facility. So now I have the 18-55mm lens for everyday photography, and the 55-200mm for the zoom stuff. I’m off to the farm this weekend, and I’m hoping to get some decent shots of the new lambs, as well as some landscape shots, as the scenery around the farm is simply stunning. Check out the lonely tree on the Photography page.

I’ll typically shoot NEF Raw images now, having upgraded my memory cards to SanDisk Ultra II 2gb SD cards, which for my Nikon D40 perform fine, and give me reliability that the old Hama one’s didn’t. The next step is a decent polarising filter, and a new tripod. I have 2, one of which is a loan from my father, but both have a slight wobble to them…