Photography

Some of you who know me might have noticed that I’ve got a new hobby: Photography.

• I bought my first DSLR two month ago. My father invited me to go with him to Nepal on holiday, so I did not want to go there without a proper camera. Having a little saved up on my bank account, I went to the local photography shop without knowing much about DSLR’s, if anything at all. The clerk recommended a Nikon D60 to me, which I bought along with an extra lens. I’ve come to regret that purchase a lot because of the many limitations of the D60. The biggest limitation was that it didn’t auto focus with older Nikon AF lenses, which forced me to buy the newest (and therefore most expensive) lenses if I was to acquire new lenses. Now, two month later, I bought a new camera house to circumvent this limitation, and I’ve got a pretty impressive collection for a newbie already:

Cameras:

• Nikon D90
• Nikon D60
• Nikon F801 (ancient)

Lenses:

• Nikkor AF-S 18-55 f/3.5-5.6G (D60 kit lens)
• Nikkor AF-S 55-200 f/4-5.6
• Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6
• Nikkor-S 50mm f/1.4 (ancient, but fantastic mf lens)

I’m also currently borrowing the Nikkor AFD 105mm f/2.8 macro, which I’m in love with.

Accessories:

• Manfrotto 190XPROB tripod, with Manfrotto 486rc2 ball head.
• Marumi Linear Polarizer.
• Nikon ML-L3 infrared remote trigger.

If you are interested in seeing some of the photos I’ve taken, check out http://flickr.com/aeising

I’m very much in danger of becoming an equipment fetishist, and there are a few things I feel I need apart from lens upgrades, those things include a better flash (Nikon SB-600, probably) and a battery grip, but the current kit should give me room to focus on taking pictures in a great variety of circumstances. The only reason to pack an expensive kit like this, should be to open up new photographic possibilities that would normally be hard to perfect without.