The Nothing

Next week or so is going to be a lot of fun.  I’m in the process of closing down my pBase account and moving everything over to Flickr.  As much as I love everything about pBase, it’s just not cutting it.  Flickr has a million more users, and it’s much easier to find people with similar interests.  Tagging system is much better, not to mention the involvement with groups.  pBase is my prefered way to present photos, but Flickr has it beat with communication and connections.

Today I was supposed to be doing a photo shoot.  The organizer, unfortunately, was called to work and the rest of us have no idea where we were supposed to be going.  At this point it seems I’ll be doing something other than shooting photos.

I’ve found myself shopping for new glass.  Shop as I my, of course, the money isn’t there.  Some of the recent wants are: Nifty-50/Plastic Fantastic/50mm f/1.8,  17-40mm F/4L (equates to 28×64 on the 1.6 crop sensor 20d), 60mm macro, and a few others.

I’ve really been thinking seriously about going Prime only.  I know they can be limiting when you’re trying to shoot on the run, but they do have serious advantages when it comes to quality.  I can’t afford L-glass to get super quality zooms, but I know I can get near the same quality with non-L primes.  I’m thinking 20mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, and 100mm for now.

I also found this AWESOME article on Flickr’s Poor Mans Macro group called How 2 Make A Ghetto Fabulous Reversal Ring. Its a great idea and I think I might have an extra body cap.  Should go ahead and hit up the LPS and pick up a couple more body caps.  One can be a pinhole camera.  This Flickr group article also gives me a great use for the old FD mount lenses I have sitting next to me.  Most also have filters that I never ever use that wouldn’t have a problem with destruction…