“Your
judgment or your taste has never been in question. You buy seldom, and when you
do, you leave wasteland on the credit accounts.” (G about my shopping.)
Most of my
big winter projects are nearing completion. This is also the only time in the
past few years that I have more money than I can spend. That is to say, I have
no money and absolutely nothing I would need. This makes me nervous. Usually I am more feminine than that and can always think of something important I cannot live without. If I had several grand on my
account, that trip to Mongolia would probably come bobbing up again, along with
all the arguments for and against. What savings I did have, General took to buy
me a new computer, tired of me throwing things around the room for having a
crap processor and graphics fit for a fifteen year old phone. A few grand would
also lean steeper into a purchase of a Mac already, but no. I like the computer
that I have. Even if it is eight years old and sound like it has an old diesel
locomotive falling through it. The gentleman in the store explained that the
comp we were looking at establishes it’s Windows in 4.3 seconds once you turn
it on. I can relate to that. I can have 4.3 coffees before Windows start
working in mine.
So, between
what I would do if I really had a lot of money (go on a long trip, publish
another book, start looking at real estate…) and having just a little money, which
I merrily waste on books, chocolate, make-up, books, coffee dates, books and
books, there’s this.
My next
lens.
This is a
wide-angle landscape or, as I like to call it, street-photography 2.8 L series
USM, not a prime, granted, but a beauty nonetheless. Oddly enough, I cannot
find primes that would serve me better – Canon either has a 17mm/ f/4
tilt-shift, overpriced, a 20mm/ f/2.8, which doesn’t really excel in anything
or a 24mm/ f/2.8, which is already dangerously close to my kit lens. (Kits are
not dark horses, but they do prove to be extremely, well, wide-ranged in their
practicality.) Considering I am not really a street photographer (yet), that is
less to do with my lack of a motivation than it is with an actual lack of a
street. Oh, I do have a street. A very noisy street. It’s right down here. But
this is a small provincial town. Street-wise, nothing ever happens that would
grow above the need of a 50mm.
So, as
investments and ambitions go, this is now on the top of my list. Its right
between important and fun, trivial stuff. As the thing about the lenses, they
tend to inspire beautiful hunts.
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