Woohoo! The weekend is nearly here!

OK, not quite - still got a whole day in the way, but it feels close. I didn’t get a chance to play with my new camera last weekend or during this week, so the weekend will be my first chance to see what it can do.

I’m looking forward to it, though I’m not feeling to creative at the moment. I’ve not actually used it in daylight yet, so I’ll finally be able to see if my lens will be OK in daylight. It’s an f/4.0 all the way, so although it’s not exceptionally bright it should be ok for general use.

I may bung a film in my analogue SLR too and try the lens out on this. It’s a super wide angle lens when used with film, so it will be good to try this out with some sweeping (and hopefully) dramatic landscapes. I’ve not got a polariser for the lens yet - the 77mm thread makes them rather expensive. As the sky has been uniformly grey for the last two weeks I think a graduated grey filter would be good too, but again I’ve not got one of these yet.

I used to be really into photography, so I hope this new acquisition will get me back into it. I realised that I spent more on the camera and lens than I did on my car, so it had better do!

Right, back to the grindstone.