Marinepits wrote:NICE!
Tell me more about your new lens!
There's actually a funny story behind the lens. Lately, I had been taking pics, and regardless of what I was doing, they were coming out fuzzy...when I first got my D200 (not this past Xmas, but the year before) it was taking AMAZING pics with that very lens...well, I thought maybe it was the camera...and one day, I took the lens off, and as I was putting it on my desk I heard a slight noise. I gently shook it next to my ear, and it rattled. My response, "Well, that can't be right." The lens is a Tamron F/3.5-6.3 28-300 lens...so it wasn't a great lens...but nothing to laugh at...
Unfortunately, I didn't have the money for a new lens, but just to make myself feel worse, I did the research anyway. I already have a Nikon 70-200 F/2.8 VR lens...but it's entirely too heavy for every day use...
Well, I started to look into lenses, and a comparable lens to the Tamron was a Nikon 18-200 f/3.5-5.6 VR lens...however, it was also $650...
Luckily, my birthday was right around the corner. My father gave me some money and he made me swear that I would use it on myself (and not the house, not Greg, not the dogs)...so, I went and got a manicure and pedicure, then put the rest towards my lens....my best friend (we're like sisters, and her daughter is my godchild) called me 2 days before my birthday and told me a little birdie (my dad) told her that I needed a new lens for my camera...so she paid for the rest of it.
So, the day after my birthday, my new lens arrived!!!