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another day, another headswap

Oy, flickr. So busy with the picture-taking! It's a good thing, for sure, but helping others get ready for the holidays means I've done absolutely nothing to get ready for my own.

This image was taken with a new lens, the Nikon 135mm f/2D DC. I've been lusting after it for some time, but it's been out of stock everywhere for months, and rumor has it that Nikon will be discontinuing it. Every now and then I check on eBay and on amazon marketplace for any good deals on a used one, and last week when I went to the amazon page I was really surprised to see that amazon had one new one in stock. I bought it even though it was a hundred bucks more than the list price elsewhere, but all turned out well -- amazon reduced the price once I bought it and it was OOS again. So, I called and threatened to deny delivery and re-order at the lower price, and they agreed to just refund my credit card the difference. Yay!

The lens itself is going to take a bit of getting used to, but I can see why it's considered one of Nikon's premier portrait lenses -- the bokeh rendering is superb.

(This image looks significantly better and less crunchy when viewed large on black.)

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Uploaded on Nov 22, 2009

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