Maybe

To get, or not to get? Hmmm... 

Fujifilm Instax 7s Camera with 50 films for under $150... 

Wishlist

After trying out some macro shots with my Canon 18-135mm IS lens, I began to think about getting an actual macro lens. I came across the Canon EF 100mm f2.8 Macro Lens from reading reviews about it and now I want! Although it's quite an old model, and isn't IS (which will cost over 1k if it was), the quality of the macro shots produced by it is spectacular.

Description (http://www.dwidigitalcameras.com.au/store/product.asp?idProduct=30)
"Medium telephoto lens with a macro feature for 1x magnification. Fluctuations in spherical aberrations caused by focusing are suppressed and high-quality images are obtained at all focusing distances. With eight aperture blades good background blur is obtained even when the aperture is decreased by one or two stops. A focusing limiter which limits the magnification to 0.25x is built-in."

I know, it's going to rip another large hold in my bank account after buying the dslr not too long ago. It's surprising to know how much photo enthusiasts will spend on lenses and other accessories because I don't think I'd be able to, unless however, I do become one of them and consider photography as a passion.

Photography for me will just be a hobby, an interest amongst many of my other interests, to keep my creative juices flowing and to make me seem cool. ;D (I kid.)

PS. Bought 6 clear front screen protectors for my iphone 4... for 20 cents, and it just arrived today. Waiting for my 2 covers now...

FOOD PICS.

The best part of a holiday is of course, the food!! London didn't offer many different and good tastings foods like we had hoped but there were some places worth spending money at to eat.

Some places in London/Paris I went to include Jamie's Italian, Laduree (Best macarons, pistachio and caramel my favourites), Pizza Express, The Hummingbird Bakery, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, The Ritz Hotel, Nandos, Maccas and of course, KFC. Other times we just stayed home and cooked. Images below refer to some places I named.

Paris - A weekend

Did a lot of walking yet again in very nice sunny weather. The best part of Paris is no doubt the Eiffel Tower (with a wait of almost an hour to get lift tickets to the top) and the FOOD. Croissants ftw! Oh, and the 1kg steak for 40 euros. Sorry, no pictures of either.

The Louvre was so crowded with tourists everywhere. We made our way first to the Mona Lisa, only to find that taking a photo with it was too difficult. However, after checking out other paintings and sculptures, we managed to find the perfect spot to prove we saw the famous painting up close and in person. Woo! 

Rome - A weekend

Making the most of a weekend in Rome, Italy! It was a hot 33 degrees and water was our only saviour. Thank goodness for free cold water straight out from the pipes in Vatican City.

London - All around

Collection of places we visited in London. Taken with the digicam (as I didn't have my dslr on the first day).

London - Borough Market

Here is what Borough Market in London had to offer. Taken just with my dslr.

my dslr

Bought this baby in London for 899 pounds. Equivalent to about $1500 AUD.
It sells for almost $2000 AUD in Australia for the same thing, body and lens together.

Great quality pictures with 18mp, has easy-to-use manual functions and live LCD view display.

Canon 550D with 18-135mm IS lens