What's going on?

I haven't been blogging for a week now however few things happened since my last post. Some good and some bad ones.

The bad is that my camera is broken :( Yup, I'll save you details but something is wrong with a viewfinder. All is blurry when you look through it. I've just sent it to Nikon and I have to wait...

But I can't wait to long because on 6th of November I'm going to Japan for my holidays! Which is a really gooood thing. I can't wait and I'll definitely write something more about that in the next few days.

So the another good thing is I'm probably going to buy a new camera. Although I don't want to do that so badly ;-) I have no choice There's no sense to go to Japan without it! Actually this is the main reason I'm going there :-)

Honestly I wanted to get myself a new camera anyway but maybe just not now. Anyway it's going to speed up the process. So I'll keep you posted which camera and why I'm going to buy. Probably I'll do it in the same way as I did with the wide angle lens. If you haven't read about it you can take a look at these posts:

http://photocrumble.blogspot.com/2010/07/wide-angle-lens.html
http://photocrumble.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-baby-has-arrived.html
http://photocrumble.blogspot.com/2010/08/sigma-review.html

Meanwhile I will fill the blog gap with some photos taken few months back, some Photoshop tips and things like that.

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Sigma review

I'm not a photo equipment expert so instead of writing standard review (which you'll easily find in photo magazines or websites) I'll just write down what I like and don't in Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 lens.

What's good:

• super wide angle (actually you can't get any wider) and 10-20mm zoom flexibility
• constant aperture of 3.5 which is really decent light
• contains HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor) thanks to which it works really fast and quietly
• good autofocus
• distortion is fairly small
• didn't spot big vignetting (read about that in some reviews)
• really well done and not too heavy at the same time

What's not:

• it could be sharper but it's not too bad. Slight sharpening in Photoshop does the job.
• lens hood attachment is done really bad so the hood just slips off. I almost lost it twice... thanks to the people who pick it up and gave back to me! :-)
• filter size is 82mm so it's very expensive (yes, I knew it before buying)

Basically I really enjoy shooting with new Sigma lens. It's definitely a great choice for those who can't afford or don't want to spend too much money (Nikon or Canon lenses) on a wide angle. Anyway wide angle (especially so wide like Sigma 10-20) is a must have.

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