
it was just a few days ago that i complained about not being able to spend big to get big. well, it’s been about 6 years now, and i finally bought a real camera. browsing for prices this weekend i ended up on the mediamarkt.pt shitty website, which advertised a sale for today: no vat! i couldn’t resist, it had to be now. and it was. and i’m glad!
23%, thanks jose socrates, means that i bought the d7000 + 18-105mm kit, and get a few hundred bucks left. these will be spent there on a 35mm f/1.8, plus a memory card and we’ll see what else. probably a bag!
i didn’t want the 18-105 anyway, i don’t fancy the plastic bayonet, but no body-only option was available. i take it as a good thing, though, being forced to buy a general purpose zoom lens. buying just the 35mm could be a bad option since i don’t want to spend any more money on this any time soon. besides the card and the bag, i still need a polarizing and nd filter, and a tripod, and i’m done for years to come!
many thanks, unknowingly, go to ken rockwell and florian freundt! of course, dpreview as well.