Lenses and Dorks

I was determined to find a Canon 50mm 1.4 lense while we were in Florida. I'd researched them for a while. I contacted some scrapbooker/photographers who took the same kinds of photos I took (subjects at least) to see what they used. Jamie Waters, Karen Russell and Ali Edwards... unanimously the 5omm 1.4. And they rarely took it off. Great in low light (which is what I need in this house) and super sharp. I wanted a lense that would replace my cheapo kit lens.
So... in Florida... I couldn't find it. I went to a half dozen camera stores. No one had it. One offered to order me the new 1.2 lense for a mere $1600 US. Ummm.... no thanks. I was begining to think that it maybe wasn't as good a lense as I thought. With 3 days left I went back to Amazon and debated about ordering it and getting it sent to our condo. Would it arrive before we left for home? And then I saw they just shipped to the US. I took the gamble, selected next day shipping and crossed my fingers.
The next day, at 1oam it arrived.
I've had a while to play with it now. I LOVE it! So worth it! It's a fixed lense and I was worried that it would be very ackward having to use my feet if I wanted to zoom in! But it wasn't. It's actually quicker composing your shot, believe it or not. I'm totally in love.

Some shots from the weekend using the new lense.

And on a totally dorky note....

A couple of years ago sadness engulfed my TV viewing. After seven years, my Buffy The Vampire Slayer was ending it's run. I don't have to tell you how much I love that show... the writing, story arcs, continuity... etc. Anyhow... I'd heard that Joss Whedon (the creator/writer) of Buffy would be continuing the Buffy saga in comic book form... exactly from where season 7 left off. And then today in Winker Video I saw this...

Now... I'm not a comic book person... but it's Buffy. And they call it Season Eight! How cool is that. So, it's not the TV show, but it is written by Joss and it does continue from where the series ended. Buffy's there, Xander's there (eye patch and all), Dawn's there, Giles and Willow are mentioned. She mentions that "they" made three of her to protect her from people searching her out... and that one of her was partying it up in Rome and dating some guy named "the Immortal". In Angel Season 5 Spike and Angel found out Buffy was in Rome, partying and dating a guy named "the Immortal" and they almost headed out there... see... still continuity. Gotta love it!

Spike is also mentioned... well his and Buffy's relationship anyway.

I'll take what I can get.

Shoppe Talk:

Super Scrap Day is full. Starting prep work tomorrow. Goodie bags, door prizes, etc. Make and takes almost done. Challenges done. Photocopies to make. Snacks to pick up. Should be a busy next couple of days.

Many new CHA items recently added to the online store and already sold out. We'll accomodate all online orders as much as possible.