I wonder if there's mileage in a slot like this, where folks can post random impressions of their photographic condition, whether they feel they're getting somewhere, whether or not the thrill is gone or just burgeoning like a brand new love affair? I suppose it really needs to be about anything but showing off images, which here, would be kinda redundant.
To kick it off: I realised that I hadn't been using my D700 for weeks, so thinking that I had better exercise the shuttter, I yanked it out of its bed and, with 2/35mm still on it from the last outing, off I went.
Almost immediately I felt deeply unhappy, wishing I'd just taken the D200 with the almost glued on 1.8/50mm as usual (also neglected of late, I must admit), and the entire walk was ruined by having the thing hang from my shoulder, then from around my neck, and then back on the shoulder in vain search for comfort. I shot about three exposures and haven't had the interest to get them out of the camera yet.
The ideal would be buying an 85mm, which is close enough as dammit the same as the 50mm on the other body, but I have no intention of blowing a penny on more stuff. At least, not unless there's something seriously worthwhile going down. It seems that as one ages it turns out that the "natural" perspective that suits one comes to the fore like never before. It felt so strange and unpleasant seeing something that fitted right into my pleasure zone, but realising I couldn't shoot it with the thing in my hand. I never feel I have the wrong combination with that D200/50mm arrangement on walkabout shoots. Also, it hangs from an original F strap, narrow and easy to wind around my wrist for safety, and for some reason, the entire setup feels far more easy to hold steady.
Perhaps worse, my computer has decided to groan when starting up, and instead of opening onto the usual desktop display, it has decided to insist on shouting American Megatrends at me, and to get rid of that I have to hit F1 and then F5 (I think) and click accepting alterations I have not made, just to get to that desktop. Fun.