Crazy Camera Equipment Splurge!
Giving in to a sudden splurging urge, I went into a camera store at Peninsular Plaza and bought the following: - an 18mm-270mm Tamron B008E zoom lens (F/3.5-6.3) - a 0.25x Vitacom Ultra Super Wide-angle auxiliary conversion lens with Macro (52mm in diameter) (cuts light by 1 stop) - a lens cleaning kit - a uv filter for 62mm (for the Tamron zoom lens) - an "i Case" dry box (with attached Hygrometer) All that cost me $1130. The shop was called Photocam. I was originally going to Cathay Photo to check out prices. But strangely it was closed on Sundays. Across the shop was a small shop but lined with equipment. So I went in. The story is, I already have a Fujiyama wide-angle conversion lens, which does 0.42x of the original zoom. I got it in Hongkong during my honeymoon. It had a very filmsy rubber cap that came off so easily, I came close to losing it in a few occasions since I had it in April 2011. So the reason I went to the photo shop was to buy me a lens cap for the wide...