This was posted over 20 years ago; my opinions, thoughts, attitude, and writing style may have evolved since then, and this post might have been different if it were to be posted today.
eeeeee look what i just bought as a present for myself! 😀 😀 i wanted to get myself a treat for finishing retail. it’s a pretty decent lens! should be arriving later this week, too.
got some other goodies to go with it (filters for this and my current lens and a lenspen).
now i just need to see about getting a 17-40mm L (that shit is crazy money yo, but the L series is worth it!) and figure out what sort of telephoto i ought to get…