THAT one more thing !

Trouble , as I understood later, can come in all shapes and forms. My trouble took the form of a dream, a dream filled with pieces of glasses. Just that, those glass pieces in my dreams were made by Nikon :)

So about a year ago, I bought a Nikon SLR and a 18-70mm zoom lens. At-least half-bought. Part of the dough came from my bro who works and lives in the US. That is what family is for I guess :)

The day my Nikon arrived, I shot a few pictures. I shot some more on the weekend that followed. I was very impressed with what I now possessed. Soon I started reviewing other people’s work on the net. Now I wanted to shoot things up-close. By this time, I knew what I had was not a do-all lens. So, what I wanted was a 105mm lens for portrait and macro work and a good tripod. And a flash, of course. I do have a Sigma 105mm now. But then the lenses I have are not exactly for available light shooting – A 50mm/1.8D will perfectly fit the bill. I do have very a strong feeling that if I had *that* one more lens, I’d start making amazing pictures. I just KNOW it. But, thankfully here I observe the pattern. Months from now, it would be that one more telephoto. It does’nt take a very smart person to realize. The That-One-More-Lens syndrome is incurable. 

Sometime ago, I chanced upon this essay on a website (interestingly the guy who quoted the essay was running a never-ending race with his career). I’m not much of an inspirational book reader; have never been religious or spiritual. But this one essay seemed to sum up my Lens Acquisition Syndrome very well.

Read on: The Station

PS: Neither the realization nor the essay did absolutely anything to stop me from deciding to buy the lens. Jayesh (Fotocircle) is busy this weekend with some exhibition – So , it will happen next weekend I guess. Or over the week, if I can’t wait :)