Playing with new 80-200/4.5-6.5

oldmanwithumbrella.jpg

Sat on Nieuwmarkt for a while this afternoon, testing my new lens. You can see more Nieuwmarkt pictures at Flickr.com . (And some from Oosterpark a few hours later.) Well pleased with this lens – good colours and contrast, auto focus is fast. It hasnt gone (too) soft on me yet. At 60 euro, this was a bit of a bargain.

It’s been a while since I shot with anything larger than a 28-105mm, so it took a few minutes getting used to the freaky enlargement. It definitely feels like cheating.

While I was sitting at the foot of De Waag sneaking shots of people, a guy came over to say hello. I recognised him, but had forgotten his name: an intern I worked with close to ten years ago – probably one of the first interaction design students in the country. Turns out he is working at De Waag (‘society for old and new media’) now. Good on him.