Some new toys have begun to trickle into my hands… starting with this:
Not quite a Digital SLR, but it’s close enough for what I do. That’s my venerable Canon PowerShot S3 IS with my new toy – a LA-DC58E Conversion Lens Adapter (58 mm mount) and LH-DC40 lens hood.
Although this won’t let me change the lens on my camera, it will let me add on things to it – such as wide-angle lenses, macro lenses, and telephoto extenders. And that will open up a whole new world of creative possibilities – and isn’t that the point?
(Oh, and sorry for the blurry photos – obviously, I had to use another camera to take these – my old and slightly-broken Fujifilm FinePix A330.)
I also picked up a Cokin A-series filter holder (for trying out those ND Grad filters I hear so much about in landscape photography). It’s a little hard to see in the above photo – mostly because I don’t have any filters for it yet! It seems as though the A-series isn’t in production anymore, so filters are a little hard to come by. D’oh!
I had originally picked the A-series because it was the “right” size for my lens (which is not that big). Fortunately, lots of places still have A-series filters and such – they just aren’t making any new ones anymore, it seems.
Still, with a 58 mm mount on my conversion lens adapter, I can add on anything that was made for a 58 mm lens mounting. So if I can’t find what I want, I suppose I could just move up to the P-series (although it’ll look a little silly on my poor little camera).
Speaking of silly – I’ve also found out that with the right filter, my camera can be used to do near-IR photography (that’s near infra-red). Although I don’t know much about this, it might be interesting to try it out. We’ll see!
Of course, now that I have this extended lens barrel… I’m going to need a bigger camera bag! Ahh, it never ends, does it?
Stay tuned!
