Broke .... I broke my 18-135mm lens.... Feeling happy for that... :)

Hurray... On Friday last week it happened. It just happened as if it was the destiny... I kicked the tripod next to the couch, to make it loose the balance and to make my camera surrender to the gravitational force. Though I didn't scream inside i was so upset. But by Gods grace nothing happened to my D80 body (Not identified as of now, hope there wouldn't be). The lens' CPU contacts came off with the screws... !!!!

I was left with two options; getting a better lens or getting the same lens. Repairing was out of my options since the estimation of how much it would cost me to repair it does cost 45$. So I have left it considering the shipping cost and etc. it will come not much cheaper than getting a new one.

After a lot of thinking i have opted for the dream lens of those who doesn't want to change the lens from the body. The Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 ED-G IF AF-S DX VR wide angle telephoto lens. Pretty complicated isn't it. I liked the complexity of the name itself. ED-G IF AF-S, which means it incorporated ED type optics which has multiple coatings to reduce glare. G type lenses are those whose aperture can be controlled from the body of the camera. IF AF-S means internal auto focusing with silent wave motor. Then coming to VR - This is THE technology these lenses are using. It is very much complicated. It has vertical and horizontal velocity sensors and two voice coil motors. Interested can find more about it from the above link.

Whatever it is; I got a lens for 800$ and I am feeling happy for breaking the later. I hope there is a better future for the photographer inside me..

Also I have bought a Hamster... As of now i haven't named him; so some people are putting weird names which i dont wanna say here. Within 3 days; it made a blood shed in our home - more specifically from my finger :( - Later my friend had send me a link which contains information about what to do and what not to with a hamster before it gets used to me.. He is cute.. for those who calls him a rat; its not a rat. :( its a cute animal which doesnt have a tail. (it has but a very small one) It lives for 2 years - the one i have is a dwarf hamster - normally in US its a pet for kids and chaps like me. I sometimes feel, whether i am copying whatever Nishant is doing. But then can't help it. He also has a hamster - her name is Gypsie - I have a male hamster. Names for him are invited. May be after a week I will name him 'X'; if i am not ending up with another one..


Catch you later...