Selling out

“I’m so disappointed Alan..”, my friend told me upon seeing that my iPhone. Yes, I’m a sell-out. I tried not to buy this thing. Yes I do. I did look for some nice Android phones, but the Galaxy S was not released yet. There were some Android phones but they are on the expensive side. I felt the usual rush when I had this phone for a week. I could twitter and surf on the go. The interface was good and intuitive. Topnotch in terms of usability.

After two months of using it, the euphoria subsided. Everywhere you see people using an iPhone. I feel like a drone. I feel like I’m ordinary. I have no individuality. Apple gadgets are really beautiful but the way some of the fanboys exult it makes me puke. Sure its beautiful, but don’t make it sound like it can solve world peace.

Am I still happy with the phone? Yes. It does what I want. Its very capable and usability is on the high side. My only problem is that its not so me.

Hundred

Its not silver and its not a limited(but it feels like one!). But I fell in love with it nonetheless. I wanted to complete the Pentax’s Three Amigos(31,43 and 77) but it does not make sense for me to buy the 77. Its expensive and I don’t think I will be able to shoot that much with it. When the 12-24 and the 31 arrived I barely shoot with my 43(I’m not selling it though. It will be a good normal lens when the mythical Pentax FF arrived).

Since I don’t have a macro and I need a decent portrait lens I decided to buy a 100mm macro. The Tamron 90mm and Sigma 105mm is not that available here so I have only one option. And what a great option its is

Enter the DFA 100mm WR

It’s full-frame, has rounded aperture blades(for better bokeh) and has a limited finish(won’t make me miss not having the 77). Its very light weighing only 340g.  I could have gone for the Samsung clone of the DFA 100(without the rounded aperture blades and limited finish) but someone posted this on the buy and sell forum and I couldn’t find any reason not to grab this little gem.