Heavy system Took my new Nikon FE out for a walk in the harbour this morning and brought all three lenses (35, 50, 135). While I found myself swapping the 35 and the 50 occasionally, I hardly used the 135. An 85mm would have been handy though. And while some of you (are there any of you?) are saying "Buy a zoom!", the point is that because of low light I was occasionally shooting at F4, where the prime lenses are pretty sharp but the zooms aren't. But I must admit that the thought did cross my mind. If I'd had 400 film instead of 200, a small zoom would have been good.

Most of the time, I used the 50mm. As the FE's a recent acquisition, I'm just playing round. I must say that swapping lenses seemed easier on my Praktica. Perhaps because the Nikons screw on in the opposite direction. This doesn't sound like much of a problem, but try it sometime. However, focussing the Nikon's just a little faster.

I can see the 135mm becoming an occasional portrait lens. And I can see one of those old 43-86mm zooms appearing on the doorstep sometime.

Anyway, a good morning. Well, it was until it started raining, which finished my shoot.   ¶ 8:44 AM