My son and I were both off Friday and I asked him if he wanted to go to Antelope Island.  He gladly said yes.  Truthfully, I would’ve like to have gone by myself.  But my wife had to go to work and so I had to watch Jakob.  I only wanted to go to take pictures. And since neither of us has ever been to Antelope Island, I took him there.

The place was rather bland.  It was beautiful but I was expecting to see more.  We saw bisons and two coyotes, but that was it.  Other than the great scenery, there was nothing else.  I took pictures of my son mostly.

I used my K10D and the pentax 50-200.  I brought another lens along with me but I didn’t use it.

I’ve been suffering from this “new kind”of disease since I received my Pentax K10D three weeks ago.  Apparently people that are new to Digital SLRs are prone to getting them first.  I thought it was just a myth that people talk about over the internet.  But I started getting symptoms of it as soon as I smelled the packaging of my new DSLR.  I couldn’t sleep at night.  And for those times that I was able to sleep, I had nightmares.  I found myself out of focus at my job.  And it just got worse as the days went by.  It is not a myth, I tell you.  I am a living proof.  I, for one, have it.  They call it LBA…  short for Lens Buying Addiction

I’ve been on the internet a lot – most of the time on Amazon, Adorama, and B&H.  I’ve also been spending time at the forums over at dpreview.com.  I just can’t help it!  I’m addicted to photography now.  I carry my K10D around like a weapon.  But with only one lens, my shots are limited.  So I bought another one… a 50-200 f/4 by Pentax (pictured on the right).  But now, I feel that this lens won’t be good enough for me.  I take a lot of pictures in low light and the 50-200 is a good tele lens but at f/4 max this is not the best lens for taking pictures at night or indoors.

And so, I am buying another one…  a Pentax 50 f/1.4.  This lens is perfect for low light situations and for taking portraits.  It is equivalent to a 75mm on a 35mm camera.  The lens, although it is old and not really well-made, is a really good lens.  It also produces very sharp images and the bokeh is unbelievable.  I haven’t bought this lens yet and I’m already looking at another one.  I can’t help it, I have LBA!

My next lens is going to be either the Pentax fisheye 10-17, or another wide angle prime.  I’m not really sure yet. These lens are not cheap. Come to think of it, this new hobby I picked up is a very expensive (yet, satisfying) past time.  And I love it.  I just need to find out how long this LBA will last.