Canon 24-105mm f4L IS lens

Yup, this is the lens I am saving up for now. Previously I have been seriously thinking about getting the older 24-70mm f2.8L, but realize that this lens will be a typical carry around lens meaning that IS will be very handy too. So I'd rather loose one stop of light and gain 2-3 faster shutterspeed steps instead on this new lens. From the reviews this lens is very sharp wide open too, meaning that it would do excellently as a portrait lens too. It is also the perfect zoom for a full frame camera if I ever can afford the new Canon 5D camera. My 17-40mm is actually 27mm on my 1.6 crop 20D, and I have kinda gotten used to that being my "landscape" wideangle. On a fullframe the new lenses 24mm will be even better, and even more a typical walkaround lens. Just have to start saving up some money now! :)

New Wacom Intuos3 A5 (6x8) Tablet

Finally ordered myself a tablet that I have been wanting for a long time! If you do extensive work in Photoshop you will definitely benefit from one of these. Being able to do precise selections and paint masks with a pen is so much better than fiddling with the mouse and trying to move it the right way. The supplied pen is also pretty broad so its less of a strain to hold than a normal pencil. The pressure sensitivety works wonders in photoshop where you can do very small details by applying pressure. Especially important for masks. It also has a number of shortcut keys as well as two touch strips. I have mapped some of the buttons to common photoshop shortcuts such TAB for switching between full screen and normal, as well as undo and some others. Defaultly the left shortcuts are well specified with Alt, Ctrl, Shift and Space. That way you can do quite a lot of work without even touching the keyboard. The left touch strip I use for zooming, which works well, and the right I plan to map to pensize adjustments. I wont be using the supplied mouse since I already have a good bluetooth mouse with the Logitech Dinovo keyboard. The size of the tablet is just right, A6 was too small and A4 was too big imo, so the A5 (6x8) size fits me perfectly. Its definitely a digital photographers must have tool!

Someone is spamming my blog

A company is consistently spamming my blog with comments to visit their webpage, so I am closing the ability for non-members to comment. You have to register to be able to comment now. I am pretty sick and tired of people who spam like this, they have no respect whatsoever of other peoples time and need. So if you see a posting that doesnt make sense and links to another site, dont click it or you will be supporting this idiotic spammer!