M-Bee showed me how to use a white card to set the white balance on my camera - but, again, not being a technical person, I forgot how. So I had to read my manual (I know!) - and it showed me how - but also recommended using an 18% grey card - so that was thing one I wanted to acquire before Italy, but I've been having trouble finding one on-line.
And then I was online again, and realized I really really wanted a wide-angle lens for shooting buildings, but really, really didn't want to spend $300+ dollars on one. So I was telling TG this on Friday night. And she suggested this store for all things camera - including used lenses (the art school students (of which TG is one) sell stuff there post-classes). Without further ado, I present, Central Camera:
And, as per below, you can see that the store lives up to its billing - including the report of super helpful and knowledgeable staff (which you can't see, but I can report that it is true).
(Aside - you may notice that both of these shots are taken wide-angle - and, as evidence of the super-helpful-and-knowledgeable staff - when I told them what lenses I had (all of which I had with me) the man helping me showed me how to push a lens I already had into a wide-angle lens - so - free wide angle!)
Anyway, this shop is easy walking distance from my place, so I headed out on Saturday, May 23 - with all my gear in tow (I needed some filters and hoods in addition to the grey card) and that is when I ran across this:
! More on that later.
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