Oops. just found this in the Drafts folder!
This year has moved along faster than expected. By my count, I've taken ~20k photos this year. Unfortunately most of them will just sit on a hard drive, along with all the other ones taken from the last several years. Part of the blame lies with having an eight year old laptop at my current location that struggles with processing 45mp files. The other blame lies with my lack of desire to work on the photos; I continue to spend more time enjoying the outdoors instead of spending time in front of a monitor.
On the hardware side, I added four lenses to the kit, and sold four other lenses, for a net of zero. Not bad, but the total lens count remains at 42. The lenses that I let go were the Nikon 50mm f/1.8G SE (lovely cosmetics, average performance), Nikon 35mm f/1.8 ED (let go because of the Tamron 35mm f/1.4 I purchased last year), Fujinon 56mm f/1.2 (a wonderful lens that I hesitated to sell) and 50-230mm f/4.5~6.7 (an OK kit lens) as I divest myself of my Fuji kit.
The newcomers are a Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AF-S (a bargain I couldn't resist), 24-70mm f/2.8S (replacement for the aging 28-70mm f/2.8 AF-S that I have yet to sell), 85mm f/1.8S (now I need to sell the F-mount G version), and a petite Canon 55mm f/1.2 FL. I haven't had many opportunities to use the lenses, and have just added to the pile of testing that I need to do.
I remain sorely tempted by the updated version of my Sigma 500mm f/4.5 that Sigma assures me will focus with the Z7, unlike my older version whose firmware Sigma said can't be upgraded. The Nikon 200-500mm continues to be my lens for surfing photos, but there are times when its AF and IQ with the TC-14E disappoint me. I do still manage to get some good shots though.
What's in store for 2022: A Nikon Z9 ;-D
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