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Today is a good day to be alive.

Comedically, it's also 13 years since I got married.

Sun is shining. Camera is around until my new one arrives. MX5 is going to get taken for the MOT and I'm going to take pictures of the windfarm; perhaps not in that order. Need to write up reviews and so forth.

MX5

MOTd

Wind Turbines - not properly photographed, Bloody construction traffic. Maybe I can be arsed going up for sunset or something.

Me: Tired.

Gah, decision time of a small nature.

Yeay summer-ish weather. Not only did I spend most of the afternoon driving about with the top down in a careworn red sportscar (with no tunes. Speakers are shagged, new Alpines = £19 seemingly), but I also just washed said sportscar because it's NOT COLD.

The MX5 hasn't been properly washed since July 2007. I have to say, Birmingham is WAY kinder to car cosmetic condition than the Borders.

Anyway, my dilemma. It's a good one to have, like most dilemmas I have lately, but it's a tough choice.

The D3 is a given and I've asked for the grid focusing screen also, for architecture/portraiture. My interest ultimately is to master the PC-E perspective control lens and work with commercial subjects, however the 14-24mm f2.8 is a lovely lens and very versatile. Assume anything longer is going to be from Sigma, such as 24-70; Sigma's 12-24mm is also a very good lens which is crossing my mind whilst I try to find out how it performs on the FX sensor.

I'm getting a good deal on the camera, so one lens can come with it. They're both roughly the same price - a couple of quid between them. I'll possibly work with one until the house sells and then buy the other.

Which one should I choose? The wide, fast 14-24mm Nikkor, or the perspective control f3.5 24mm? Or, do you think there is a better lens I should get (bearing in mind I have 24-70mm and 100-300mm Sigma lenses for the time being). DX lenses aren't really an option - if I want a 5Mp file I'll use my SD14.

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