At some point I was wishing to continue to build my credit, and I received an offer for an Amazon Prime credit card. Which for me, was pretty great. No annual fee, an interest rate that was lower than my other cards, and I would be able to actually receive something back for spending. While all of the other cards I had just took money away from me. I bring this up because Amazon has been my choice for any and all photography gear. At least of writing this. And with a card that gave me points to use directly on the site, or to apply towards my balance and spend that money to continue to earn points. This gave me a bit of freedom. Earning small percentages on the purchases I was already making. I moved all of my recurring charges that I could onto that card, and only bought what I could afford at the time.
If you’re reading this and are thinking about how to raise your credit. I highly recommend this. Credit cards don’t have to be scary, even if I don’t agree on a moral view, it absolutely helps you in the long run. You do have to be smart about it, but I had already had near 10 years of having a credit card that I had run up. I’m happy to say that the Amazon card remains after several years, paid off in full twice a month. The points I get from it is really nice, just a little extra that I put specifically towards camera gear. It also is more secure I hear, than using a debit card. As if it’s ever compromised the credit card is quicker to refund the unauthorized charges and you’re not left moneyless in limbo while you wait.
But that’s enough of a financial lesson, not sure I’m qualified to talk about that at length. But I do feel qualified to talk about the purchase I made with these points. For a grand total of $69.49, only $7.41 came out of my pocket at the time. I made my first lens purchase.
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Try a google image search for “Canon 75-300mm”
Not running the risk of a copyright claim by using someone else’s photo.
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The Canon 75-300mm F4-5.6 III
This is an awesome starter lens. It replaced the Tamron telephoto I had been “borrowing” from my dad. Which I did have to give back to him as we went in together and purchased him his own digital camera. It was actually purchased the same day as this lens. My siblings and his SO pitched in and we got him a Canon T6i. A few steps up from my own camera and a very nice replacement for the film camera he had purchased way back when. More on that later, as it would be a bit before I made the trip up to see him for his birthday and deliver his present.
But armed with my new telephoto that was slightly longer than the one I had been borrowing before, I went outside and shot some of the geese that live here during the summer.
1/640 Sec - F8 - 300mm ISO 320
1/640 Sec - F8 - 300mm - ISO 250
1/640 Sec - F8 - 300mm - ISO 250
Such cute little goslings.
1/500 Sec - F8 - 300mm - ISO 320
1/320 Sec - F5.6 - 205mm - ISO 100
Also here’s a picture of my cat I took the day and she’s being cute reaching for a treat.
1/50 Sec - F4 - 25mm - ISO 3200