Always the way

January 27th, 2006 - 6:37pm

Since the weather’s been so nice recently I thought I’d jump in and buy a polarising filter for my big lens as skies using those filters can look fantastic. Not content with ordering it online and waiting around for a few weeks, we went down to Ted’s at Chadstone and I purchased one.

Imagine my excitement when we get home and the skies are grey, and the rain begins to fall. Great.

Imagine my second round of excitement when I go to eBay to jump in again and put in a Buy-It-Now “bid” for Kenko Extension Tubes so I can try my hand (cheaply) at macro photography (and saving about ninety bucks in the process) and see the same filter from the seller for a whole lot less than Ted’s asked me to pay. Great.

If I really wanted to, I could take the filter back tomorrow and could get the eBay guy (or girl) to send me one with the tubes but stuff it; I’ve made the commitment and this time I lost out. It’s too much mucking around and I bet I’ll end up worse off if I try to save a few bucks. Next time though, I will check elsewhere first…

So much for spontaneity, eh?

Tags: ebay, extension tubes, filter, photoblog, photography, wait