Yesterday I was reading about using macro lenses for detail shots - closeups. I've always used the cheap closeup lenses, which reduce sharpness a lot. Of course you want detail shots to be especially sharp and clear. I read that a workaround is to get extra large closeup lenses, with a filter adapter to bridge the difference. This made sense.
So this morning I was looking through my reference materials on my old Canon FT 35mm SLR. I noticed that the little booklet on lenses mentioned a very specific macro lens: Macro Canon Lens FL 50mm F3.5. I wrote it down, not knowing why.
This afternoon, still not knowing why, I entered the exact lens name into Google. What sprang up was a link to a store in Florida selling the lens in mint condition, for a very reasonable price.
I got scared right away. I've never taken the lens off. I've left that to the experts who've checked and cleaned the camera for me (for large prices.) What if I mess it up?
But I've never before found a macro lens that definitely fit this old camera. To find one in mint condition, at a good price - wouldn't I be crazy not to snap it up? I decided to call, at least. I asked about storing the unused lens, etc. Every answer to every question was reassuring.
I bought it. I feel relieved and excited. It feels like a commitment to taking the photographs of my work as an art form in itself - a new medium, as it were. I've been resisting this. But taking this step feels really good.
For once, when the Universe said "here, let us help you," I said "okay!"
2:31:03 PM 
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