It's Monday tomorrow, so I'm going to cruise the charity shops to see if I can find a lens to test the system.
I'm not sure what I should look for to start, but initial thoughts are -
- A 50mm prime lens
-A 70-300 zoom
- A 14mm aspherical lens
I'm watching the 14mm lens in an auction, but I suspect it will become too expensive for this project. I can buy the zoom for £20 in a charity shop, and I may buy that tomorrow just to get started ( if it hasn't sold). If the camera doesn't work, then I can always re-sell it.
[ Monday update ]
The 14mm lens was on Ebay, and it eventually sold for £125 ( including p&p ). That was too much for the project budget, although it was probably cheap. It was untested, but there was a good chance that it was in good order. A 14mm wide angle lens is a bit specialised, but it could have been used to create some interesting shots. I'll wait for the battery charger to arrive, and then I'll see if the zoom lens is still available. Again, this is not a general purpose lens, but it should be fine to test the system, and I may use it to take some wildlife shots at Petersfield lake if the system is working.
I missed the zoom lens, by the time I got to the charity shop, it had been sold. The CF card that I thought I had turned out to be an XD card. The battery charger is great, and it is charging the Canon battery at the moment. I put the Chinese battery that came with the charger into the camera, and it all seems to be working. Well all I could test was the menu and displays, the shutter andthe flash, and all of thode seem to be in good order. One of the charity shops I visited asked me if I could get rid of some unsold clothes for them. The clothes bank gave me £10.30 for them, and I paid £10.89 for the charger and battery, so the cost so far is 59 pence. That doesn't include the fuel costs of course.