Wellington Waterfront

Today started off like most weekends, with a planned outing to do some photography. We did a little shopping along the way and bought a nice light and compact tripod that is going to be just perfect for travelling. I am amazed just how many different type of tripods there are. I found a really cute one and its going to fit perfectly on my backpack.


After that we headed to Te Papa for lunch and then out to the waterfront to take some photos. Well that was the plan anyway! I fired off one shot and then my camera gives me an error message. I have had this on and off lately with the lens and I was putting it down to the cold, but this time was different. The next time I looked through the lens it was dark, it wouldn't focus and the camera wouldn't fire. It was about now that I went into panic mode. Here am I planning a trip away and my camera isn't working!

We headed back to the shop we got the tripod from and pretty much confirmed that it was the lens causing the problem and not the camera. That was a bit of a relief but it still left me with a very expensive piece of glass that wasn't working. We ended up buying a new lens as well as sending the other one off to be fixed. I just can't be without a working lens, at least this way I will have a backup when I get the broken one back - assuming they can fix it.

Once the new lens was on the camera it was back to the waterfront to try it out. Had to test it and make sure that the camera was going to perform well for me in Auckland. As we were walking along we saw this guy swing himself up the side of a pole. It looked like he was hanging sideways. Being cheeky I  asked him to do it again and surprisingly he did! The rest of the images here are shot from along the back of Te Papa. The low cloud made for rather gloomy looking photos but I kinda liked them anyway.

The new lens worked fine, as did the camera. I am comfortable now that my equipment is not going to fail me on my trip to Tiritiri.