Munich - 20D

As mentioned in another topic a few weeks back I wanted to go on a Christmassy vacation this year, if there's such a thing. I wanted to see the Christmas markets in Germany but I also wanted to go down to the Alps. Munich seemed the perfect choice, so last week I travelled there for 4 days.

I had a great time, saw everything I wanted to, ate a worryingly high amount of sausages and took loads of photos!

A few days before I left I bought a Zenitar 16mm Fisheye. I was originally going to take my trusty Sigma 10-20mm, but I'm beginning to be completely engulfed by manual focus lenses, the Sigma is a superb lens but it's expensive and rather big, so I left it at home. And I'm glad I did, the Zenitar has proved to be a fantastic lens! And considering it is 4x cheaper it may become my only ultra wide lens in the near future.

... on to the pictures! (Click the images for larger versions)

1) Factory Shade, looking at the BMW Museum and factory from the Olympic Tower. Zenitar -

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Nice. I'd love to go and see the Chrissy markets in Munich.

And the fisheye is a great lens, but I don't need another lens to aim for I just bought two... damn you! My Credit Card already hates you

Mine was only £75 in perfect condtion, so as far as value for money goes it's hard to beat.

Lovely pictures, I lived there for 3 years but didn't have a DSLR at the time. I will be there for 10 days over christmas, hope we get some snow, can't beat mulled wine, a half a fried pig in a bun and a schnapps when it is freezing. Great shots, the fisheye thing isn't me but it adds a nice dimension!!

As for the surfing, they do it all year round, and they call the Brits mad!