Well, I finally did it… I somehow broke my camera lens.  Don’t know how it happened, but it happened.  I first noticed it while Jess and I were out taking some photos in the woods and it refused to focus.  Looks like one of the pieces of the lens shutter was stuck open, causing many issues.  I had someone who knows a lot about these cameras take a look at it and he was semi-able to fix the problem.

Poor little guy... he didn't deserve this!

I say “semi-able” because upon almost getting it back together, it happened again.  It looks like I’ll be looking for a new lens soon.  Until then, I’m sorry for the photo quality (in fact, the past four posts have been with my “spare” point’n’shoot camera and cell phone)… sucks to not have my dSLR in working condition.  Oh well.  So, since I have to get a new lens, any suggestions?  I’m rolling with a Nikon D50 and currently only have a working 70-300mm zoom and I need something much closer (maybe a macro?).  Cost is a factor, but so is performance!