Macro Fun in Shinagawa

Since getting my new 17-70mm lens I haven't played around much with the macro capabilities it has. This changed today when I went over to Shinagawa and was lucky enough to capture nature doing its thing. I followed this thing around from flower to flower for a good 10 minutes or so. Yay.


It's some type of weird butterfly according to my Japanese sources.


Personally, I think it's a moth.

Sexy new Sigma

The wonderful world of photography and digital SLR's is such a largescale market here in Japan I really am going to miss the variety and availability of products once I return home. Like any digital SLR owner, I'm in a constant state of looking at lenses and other accessories for my XTi. It's sad to say that my hike to mount Fuji did a number on my 18-55 lens which I was using to take pictures with. I believe an uneseen amount of sand and dirt got into lens and the zoom and focus mechanisms sound really damaged.

Kyle helped me pick out a new lens at Yodobashi, the Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.5 auto focus lens with Macro capabilities. The price of the lens at Yodobashi is ¥44,800 so it was something I had to think about. Later that night, after another overnight karaoke I decided to order it off of Amazon.jp since it was only ¥35,250. This purchase helped ease the pain of not being able to bring back a sofa from Ikea! Haha.