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Tokyo, 2007.09.02

Mari and I went for a check-up at the clinic again (they seem to be slated for every three or four weeks). And on the way back I dragged my wife into a small shop that by now she knows all too well. I didn't walk out empty handed.

Yes, just when Mari thought it was all over, I bought a new lens. It's a 50mm "normal" ratio lens, nothing particularly sexy. But at ?6000, it was close to the price I got for selling a lens to the store where I came across it.

Jonathan Sleeuw

Tokyo

Both of these were shot with the aperture at around f/5.6.

Hee hee! I like it.

rand()m quote

Some people talk about living every day like it might be their last. Maybe that's good advice. Carpe diem and all that. But perhaps it's better to try to live every day like it might be everyone's last. If there are people in your life who are important to you, let them know...

—Mark Bedford (quote taken from posting to fray.com)