On Saturday, Yuko and myself headed over to Akihabara, to check out the new Yodobashi Camera store there.

Seems like we aren’t the only people.

It was pretty packed when we got there, a lot busier than I’ve ever seen at the Yodobashi in Shinjuku.

Yuko and I have been wanted a new printer for a little while, something that can do photographs as well. Turned out that Canon have gone and just released a rather nice new toy, called the MP950. This little beauty is 9600x2400dpi, can print CD/DVD covers, but also includes a 3200dpi scanner, and a 35 film negative scanner!
The last feature is great for me, because I have a whole bunch of photo’s that I want to scan again with a nice negative scanner instead.
The 3200dpi scanner will be pretty useful to, because Yuko and I will have some wedding photo’s we want to get copies of.

The wedding photographer is making a whole series of ‘snaps’ available on CD (which I’ll be free to make as many printed copies of as I want), but with the ‘posed potrait’ photos, we have to buy the copies from them. They also will not released the negatives (or digital negatives) until 3 years from now. I understand why they are doing it, it’s the only way for them to make money. What we’ve decided to do is get large prints for ourselves, my parents, Yuko’s parents, Yuko’s grandmother, and my grandmother.
BUT, the plan now is I also scan the pictures, and print off some smaller prints from the scan, to distribute to other family members and frieds as required. Sneaky ehh?

The great thing about living in Japan though, is that we sometimes get our hands on all the latest gadgets before anyone else (though it’s pretty expensive). Looking at the Canon UK site, looks like the MP950 hasn’t been released yet. Mind you, the MP800 is still a nice looking bit of kit.