Hey, the lost lens turned up. I searched again in daylight and found it under the passenger seat of my car. I looked there though...

It's good to have it back, but it's a bittersweet reunion. I had just about resigned myself to its loss, and had started eyeing the Sigma 10-20mm as a replacement... Now it feels like I'm stuck with this crap lens again :)

I think maybe I wouldn't make a good father.

I think I managed to lose another lens today. This time it's the small 18-55mm lens that came with the camera. But I wasn't hiking through foreign countries this time. I was walking from my car to my house. Somehow, between those two points, I managed to lose track of it. My camera bag was partly open, and apparently it took the opportunity to make its leap for freedom. I searched the front yard extensively, of course, but somehow, it's nowhere to be found.

If I had to lose one, I'm glad it was my cheapest, crappiest lens this time, but it was a useful lens too. Now my only choice is to carry around the behemoth. Awesome.

Sigh, it turns out I left my $700 EF 70-200mm f/4L lens on a park bench by the side of the road in St. Thomas where we stopped to take pictures on the way to the airport. I'm still paying off the credit card debt I incurred when buying it, and already it's gone. Bah. My clumsy absentmindedness is amusing when I accidentally sit on things, but less so when I lose expensive things.

A big long post talking about how cool FedEx is and how big the new lens is. Hopefully I'll have some photos in the next few days, and of course there's Bryan and Cat's wedding this weekend.

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