Ever since my trip to Australia, I’ve been really conscious of the dust on the sensor of my digital camera. Although until I read this DSLR cleaning page, to me it was dust somewhere inside my camera, but now thanks to the guide I know it’s on the sensor.
Today I went into Osaka to go to Yodobashi (I seriously love that store and really I could find what I need here in Kobe, but I just like going there), to buy a bulb blower and to my great joy, I actually ended up being able to pay with it with points, and I found out that I have like 2000 worth of points to use still. Which may not seem like a lot but whatever, that’s like $20 worth of free stuff. Woo hoo to that! So the point is, if you’re going to be in Japan for a while, pick one big electronics store (since as far as I can tell they all seem to offer points) for your electronic needs and buy your stuff there and collect and enjoy the points. Although you should still shop around, especially for camera stuff, because the big electronics stores aren’t always the cheapest, and the little camera shops can have pretty good prices. What I usually do is a run a search on kakaku.com for what I’m looking to buy and use the cheapest price as a guideline for ‘good deal’. Then I’ll compare the price at Yodobashi. If it’s a lot more (more than the % I’d get in points which I look at as kind of like a discount) I’ll check the smaller camera shops, like a camera shop in Kobe where I bought my fish-eye lens for a good price or Tokiwa Camera in Osaka’s Den Den Town, which offered me a good price (and great service) on my DSLR.
However, a giant electronics store like Yodobashi is a great place to shop for things like a camera bag, where personal preference plays a big part and a large (and I mean Large!) selection is important.
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