SLIK Master EV-3

Some of the articles I did were lost by trifle mistake by myself before long. It might be possible to find it out if I try to go back in history, very troublesome at all. Early bird this morning did not wake up enough. However I might try not to mistake, an accidental affair happens.

Beautiful green colored SLIK Master EV-3 was obtained from Yahoo Auction at 300 yen the other day and the arrived item was awfully fine like new as I imagined in the pic information, no-dirty neck band in red color showed everything.

Feeling some astringency in every moving parts because it had not been used and also required maintenance including applying rublicant. Though I have the same one from my younghood, both of Master EV-3 models would go with me.

Remembering my past experience of outdoor shooting, Master EV-3 has the most willing opportunity to walking around in the mountain. Stoutness, tightness, reliability and handling feeling are acceptable for me. Only one tripod is available, so I was sentenced, I will take SLIK Master EV-3 without hesitation.

Linhof Profi & Velbon Quick Release Adapter

 Linhof Profi Jr Tripod was obtained over 50 years ago and it was not used so often because of the construction on the adjustable center pole construction. Fixed vertically tight and elevator adjustment were fond of by myself, I was disciplined by those ideas. The ideas controlled me unconsciously to select the suitable tripod. But, the revolutional mechanical device came to me recently by chance.

Quick Release System by Velbon Co. brought me several changes of fundamental and basic idea. Eliminating bothering of complicated tightening and losing mounting screw and the critical risk to fall down the main equipment while operation is desirable.

Linhof Profi tiltable center pole mechanism and Quick Release system, both of them contribute to eliminate the troublesomes in the actual operation leading to safety and relieve. Collet type engineering plastic ball with 3 slits provides enough working angle movement and the single tightening thumb screw fixes the movement in 3 dimensions at the same time. Also, this screw knob adjusts precisely the rate of slipping resistor of the ball movement. In addition, center pole plays a part of Panning long handle while adjusting including hight movement together. Consequently, this thumb screw knob fixes all the adjusting element with single action.

It goes without writing here for the enthusiasts that the Center of Gravity should be supported Physically for smooth adjusting, the pic shows Slik Supporting Plate is invited for the purpose. Tokina 400mm old lens is active even now.

Good performance, Fujinon-Z 43~75mm/f3.5~4.5!

As mentioned before, Fujinon-Z 43~75mm/f3.5~4.5 plays very well in the actual scenery, sharpness, resolution, distortion and color are excellent, it small figure looks so cute and lovely at all. If forced to any claim on this lens, the lack of Pseudo Macro mechanism is counted, but this kind of optical necessity is well compensated by preparing a set of 43mm Praktica extension rings.

Zooming from 43mm to 75mm and 3 types of Extension rings would supply me over 1X magnification. Probably, smaller tripod would be helpful under the use of Telephoto and Macro camera shakable condition.

Remember that the forming mechanical construction of Macro function invite additional backlashes physically, it is not always the function to be desired all the time but only some specific situation.

So, I wanna take the theory of additional extension tubes for Macro shooting rather than a trendy complex structure. Lighter and smaller character of Fujinon-Z makes me bring it around for all the shooting outdoor situations.

Pics appears in future for the time being would be taken by this lens.

Velbon Quick Release system

I have the bitter experience to have fall down on the wooden ground my Digital Camera twice. It is my mistake at all, but because of very trifle reason, just camera strap caught with something. Strap that prevents falling down made me fall it down indirectly.On the other hand, I have no experience of the accidental scenery because the strap had not been equipped with camera body for my half a century period of time. Then some prevailing common sense is not always possible on me that the strap is indispensable for ordinary active use.

So I made it a rule to carry my camera in shoulder box without connecting any strap including one tightening on tripod screw hole.Probably some tension in danger without safety strap must prevents accident, no falling down scenery was experienced since that.As an inevitable disadvantage without a strap, one hand is always occupied by the equipment, the possibility to get injured hard when slip and fall in the mountain. It is a huge problem standing in front of myself, it has been in my heart always like a small fish bone hanging on throat.

Two types of Velbon Magnesium One Touch Lock & Release system were invited the other day, Panhead PHD-52QN and PHD-62Q with QB-62 type square shape connecting construction. Their physical performance satisfied my requirement for Full flame Digital Camera use.And I knew the One Touch L&R plate device is available, it will make ordinary conventional panheads can have the potential as R&R head.

More over, setting it on the hip belt makes it possible to carry camera with lens in hands free condition. The camera bottom Adapter is acceptable also on the tripod panhead.Consequently, the measures I did on Digital Camera will solve critically long lasted problems thoroughly. The result would be reported soon.  

Japanese youth language

Japanese youth language is a form of linguistic expression that changes daily and fluid and fast-deforming.As the deeper investigation in this field makes this article moist and uninteresting, I want to keep the description superficial.

It is true that some of youth language have settled as general word, "Saboru" and "Guchiru"  are the representatives. But, most of them are destined to be disappeared as dead words in our daily life.Consequently, the researchers and investigators in this field should keep an eye continuously. Seeking and watching with curiocity are indispensable requirement at all.

Not only discussing about the youth language as time changes, but finding out of characteristic elements should be evaluated.They have some tendency to invite old word, to extend the use of affixes, to create a new verb by uninflected word plus "ru" and to do some  specific utilization change style.Young people are keeping ordinary way of expression but on the other hand, different ways of appealing their own world are developed one after another.

Dazzyingness of change in cheerfulness, they are why the researching in this field is worthy doing.I hope the later investigations would be continued inviting another standing points of view such as Sociology and Psychology.

We are around the difficult corner

Adverse events, side effects and side reactions are completely different phenomena each other in definition. Very few a people can define these professional terminologies correctly. Polymerase Chain Reaction Test, positive and SARS CoV-2 infected patients are not always the same, also there are difference in number between infected people and seriously injured patients.Probably, most of the ordinary people are influenced only by the general broadcast information sources such as newspapers, televisions and radios.

So to speak "Public Opinion" is formed by the emotions of the masses. Information senders will have ability and power to guide and control public opinion as a matter of fact. It is possible to twist the interpretation of the confusing definition and make the completely opposite report. And it takes time to be revealed such a camouflaged intelligence crim, over half a century for example, WW-2 criminals.The biggest newspaper company informed 180 degree changed opinion as if palm backing immediately after the Unconditional Thrender to the allied sides with accepting Potsdam Declaration.

We cannot help taking off our hats in a magical transformation.

It is very important to perceive the decisive phenomenon in the highest standing point of view, we should not misunderstand due to some distorted interpretations.Now is the time to scrutinize and reflect how deal with disasters, all the highest representatives should participate in the discussion without any relations with selfish desire such as money and power.

They should be invited from Medical world, pharmacy world, infection academia, consciousness academia, information academia, phrase definition academia, crisis management academia and history academia, etc..  

Equipment maintenance

The rifle gun carried by the infantry is an indispensable weapon to protect his or her life, and its maintenance is entrusted to the user.

On the other hand, the tripod to be relied on by the photographer for preventing chronic camera shake plays a similar role though it is not life-threatening.

Micro grain sands is the most hated to be isolated not to invade into the important moving construction, the same is said on both equipments. The more precisely the machine is manufactured, the more possibility to occur jam.

Tripod used last Thursday at Tarumi Outlet Marine Park has the malfunction not to be extended on one of a leg, careful investigation proved that the cause of the inconvenience was caused by the invaded sand powder at the Tarumi seaside.

Deeper consideration on this unpleasant phenomena led me to the conclusion that the micro grain sand powder is nothing but the compound material for polishing and grinding. So, such kind of wearing material in moving part should be removed ASAP if desired longer life of the device.

Insufficient lubrication and invasion of wear foreign matter in moving part are the current causes of backlash for all the machineries. So to speak maintenance is removing the hidden criminal. 

As the periodical maintenance, dust removal and lubrication are the keys to success in the extension of machine life.