2024年3月26日火曜日

A Heritage film camera Yashica Electro 35


Relatively heavy rain is falling and thunder note is discerned this morning, the balance of the air pressure must be changing toward to Spring. Cold days are lasting this week as the last winter season. My son has been giving up Snowboarding this year since last week, but he is busy preparing for an unexpected opportunity of truly last SB. As we know, thunder sound tells when something different happens. Just I hope things that bring unhappiness might not occur.

Because Yashica Electro old camera is one of the trend among collectors, I bid on it in Yahoo auction the other day at the cheapest price, 1,300 yen. Though I'm not a collector, I was interested in the construction of lens design. I intended to transplant it into Sony E-mount to see it's taste actually. The item arrived at my residence surprised me with eye opening, it was in Mint condition. Probably, auto iris closure system embedded in Copal electronic shutter might be alive? But the required battery, 4G13 is out of production since tens year ago, 4LR44 would be compatible if a plastic diameter adapter is invited. I'll try it in very near future praying it's electric system vital sign. Any way, unusually innate condition like new would prevent me from disassembling and interplanting on to E-mount, how come? Dark cloud does not exist in my heart to destroy perfect heritage product done through 1977~1980. 

Though I'm not an old camera collector, exceptionally I'll keep this lovely one at hand?

2024年3月7日木曜日

In the midst of instability?


Piled some piece of distorted stones form a perfect figure of lantern in the ancient Japanese garden covered with green moss, it's a scenery of Ohara Kyoto "Sanzen-In" the other day.

Rather than stones that have been precisely measured and shaped, rather than those that have symmetry or consistency, stacks of irregularly shaped stones create a sense of calm and stability in the midst of instability. What on earth is this? 

In the afternoon sun, I felt deep doubts and was impressed so much.

Umekita Park











The largest space that once stood on the site of a vast national railway rail yard in the center of Osaka could become a major tourist attraction. Foreign visitors will not be disappointed at all. Trendy artificial space is so fascinating to be satisfied.