2024年6月15日土曜日

ASO 98th Regular Concert Nishinomiya




In spite of dull and lazy season these days, time passes so quickly, just last Saturday we had best evening.

The 98th regular concert by Ashiya Symphony Orchestra was held in good mood at KOBELCO Big hall in Hyogo Municipal Art and Cultural Center Nishinomiya.

The good conductor Mrs. Yoko Matsuo did great job as usual. In addition to the reply with standing obeytion. 

Hydrangea is at their best





Now Hydrangea is at their best in Osaka Tsurumi Ryokuchi Park Flower Valley. Better visit here before the temperature becomes higher. Osaka Metro to Kadoma-Minami direction, one station prior, is the most convenient traffic. In addition to the greenhouse "Sakuya Konohana-Kan",  visitors would enjoy here all day long. No gate of the park is formed, so shooting photo early in the morning is available. About food and drink, Lawson at the Western end of the station would be helpful. 

2024年6月6日木曜日

Plagiarism, secret theft, imitation, homage, parody?

It must be a reason to be admired a white race that Jesus Christ is drawn in a ancient pictures as a white. And the world had been controlled by them until the end of 20th century so broadly without shame or even now after 80 years later some white group might do the same behind.

Consequently, some inferiority complex has been planted in the deeper part of heart, especially among Asian people, once under the control by European advanced countries, Spain, Portugal, UK, France, Belgium and Dutch, etc.

Such kind of distorted admiration to European white race might cause to imitate them by changing hair color also eye's into green or blue, not red like rabbit, implanting plastic material to increase their nose height imaging Cleopatra. But, even a single operative report is not observed in the field to put osteo material in Radius, Fibula and Femur, the purpose is not lesions but changing aspect ratio by extending the length of lower part. Their attentions are concentrated only on their upper part including hair color, lower hair is not died. 

Remember here, Inferiority complex leads people into strange and stupid direction like WW2 related countries had experienced.

Changing title here to the main proposition.

Some famous film and camera company has proposed their future dealing policy to follow behind (to imitate, to pretend) the German historical company, once Ernst Leitz, GMBH now Leica company? They want to establish their Brand Image like Leica by producing Gimmick like Leica M models---without shame? They are controlled by some China money though they are producing cameras neighbor country now?

Not a few imitating companies had been bankrupted because they had not known the true hardships to Create the Original product.

You don't study on the historical truth and fact at all?

Proverb says, "A sumo wrestler who uses someone else's loincloth is sure to lose!".


2024年6月1日土曜日

5 Group 5 Element MD35mm f/2.8 modified into 2G2E








As a matter for deep regret, I bid at 1 yen on a janky Minolta MD Rokkor 35mm/f2.8, telling some inconvenience in optical construction and I got it. A most posterior lens had clack in the center with mistened. Complete void as it was, I tried an experiment, removing all the rear element behind the iris construction and checked the focus point.

7.50mm reduction from Minolta SLR MD mount flange back 43.50mm could focus on the infinity position, the angle of view does not change so much around original 35mm. Pics show f/2.8 open, 4.0, 5.6, 16,  respectively.

Though it was pre-imagined that unexpected aberrations appeared grandly, it was some strange and dreamy scenery through this junky lens and the rate of aberration reduce in accordance with the angle degree of f number ring rotation. In another words, the rate of aberration is easily controlled. 

This kind of specific character is just going against the trend of lens designing! Because all of the engineer in the field try and intend to eliminate them with several meanings, lens element increases in number. This is what computer analied lens construction designing does.

Now, original 5 group and 5 element design of MD 35mm/f2.8 has changed into 2 element only as shown in the fig. One is concave with meniscus convex front and meniscus convex rear, and the other is thick convex with meniscus convex on both side. How poor the residual lens component remained if the rear group is removed!

Remember here the undeniable and unforgettable Scientific Principle, "The less glass material and the less reflective surfaces, the more transparent clarity could be obtained as a matter of fact !".

Consequently, I would like to make use of this unusual character for fantasy-like and Jioramic expression especially in table photos.