Kobe Animal Kingdom

Fully sheltered from the weather condition and the most enjoyable place along with Port Liner in Kobe is here!

Suitable for family, pair and also photographer, small animals and aquatic plants are exhibited, someone could be touched with them.

Nobody would be disappointed when visited, but it's better to bring lunch by yourself priorly because of crowdedness. It's convenient with the Port Liner until get there, but quite spacious inside the Garden so you might get tired.

You may kill time half a day at least.

Never throw away Tripod!

Before we discuss about the performance of photo lenses on "Sharpness" and "Resolution", we should pay attention on the circumstances of the experiments, "Subject blur" and "Camera shake" are the subject to be avoided so absolutely.

The image stabilization technology in both lens and camera body has been remarkably improved these days, some desperate efforts by the engineers must exist behind the announcement. This kind of tendency is the climinal to form the mountains of deserted tripods. It's a matter for regret that famous ones are sold at nothing in the Auction!

But remember here, we can see the difference between the effect of Anti-camera shaking compensation and mechanically fixed on the stout tripod, if we compare the resolution by enlarging pixel level.

However sophisticatedly camera shake phenomenon might be compensated so fairly, the picture obtained in handheld condition is completely different from that in mechanically fixed  image sensor.

So far the camera is held by hand "Blur phenomena" could not be compensated as to overcome the long lasting ancient "Tripod" at all.

Any announcement in a loud voice of Pseudo, misunderstandings of prayers, curses and spells would never be accepted by the Principle of Science. 

Don't expect too many success stories from a single photo opportunity. Don't be greedy and omit a tripod. Don't be afraid of weight or umbrella tension. There's only one absolute success.

As a conclusion, we should never desert our marblous "Gem Tripod" if we aware a photographer.

4X magnified shooting on Micro 4/3

Even with extraordinarily different condition with High-Resolution shot function by Olympus, very gentle breeze made it difficult ---4X magnifying shooting. Minolta MD Macro 100mm/f4.0 inviting 1:1 extension tube played as 4X magnifier on the Micro 4/3 format. But, as for surprise, the shooting condition was exactly the same as telephoto shooting such as over 300mm focal length, both the object movement and camera shake were impermissible at all. It was a unknown trap for me until I did actually in the outdoor condition(with breezing). What I lack in the imagination could be known when experienced actually.

If it was performed in some flower house or no air movement condition, I could have obtained a few transparencies successfully. 

Light weight equipment

New armament for my photo hobby was obtained, Fujifilm X-T5 is the next trial for me. Vignetting and distortion adjustment capability were the reason. Standard and 70~300 zoom lenses were ordered together. The mount adapters for X onto Minolta MD and Canon FE were also fablicated utilizing X body cap and lens caps for MD and FE respectively as usual. Natural temperature polymizing resin were invited to adhead two plastic parts, 19.70mm flange back distanse was the critical value to be established to keep focusing length.

40 Mpic must be enough capability in X-T5 for my purpose to produce A3 size prints for exhibition. 

Lightweight armament would be of help to me. 

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?

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.