Not heal by Buddhism ? ! 仏道からの癒し－－－それともコーヒー？
彼岸寺といふ仏教サイトに面白い事が書かれていました。浄土宗の日下と言う僧侶が書いたもの
だそうですが，彼は何故か仏道に癒しが感じられない －－－むしろ一杯のコーヒーや家族に
癒されるとのこと。浄土宗では教えないのかも知れませんが元々の
釈尊の教えは「無私」ですからそもそもコーヒーを愛でる己れ，家族に愛着した己れどころか
対象としての仏教なるもの自体が存在しない。
－－－という現象を学ぶ為に仏教では延々と続く勤行を繰返し，それを無意識，無感情でする
（無私無心）訓練をする。＝無私無心でちゃんと生活が成り立つ ＝では誰が生きているのか？
＝ それが法 ／ ダルマであるのです。
己れにしがみつきながら，どこか彼方から 癒しが得られるのでは，と期待するのは
お門違いでは？？？
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In one of the Buddhist’s site “Higan-dera” in Japan, a monk called Kenyu Kusaka
wrote a short essay saying that he noticed that he is not feeling the heal from
Buddhism, but from coffee ! He was a Pure-land sect monk, so that expecting him
to have the understanding of what Buddhism IS, might be too much to ask.
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The core of the teachings of
Lord Buddha was, First, there IS no such thing like SELF (Atman) exists.
And to learn this truth, the followers practiced long repeated practice
until they could do it automatically (= without thinking) and without emotion
(= no-emotion / not having a feeling of SELF = hence realize No Existent of the Self )
Without knowing this teachings, the monk may still thinking that there IS the
subject called Buddhism and a person who is learning it.
No such things there or anywhere = if only a person doing the practice and the life
without having the SELF, what prevailed there IS the Dharma.
(= if the person IS NOT there, who is living there = That IS very Dharma)
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But a monk like Kusaka, clinging his SELF and attached to his family AND a cup of
COFFEE, Buddhism is too remote, yet wanting to feel a healing ? What he is asking ?
There is a big irony, —– as long as the person asking, never given, as long as
the person looking for, never find. = The EGO of want push the goal away.
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On this Planet
Time to time, I fond the very rare access to this blog, such as from
the Palestinian Territories or Bhutan. And learned, such as
Faroe Island who supposed be a part of Denmark was treated
as an independent country and has their own flag.
Of course, these days, even middle of desert such as in Mongolia,
the locals has electric generator and watching satellite TVs so,
nothing strange to have a computer connected to the Net
—– and stumbled my blog 🙂 (Where ever on this planet, be ever
so remote, still someone stumbled and read this blog is nothing but
a manifestation of the Karmic power.)
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Mankind is an incredibly resourceful animals. Longtime ago,
I heard from Afghan, in order to connect satellite mobile phone,
they improvised to use chicken-net to make a satellite dish.
And I heard that in Cuba, where under the trade sanction,
everything has to be homemade or improvised = engine-oil
was made by a washing-up liquid mixed with sugar !
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Nothing like their creativity, still, I had to improvised a bit to take
a photo above. = Long list of the countries.
On the beginning, I tried to collage scrolled 2 images though, it
wasn’t looks good. — So, I setup the screen upright and showed
whole list in one screen and took the very photo.
(the reason why I’m writing such trivial story was, “It’s so funny
— and difficult — to use a screen upright”)
= It’s better you try it by yourself. —> Go to Control Panel —>
Adjust Screen Resolution. (in there, you’ll see “Screen set-up
= Landscape : Portrait” Then click Portrait. = So, the image flicks.
But, when you try to use mouse or touch pad, you’ll see the hell.
(It may not happen, if the device was touch-screen type).
After having had a fun, Go to the Control panel and click back.
= everything back to the normal ! (You feel sigh !) 😀
(I couldn’t imagine that the Microsoft still having such incredible
shoddiness in their program === It was a DISCOVERY !)
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Giffgaff and the TESCO’s Fraud
To connect my Google Tablet to the Net, I’ve been using Giffgaff SIM card
more than a year. It was recommended by the wireless expert.
On the beginning, its unlimited Internet connection for £12 per month
seemed good deal and worked well. (= They needed to cut into market)
(Note: They changed the tariff, Unlimited Connection to 3GB without notice)
Then early this year, when they started to talk about 4G, and up-grade etc,
the connection was getting bad. = I could see it was a sales ploy to
pressurize the user to feel needs of better connection.
And the situation was getting bad to worse, hence more than half of the
occasion, when I wanted to show my blog etc to others, NO CONNECTION.
Even in the middle of the night, connection couldn’t be made at all.
= Who can trust such company and pay even more money for an up-grade.
It is the time to look for
somewhere else.
The shop staffs selling Elecs’
secondhand, who is the most
knowledgeable people in this
kind of up-to-date information. They recommended me Tesco SIM card.
The trouble was, it was not available in the ordinary Tesco shops. I had to
Ask around three shops, and I took a journey to the largest one in the area.
—– While testing 2 weeks so far, it made only 2 occasions hard to connect.
(At moment, it is only 1GB £10 One month try, though, seems not too bad.)
Funny things was, both Giffgaff and Tesco are using the same O2 net-work
which IS giving 4G service —– but Giffgaff is making such difference !
(Provider is adjusting the Bandwidth intentionally for their purpose) 😀
And what I found was even
more disturbing !
This is what they are now
advertising.(free SIM is norm)
—– Did you noticed ?
Now £12 for only 2GB. (saying
with 4G) Though, O2 IS 4G.
So, Tesco use 4G from the start.
(But Giffgaff was intentionally
making it to 3G speed !)
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Get rid of the Giffgaff SIM and changed to TESCO SIM —– looked
like a good choice though, suddenly the hell opened.
The use of Tesco SIM on my tablet was on a probation period.
= To test how Tesco works as a provider and its O2 connection.
But, the observation was abruptly halted. = suddenly, the usage
said to have reached to the 1GB upper limit. And the Net was cut-off,
the screen started to say “TOP UP” —– The usage graph showed
incredibly unnatural rise seemingly caused by “TuneIn Radio”
(photo above left) which said to have consumed whopping 0.67GB
within few days. But funny fact was, this App was not active = as
the screen shows ” App isn’t installed”. (photo middle) = This is
the “Caught in Red-handed” case of the TESCO’s fraud. —– Is there
any possibility of the Radio was accidentally activated and off again ?
And can the radio kept making the noise in full volume for few days
without me noticing it ? Especially when 2 years old battery is its
end of the life so that, never able to leave the tablet left switched ON.
—– (Now I got new battery
for my Nexus 7 — BUT, it
found to be a scavenged
secondhand.
We should be careful with so-called “UK-Seller” in Ebay)
Above all, when I’m testing it for a month within 1GB limit — who leave
the radio kept switched on ? ( Even if the App was working — but not)
( I use a lap-top with proper keyboard with land-line broadband to deal
with Net, Blog, Youtube etc, so that the tablet was just for fun when I go out.
In other words, I don’t need to use the tablet in my home = why do I ?)
= Obviously, it was the TESCO, who has tampered the counter.
( Who else can access the counter without making the radio noise. 🙂 )
—– (and it was for the sake of few pounds — can you believe ? ! ! ! )
(May be few pound from me though, in the systematic massive scale operation,
the total gain would be huge = in other words, they must be doing it systematic.)
As a matter of fact, every Broadband provider did the same, but they
didn’t leave the evidence behind, unlike the TESCO did for this time.
Yet still, I’m not sure, whether this is a case for Ofcom or
Consumer’s Association or even Police.
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—— As I took the tablet to the TESCO Mobile Shop where I’ve bought
their SIM 3 weeks ago and complained while showing the evidences,
a man in the HQ offered me free 500MB compensation.
= So, they are well aware what they are doing.
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After those findings / Experiences, when I wanted to terminate the
contract with Tesco Mobile, the real hell was opened. The Shop who sold
the SIM said, that they can’t terminate the contract, it has to be done through
the Telephone 0345-301-4455 which never work. And the Email kept saying
“No log-in” —– So, the only a possibility to contact / complain them was by
way of the writing. —– It IS really funny, to get out from the 1 month Only
contract seemed such trouble. = The best way is NEVER start deal with Tesco.
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Japan Matsuri 2015
It was a Japan Matsuri = Annual Festival today at Trafalgar Square Central London.
There said to be a performance of Taiko Drumming though, before I got there.
(and long after I left = 7 o’clock evening) The weather was fine — in fact too fine. 🙂
Normally not, but I did come this time with a hunch to bump somebody
— and surely I did.
Why “normally I wouldn’t” was that because, I’m not so sociable person to the
general public, likewise, I don’t do any SNS. Yet still, I have many friends
— though some of them, not seen so many years. ~ ~ ~ then, bump
the person in this kind of event. —– And I did today.
So-called Matsuri = Fest’ and its stage show seemed to be so and so
— or I would rather say, shabby. (No karaoke please. lol)
(Photo by 500mm F8 Mirror lens)
May be the most typical JAPANESE phenomenon
= manga drawing panel (Photo left)
And Origami tuition / demonstration (Photo middle)
Surprisingly, Blush Calligraphy was pretty popular.
Somebody was selling Kaki-goori /Ice Flappe (?) — What ! ? £5 — Oh Com’n.
Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuke stricken Fukushima people was selling noodles.
— ? I couldn’t find what was the connection. (Photo right) lol
And Fukushima shop soled me their local rice (Koshihikari) 500g Sample for £3 = !
(Which was sold in Japan 10Kg for £18) = may be a support donation included !)
In fact Quite a lot of food stall. (Photo left) = Bento / Lunch box = £10 — what ?
I don’t know what was “that” in the Photo middle. Photo right = Takoyaki.
The visitor must be noticed that the very peculiar things in this Fest’ =
other than the food stall, there is almost nothing else = no stall of campaign,
such as Eco, Green issue, no appeal for Help / Donation even for recent flood.
No appeal of voluntary / community activity group. = In fact, this was not for
the japanese community = therefore, more than half (even 60~70%) of the
visitors were non Japanese. = so that, very few Japanese Cos’Ple girls there.
Among the Japanese, there must be very strong feeling of the Peace Issue now
which has been triggered by the recent change of the Diffence law.
—– But such movement has been completely hidden-away, because Japanese
establishment is far busier against the threat from the Chinese expansionism.
It is so funny to see a difference. Chinese is brandishing their military might and
Japanese is pretending to talk about the taste of a noodle. The timid dog barks.
—– So that, the funny irony was, Chinese couldn’t broadcast their military parade
without the Sony or Panasonic equipment NOR their military system doesn’t
function at all without relying on the Japanese components. lol.
Nevertheless, it was a nice day-out for me.
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Artcore Int’ Exhibition
There is an Exhibition of the Artcore International at the Bird’s Nest Pub in
the Deptford, London —– in fact, it coincided with their event called Nestival
with a lots of live music.
You may find a lots of info’ here.
https://www.facebook.com/events/382090185319668/
In fact, what exhibited there was a collection of weird images = almost
obsessively, painstakingly created drawings, sculptures.
(thanks goodness not a kind of “So-called” conceptual art but has substance)
(sorry, so many artists and their works, I couldn’t name and credit each one
= if you are interested in, please visit there as it’s opens till 26th Sept’ )
The exhibition was organized by Joefur and Kevin who were the
artists of Minesweeper Collective. The Tyre Creature, (Photo above)
= Dragon ? or huge Rezard ? looks amazingly realistic. 🙂
(Sorry, this picture = lefthand side = Top )
As I reported before, Deptford (next to Greenwich) is a weird artistic town.
<< https://yoshizen.wordpress.com/2014/02/21/deptford-art-or-odd/
<< https://yoshizen.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/graffiti-in-deptford/
<< https://yoshizen.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/spiritual-deptford/
So the Bird’s Nest seems to be a kind of community center, gathering point.
And it is a rare kind of pub always playing Punk, Sexpistol like music —–
the reflection of the local folks’ psych. Good ! 🙂
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OMG ! Is this Japanese Heavy Metal ? — No, it’s Baby Metal Sir.
Three Vocals of the Baby Metal = Yuimetal, Su-Metal, Mormetal. (16 years old)
(Screen shot photos from — http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2056265/?anc=015)
Past six months or a year so, the name Baby Metal often came to my ears.
Though, my only thought was, It’s a good name for a band = Without using
any ferocious word, the sarcasm is far more stronger. —– Yet I didn’t know
they are a Japanese Girls’ band. When I saw a Japanese news saying that
Baby Metal is going to have a concert in the Wenbury Alena ( 2nd April 2016 ),
I started to wonder what’s the sound like ? = I clicked Youtube links.
Wao ! This is the genuine article. (Very rare to see among the Japanese staff)
—– Of course, it is a mix of Japanese Kawaii staff in a guise of Heavy Metal,
still, the impressive instruments, guitar, drum — its danceable rhythm, sound,
pretty good. (—– the visualization too !)
— And this is the more joky exotic staff (for export to the west) 🙂
( Still, the marriage of Japanese Taiko rhythm and the Techno beat created
quite a drive = my kind of the speed ! )
—– Only a thing I dread about Heavy Metal is, = the long-haired audience
dance = head-banging = the smell of their hair is the hell ! 😀 😀
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MS Windows -10 ~~~ What a trouble !
Since after Window 10 was released, the notice “available for download” was
keep pesting the screen. In the net-sphere there wasn’t much report of the trouble.
— So, I clicked to start download – – – ? ? ? and again, the process always stopped
in a few minutes. and again. — (My action must be halted on this stage.) 😦 When
I tried again while all the programs were shut down = even an Email was signed-out.
Then, upgrading to Windows 10 started — and took hours to “Configure” “Restart”
and so on again and again. On the end it was downloaded and start working
though, I realized it’s not on my taste — such as the apps appeared on the start page,
Store etc may be convenient to some people doing a lots of net shopping (I don’t
know whether MS is selling those space) but not for me. And the way to gather the
photos to one place was utterly inconvenient. I checked the compatibility, such as all
the program or files I’ve been using under Window 7 were still functioning — or not ?
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Then, I saw a notice to upgrade Openoffice from 3 to 4 something = and I did —–
though, something was not quite right and too messy. = Openoffice opened under
MS Word ! (Of course, MS is not happy with free Openoffice, instead to buy theirs)
– – – – – On the end I decided to revert back to the Windows 7 again.
– – – – – though, the Openoffice lost function = So, I try to uninstall and reinstall it
through Chrome. On this process a malware “Chromium” started to block the
process and the other malware “Cassiopessa” started to mess-up saying “windows 7
needs to be repaired = download this” (must be a spyware) = = = So, the battle to
remove those malwares started ! 😦 Chromium was easily removed on the Control
panel (uninstall program) but, Cassiopessa registered nowhere as a program = So,
I needed to remove it from the default settings of EVERY browser’s start menu.
— which took to me till morning !
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On the end, I’m on the same Windows 7 but without the Openoffice. (I couldn’t
remove old file as they were corrupted = Computer says “couldn’t find the file” =
therefore I couldn’t install new files). SO, my conclusion was, if anybody has been
using the Windows 7 or 8 happily, never attempt to upgrade to the Windows 10.
To buy new PC or laptop with Windows 10 should be OK but not upgrade on a
computer of which many different origins of programs, apps has been installed.
(some of them may not completely be compatible)
And this was the legacy of this Win-10 trouble. = during unload, reload process,
together with malware, the virus got into my laptop — to my WP blog account !
(But this is the only Visible part —– Who knows what is going on behind. =
Security program found nothing — still like this popping-up ! )
You see, how risky those action is.
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PS : On the end, I was forced to use MS Office / Word (yet I didn’t became payed user)
= at least, MS succeeded to kill-off the OpenOffice.
(I tried to reinstall OpenOffice again without removing old file = I succeeded !)
Though, soon after I’ve installed OpenOffice, this notice Appeared (MS is spying
our every move! ) —– I’m very suspicious this could be a malware made by MS to
slow down or even block and make us abandon the OpenOffice.
(Otherwise, what was the purpose to do like this ?)
— By the way, the red cast on the photo above was the tendency of my Canon 5D Mk-III.
(When the subject was bright white, often such red cast appear, which Canon
couldn’t fix. 😦 )
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Can Zen change a person to Liberal
Very fundamental question — Can Zen Buddhism change a person to be more
open-minded liberal personality, or a person who IS open-minded, come to Zen ?
= in other words, that person has been born to be a liberal by own Karma already.
Zen or Das Kapital may have played little role to make one’s direction, only gave
an excuse and a cosmetic to the life.
— In my early post, I wrote, I came here by coincidence though, from the start,
I was born to be a son of Zen priest. Like it or not, Zen family has the Zen principal
and such atmosphere anyway. So, standing here as I am, was that because of
nurture or my nature IS questionable (pointless) question.
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In scientific theory, decision making in the brain “which one to choose” or “do I take,
or not” was driven by the the Dopamine reward system = choose correct direction
would be rewarded by the seclusion of the Dopamine = so, feel satisfied and happy.
—– But, this selection, “Which choice would be rewarded” was not necessary
rationally decided by the data book’s logic.
We might thought, such as the choice to be a Liberal or Conservative kind is highly
intellectually complex matter therefore it must be concluded by the big data-book
(thus lots of experiences and the learning required = So that, a long practice of Zen
would affect) —– though, contrary to this, a Gene affecting the person to be Liberal or
Conservative as one’s nature, seemed to be found. (was what they says — can be true !)
Can genes make us liberal or conservative?
Aristotle may have been more on the money than he realised in saying man is a political animal,
according to research linking genes with liberal or conservative leanings.
Or, to be precise, a specific variant of one gene that would seem to exert greater sway over women
than men. Working with 1,771 university students of Han Chinese origin in Singapore, researchers
compared answers to surveys — including one tailored to hot-button issues in the city-state — with
the presence of a permutation of the DRD4 gene.
DRD4 is one of several genes that determines the way dopamine — a crucial neurotransmitter, or
chemical messenger — is released in the brain.
What they found was a robust link between the presence (or not) of the variant and a split between
liberals inclined to decry inequality, on the one hand, and die-hard conservative wary of change,
on the other.
The association between political attitude and DRD4 was highly significant for females, and less so
for men, said the study, led by Richard Ebstein of the National University of Singapore.
Women, it was also shown, tended to be more conservative in general.
The results are bolstered by earlier research based on people of European descent that found similar
patterns around the same gene, according to the study.
In the long-standing Nature vs. Nurture debate, it was long assumed that social values — and
especially political ones — were rooted in family upbringing, education and class.
But a growing body of evidence suggests, in the words of the researchers, that biology can’t be ignored.
A landmark study published in 1999, for example, of twins separated at or near birth showed a
marked strain of heritability for ‘conservatism’.
The brain is wired with several distinct dopamine pathways, including one related to the risk-taking
— arguably a parallel to the liberal-conservative dichotomy.
From an evolutionary standpoint, risk-taking is a complicated business: in some situations, it may
enhance one’s chances of success or survival, and in others it may spell doom.
In the study, the researchers used standard questionnaires to rate conservative or liberal tendencies,
making it easier to compare with earlier efforts to uncover links between genes and attitudes.
At the same time, to adjust for cultural variations from one country to another, they also devised a
survey based on local issues known to divide opinion in Singapore along political lines.
One set of questions, for example, asked the students — half men, half women with a mean age of 21
— to take positions on sensitive environmental and animal rights issues.
The correlation with the genetic variations was especially strong on these points.
Our results provide evidence, Ebstein and colleagues conclude, for a role of the DRD4 gene variants
in contributing to individual differences in political attitude, particularly in females.
(2015/08/06 12:34) from AFP-Jiji Press
So, I may born to have a fancy variants of DRD4 ! —- have I ? ? ?
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Internal Structure of Canon 5D
Some days ago, I got an opportunity to disassemble a Canon 5D body as I’ve bought it almost nothing. (still fully functioning) — Then, what I found inside was rather disturbing — hence I made this post.
As the people who has been using Canon DSLR may know, new 5DS, 5DSR are having not only 30 Mp large image sensor (for 35 mm full-frame) but also mechanically, structurally much improved design = that’s what they said.
—– While planning, designing, developing new camera, Canon must have a lots of tests and analysis to achieve their objective = at least twice better image quality than the predecessor with its big sensor.
(Photo above is the inside of the 5D Mk-III)
(And this is the 5D Mk-IV = basic design is the same = plastic mirror box was connected to the tripod screw by a stamped panel and few screws. — Photo from Lens Rental site)
Though my guess was, when they tested new sensor on the temporally adapted 5D Mk-lII body, they must be realized that the crispy sharpness was not there. Even if the image of the lens alone on the optical test bench was good, it couldn’t be replicated if the same lens was mounted on the 5D body —– it’s mean, 5D body structure was shaky and giving blur, deteriorating the image quality. (Which was not so visible on the 22Mp sensor, but showing up on the 30 Mp.)
What Canon boasted about the New 5DS was, not only rethink of the mirror shock damping mechanism, but also much solid tripod fixing. —– But it was too funny to hear that, when I opened and saw the inside of an old 5D body, I almost dropped my jaw, because the design of 5D was the remotest from the solid structure.
—– I’ve been seeing the inside of cameras more than 40 years thus I know how they were designed and made. (When Canon developed EOS 1, production team brought a prototype here and asked my advice. When they asked me which camera was my favorite, I answered “Contax” a man responded “You can’t have that quality any more” “Why ?” “The man designed the Contax was no longer there. I am the Man”
= The man, Mr. Morota had been headhunted and came to Canon to develop EOS 1.
—– I guess, he must be pretty annoyed to see the design of 5D series cameras. )
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When I changed my 35 mm camera, from Nikon to Contax, it was not only I’ve encountered the Zeiss 85 mm F1.4 lens but also I found that the structure and the way their camera was made, was such solid therefore reliable.
(Preceding to this, I’ve been utterly annoyed by the erratic behaviour of the Nikon’s motor-drive = always at the most crucial moment, they stop to work. — but they worked always perfect on front of the Nikon’s Service Engineer. 😦 and 😀 )
The photo left here was the inside of 20 years old EOS RT body. = You can see the metal frame of which all the mechanism was built-in and holding the lens mount. And the tripod screw was directly fixed to this metal frame.
In contrast, what I found the inside of 5D (photo center) was = the structure framefor Mirror Box and the Shutter was made by injection mold plastic and even a lens mount base was a plastic.
The photo right shows the almost the same design of 5D Mk-III.
In all those 5D, a stumped 1 mm thin metal connecting the plastic mirror box to the 1/4″ tripod screw on the bottom of the camera. = I couldn’t believe my eyes, IS this plastic camera priced for £3000 ? ? ?
(Photo left =Lens Mount base, on the plastic frame.
Photo center = Thin white metal alone connects the Mirror Box to the Tripod screw.
= Almostly, the camera body is floating on the tripod !
Photo right = Plastic frame is soft, hence so easy to cut.
— Plastic could be more resilient to the shock with its flexibility but the same flexibility is the enemy to hold the moving shutter and the lens solidly together.
Think about the situation when you use the camera on a tripod, like the photo left = even if a lens was firmly mounted on the tripod (therefore, the lens mount was solid) still, behind the mirror box, the shutter mechanism and the image sensor could be jumping and dancing, because the mirror-box is not rigid, even if its bottom side was having a metal plate.
Imagine a car, when the main chassis was made by plastic, I wouldn’t be impressed by the buzz-word that the outer shell was made by “magnesium alloy” = it’s a cover-up cosmetic.[]
—– (I remember, EOS RT body was not more than £400. = A camera body which has a film wind-up and rewind mechanism, all together built onto a metal die-cast, was still £400, £500) In comparison, just a shutter and a sensor were built into a plastic mirror box (+ a bit more electronics and the Memory) cost £3000 !
—– Oh ! C’mon it’s not fair. = So, it was obvious, so-called new feature in 5DS, 5DSR = “improved anti-vibration and the solid connection to the Tripod” was not a new achievement but a necessary patch-up against the old shoddy design. Though, despite the patch-up work, the test report from Japan saying that 5DS still showing high susceptibility to image blur which would negate the crop use of the photo.
( As a matter of fact, I haven’t checked the “claimed to be” improved 5DS yet. And I’m not sure whether I would buy this camera in order to see their fix ! ) Reading the Tech Reports here and there —– I haven’t seen any report showing the superiority of New Canon 5DS or SR over Nikon D810 = even on the chart test 30Mp image didn’t show a difference over 36Mp Nikon image —– I wonder what’s going on and why ? = It seems better wait till the matter sorted out. 🙂
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PS: Related post “Camera stability test” would be good to read.
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