Twisted Lens
Lens in the optical devices must be placed exactly parallel and
having its axis in the dead center. —– That was what I thought.
But the photo above may demonstrate otherwise.
It was taken by the casually improvised 2 convex lens = one was
the rear element of Canon EF Zoom 28~70 and the other —–
thin convex lens from somewhere. And those lenses were
temporally stacked on front of bellows on DSLR body. I expected
to see rather blurred poor image though, much of my surprise,
even annoyance, that lens produced pretty decent image.
= They were 2 convex lenses = even not an achromatic
convex-concave structure, still shows no chromatic aberration.
It’s not fare ! Why cheap junk couldn’t produce junk image ?
So, I mounted those two lenses in angle = say one lens got
its top downward and the other was its bottom upward.
(Ref; center of collage photo bellow)
Front lens was off the axis 15° and the other (inside) was 10°.
Though, the image was NOT destroyed. (Like a photo above)
The image here was almost intentionally created blurred
image made by the Twisted lens mounted on a bellows.
The photo here gave rather requisite over soft image. 😀
The photo above left is the same “Test shot”
Center photo shows how the Lens were mounted.
Now you must be convinced that the myth of precise
engineering of optics may not necessary be true.
(That’s the reason how manufacturer produce flimsy
plastic zoom lens without showing any hesitation.)
PS : Later, I noticed that the rear element of
Canon Zoom showed 3 internal reflection and
a Newton-ring = they are the indication of that
the optics was the 2 element construction =
convex and concave lenses stacked together =
achromatic design.
(= that’s why the images had no chromatic aberration)
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Takumi
At the Wireless Wednesday gathering in Greenwich, we had
2 laptops to repair. One was a quite hi-spec Dell which needed
to change a HDD and the other was HP.
Dell needed to completely disassemble to see the back of mother
board = so many screws had to be removed, and the cables had
to be disconnected etc etc.
—– Then, when two of the cables to Wi-fi module needed to be
re-connected, the guy who has been dealing with this kind of
the work very well, couldn’t manage to insert the connector,
and neither the other guy managed to do too. — strange ? ? ?
The cables to Wi-fi module were not simple power wire kind but
the hi-frequency coaxial cables. So, the connecting post was not a
simple metal stud but a coaxial connector and the male connector
has to be inserted exactly parallel to the female counter part,
otherwise the needle thin center pin would be broken.
—– While watching them try, I found their finger couldn’t keep
the cable straight, neither the finger pushing it is steady.
= So, it was the time for the Zen Buddhist to join the game.
And the cables were safely connected. 😀
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When earthquake struck Kumamoto, Japan, quite few hi-tech
company there had to close and it sent a shiver to many other
manufacturers in the world. Such as Sony has their factory for
image sensor there = if it’s production stopped and the export
delayed, the production of iPhone in China would be stopped.
(Swedish camera manufacturer Hasselblad had to postporn the
sale of their medium format camera H6D, because the production
of 100 Mp image sensor in Sony, Kumamoto was disrupted —
in fact, 80% 0f digital camera in the world relying on Sony)
When China got their industrial development, they took over
the top position of manufacturing business — that they thought.
— While ago, China’s Premier Lee Karchan was so annoyed to
find that they needed to import even a ball of ball-point pen.
In deed, 60% of iPhone was made by the Japanese components =
the components of which China couldn’t make by themselves
even when they bought and used the same machine.
So the world started to pay an attention, Why only Japanese got a
skill to make certain component or device, and started to talk about
the Takumi (匠), such as the Mind-set of Takumi, Skill of Takumi.
(Takumi mean, the Master of something) —– the economists,
industrialists etc talking a lots about the Takumi though so far non
of them seemed to be aware of the sublimated tradition of the Zen.
When a craftsman (even an engineer) try to learn, they try it again
and again and develop a state of concentration of the mind = this is
a condition what Zen Buddhists call Mushin. Since the concentration
in Mushin is to vacate the brain, not push high tension to the mind,
such as the blood pressure, testosterone level doesn’t go high = able to
keep the mind and the hands calm and steady. (= able to do the job
without an emotion or any useless thought.)
= And this was the way to use the tool and in control in making.
So, this IS what the Takumi doing.
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Human Right and the Equalty
The most absurd misconception of the people today is the
idea of so-called Human Right and the Equality.
Did natural law or any God or Deity ever given such promise ?
—– How about Natural Evolution ? = Survival of fittest = It’s
not fare isn’t it! Not fit to survive still need an equal chance.
(Are you serious ?)
—– Because of no such promise from ANY supernatural power
or anything, anybody, the man had to make-up a declaration
by themselves. = It was a mare human invention.
It was not a God’s-given “Right” but a Political manifest.
Politician and their organisation can declare that they promise
to give an equal opportunity and the equal treatment of the people
in their administration. So, under their government,
people may have a Human Right and the Equality.
With this promise as a bait, the political group / democratic
movement got dominance in the most of the civilised world.
But in the history, country by country, regime by regime,
government by government, the treatment of the people has been
very different because no fixed, overriding rules there.
So, there was anything from “Good ruler” to tyrant.
—– In this situation of facts, very simple logic is, if the human
was born to have an Equality, why they were not born equal =
Born to have the same looks, same environment, same
opportunity and having the same Karma.
— Obviously, no such things ever existed in the human history.
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If ANY body, the “activist” want to say otherwise, please tell me
“From where or whom given the “Human Right” and
the “Equality” to human being.
Because, it seems almost all the trouble of the society has been
caused or aggravated by this mix-up or misconception of the IDEA.
(Don’t get me wrong, I’m not denying the potential benefit /
possibilities its IDEA possess, but, I can’t agree with an
arrogant attitude as if we were born with it. —– Those IDEA were
the hard earned reward after long long struggle through the history.)
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In contrast, the significance of the Life IS there, who ever deny it or
think in any manner. = Because it IS exists.
It has been existed even before the man invented the God.
So, we have no way to deny it. Like a simple fact that is we are standing
on the Earth. And as an extent to be a life, there is no difference
whether it is an animal or plant.
We are not a Judge to decide as we ourselves are just a miniscule part
of this Phenomenon. We are not ruling, let alone created this world.
On the same base, we have to accept that somebody IS more equal.
= Since, the Karma affecting each person as an individual.
To be an individual there is no equality. That’s was how and why the
Dharma created YOU as YOU are. Accordingly non of us got a right to
complain this. You could be lucky YOU or may be unlucky YOU but
that IS what YOU ARE.
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Ha ha ha !
It was in yesterday, 13th Friday morning — Wow.
As it was literally accustomed, I picked out an egg for
my breakfast from the fridge and cracked. — ? ? ?
Cracked egg showed rather dark gap. — strange ?
—– The egg was supposedly a boiled egg but its crack
started leaking the slime. d leaking the slime.
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When Zen Buddhist says “Accustomed” mean, there
wasn’t a shred of thought. Act was totally programmed
and carried out automatic. Brain was literally empty.
= Just picked up an egg from the fridge though,
in this time, obviously I picked it up from the left side.
Left side for raw egg and the right hand side for boiled.
It was just a small mistake, still, What shall I do to this ?
I wouldn’t through it to a bin nor swallow it.
(some Japanese could do !) —– So, I emptied the egg
into a small rice bowl and added about the same
amount of rice powder (I should have had wheat flour)
and two spoonful sugar. — and mixed well. 🙂
—– So, unexpectedly I made a kind of pancake for breakfast !
Though when I cooked it
in a microwave cooker,
the cake mix suddenly
ballooned up !
Then clashed down.
I don’t know, was that
because of the rice powder
— the cake became very
leafy texture.
— and the end result wasn’t too bad. (— I could have eaten this
with honey, maple syrup, clotted milk etc though, don’t go too far.
Be humble to be a Zen Buddhist. 😀 )
So, the casuality of the 13th Friday was to eat a humble pie.
(and ignore the issue of the ageing brain — Ha ha ha !)
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Yashica-Kyocera Macro (2)
Those two photos were the x6 shot of the Butterfly Wing.
As I described in the old post I made this lens last November
— and now, it is the time to take it out or find a good subject
to shoot on a table top.
Any how, it was a broken 38~115 mm Zoom Film camera of
Yashica-Kyocera.
To disassemble the camera is a brain game = Which screw,
where to start is quite crucial to have an easy game though,
even if you were completely wrong and made a mess, not much
damage would be done, nothing to lose but a bit of Ego. 😀
What I did with this camera was, taking out the optical unit
from the lens barrel and re-mounted it up-side-down
(front side back) to the same barrel.
(= Camera lens was designed to give the best performance
when the front was focused to the infinity, and the image
was closely projected to its back.
It’s mean, if the back of the lens was closely aimed to the subject,
the front side will make a big enlarged image.
= this exactly what the macro photography is.)
The lens barrel was glued onto a Contax-Canon mount adapter
to be used on the Canon DSLR.
And this (improvised) macro lens gives x1.7~x3.6 magnification.
(with a farther 44mm extension it gives x6 magnification !)
—– considering its cost virtually nothing, the performance isn’t too bad.
— though, with a test shot of yet again the egg of
Green lacewings which showed Chromatic Aberration,it was
found to be not as good as Chinese cheap Microscope Lens.
(which was designed for macro work))
—– incidentally, I’m very much puzzled by this Egg —
(1) Why so many of them were found in my room = Why
the insect prefer to came and lay the eggs here.
The larvae of Green lacewings eats Aphis kind, it’s mean
they should have chosen such kind of environment.
(2) When this egg was laid — last year ? If so, why I didn’t
see it till yesterday = it was on my desk, very front of my eyes.
(Photo above were x2 and x6 magnification)
Taking closeup photo of rather unwilling wasp
wasn’t very easy. 🙂
(With the enlargement, flaw of the lens such as a
Chromatic aberration, became appearent.)
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Moving or shaking
To create focus-shift soft image, it is nesessary to
use a slow shutter speed = in consequence, pictures
easily get bluured —– don’t worry, bluured or
shaky picture is still the pictures. 😀
Photo above = I like this painting like effect.
Anyhow, I know, nobody would complain.
In fact, to anybody, it’s not a matter at all.
Ha ha ha 😀
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Tulip tulip (in Focus Shift Photo)
You must feel a sigh of relief — this is normal shot. 🙂
So, this is it. Aren’t they pretty ? 🙂
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Google Horror (2)
Every week, Youtube is sending me the list of new viz.
And what I received for 1st of May was REALLY interesting
and you should see them too.
(Note, Youtube is a part of Google)
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Have look the screen capture here, and see what was
there on the bottom = “Recommended” = One left was
apparently the most dreadful kind of Porn viz,
“Copulation of a Girl and a Dog” and the one right
could be a Child Porn. Since I haven’t click them,
I don’t know what they are exactly.
And as my Broadband provider set a restriction for
adult contents, I don’t know what they are.
(To make a restriction lifted, it is necessary to
register with full name, DOB, Driving License Number
— though, I’m not such keen to give my ID for a sake
of somebody else’s sex viz at all — anyway,
I haven’t touch a woman since 1987. 😀 )
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Here the most astonishing fact was, “Did Youtube allow
to show those, the most degrading dreadful kind of Porn”
— does Google got any sense of “What is normal or right
or wrong”? — does Google think those kind of things ARE
worth recommending,— in other words, in Google’s
standard, those Porn are morally acceptable and
worth recommend to others ?
— And why they recommended those to me ? ? ?
What sort of imagination or idea made this
“Recommendation”—– Only a possibility I can think
of is, this must be a dirty conspiracy = a Trap against me
since I put an exposing blog accusing
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= If I open those Porn, they record it as an evidence.
Or they could put those Porn Image/ File into my PC
—– then a Policeman knock the door.
Or, is it the intimidation while implying “What would
happen next”. How do you think ?
Did Google acquire filthy mind as dirty as “Animal F***” kind ?
Or was that their default = hence they deluded others
must have the same taste and anxious to know
other’s privacy ! —– Here, the serious question IS,
Greedy and Filthy minded Google still expecting to receive
ANY respect from the society ? ? ?
— And the last question is, are they, actuary a person in
charge with, doing this ? — or automatic AI program is doing ?
= If it was done by AI, to develop a graphic pattern recognition
program to distinguish “Animal F***” and send it to me must
have a lots of work needed !
( Hasn’t Google got ANY better things to DO. ? ? ? )
—— Amazing isn’t it !
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Google Horror
I’ve been using Android Tab let as a mobile photo book
to show others the photos of this blog, such as
” Modify the lens. and its Optical effect” which is easy
to show but almost impossible to verbally explain.
— With security precaution, I registered my device in
different name and to have different Mail address.
With obvious false name, no hacking, no virus ever come
here, neither Google/Android gave a sit = no possibility
to make money out of this address = hence it’s been quiet
untill few days ago, when I needed to read my mail out
London, using my tablet.
= suddenly the usage rocketed up.
Frantic activity toward my Email
account, address list etc etc.
Those so-called APP is not what
I wanted, neither installed by me.
Still, Google says “You agree to
our policy” though, what they
says the policy is nothing but an
outrageous extortion.
We might have compromised to see
some AD on the side, but never agree to
give a permission to spy all the mail, and all of our
movement. — (You know, your secret naughty USB
dongle would no longer be secret = could even be
reported to the Police. Be careful !)
You can see what they says –> go to Settings –> then to Apps
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Horrifying isn’t it ! Are they insane ? Ever had common
sense ? — I try to uninstall the App, deactivate, and
empty the data without success — while I was working,
instead to succeed removing those Spyware, the address list
“Contact” was disappeared ! = (Tit for tat)
Very very Funny. 😀
Google has been making a friendly face and try to appeal with some
amazing invention etc —– though, that IS their cover-up mask.
And those Apps are their real intention. Using their internet
dominance which can reach any corner and the well-developed
AI system to aautomatically read (even read the image) and spy
= they are going deeper into our private life,— for making
more profit ! But they’ve gone too far !
— A remedy or a measure against such situation is = Instead
of Android, use Linux, or to have a small MS device registered
with funny or useless name and use it to connect to the Net =
It would be enough for mailing, watching YouTube, small
download. Use other PC which is not connected to the Net, for
heavy work (design, compiling, analysing etc) in business,
Industrial use. Address list shouldn’t be kept in that satellite
device = type one by one each time = it would be a life in the
stone-age though this IS the safer way to keep one’s life
in peace. (I don’t think I’m a paranoid —– I just don’t
like a big cooperates arrogance)
Then the real horror started = As those APPs automatically
checking the activity, mail contents etc, etc, and keep
updating, the data traffic become enormous.
Past 4~5 years, my use of Net (read news, mail and blog)
needed only up to 3Gb/month but with Android APPs,
the data traffic swelled to 3~4 times. = This is yet another
Extortion / Highway Robbery isn’t it ? !
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***** A remedy / evading action I found was,
1) Re-start (Format) the Device by Pressing start button
over a Minuit. Then pretend to start as normal =
2) While ignoring “Their request to Authenticate“,
3) Press “All menu button (6 Dots in a circle)
4) and go to where ever you want to do = such as
Google Search of the Blog and read it 0r take
pictures etc etc.
5) Where ever, when ever they ask you to Register,
Give your profile = Just IGNORE all of them.
(In the settings, USER = leave the user as Owner,
don’t touch it. (Without Register, or ignoring what
ever they asked, the Device works perfect !)
6) Biggest disadvantage was= can’t use Email other
than use in a false new account.
— With those operations, the Device was regarded
as an orphan and become out of their target =
NO download of their App hence no update =
the usage become purely what was used.
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Cherry Cherry – 2016
Those photos were from the several Cherry trees,
probably the last cherry photos of this year.
Lens used was that modified Tokina-Wide-Converter
with bellows on Canon 5D Mk-III.
—– Don’t you agree, £1 junk from an Odds n’ Ends box
of a Camera shop wasn’t too bad. 😀
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