Life in Japan - Pictures galore !! Arcades, Temples, Rainy days, etc

Kamakura - nice

I agree with the McDonalds sentiments, GP.


End of Fall by martindesu, on Flickr

 

We got to Kamakura at like 2:30, which means sunlight for a whopping 90 minutes. If I go back, I will either spend the night the night before or leave my house by 7AM. Kind of a bust, otherwise.

I think I eat McDonald's fries (you call them chips!) about once a year. That's my max.

 

Nice Kamakura shots and that one of the gardens is beautiful with all the colours.

 

Cheers, Yakumo.

And thank God you explained what fries were, GP!

Walked to AKB after work...

 

Potato Fry L-Saizu here.

What in the cock for? YOu know you don't get to punch any of them in the face in there... that's the only reason I can think anyone would go.

 

"Potayto furai, eru saizu" with my accent

The missus works in Tsukuba, wahoo, so she gets the TX. I walk from Bunkyo to AKB to meet her ♡

 

I would most likely choose the Gundamn Cafe next door over it.

 

I'd rather stick my dick in a vending machine than go to either

 

Fucking hell guys, I only walked past the bloody place! We took the train from AKB/Akiba/Akihabara/Hentai Town... I didn't go to the sodding café!

Calm yourselves.


Japanese Maple by martindesu, on Flickr

 

Hehehe, only joking with you. Lovely tree by the way.

 

Cheers!

They were a bit late this year up here in Tokyo... how about your end?

 

We've had the red for about 2 or maybe even 3 weeks. The trees are starting to become a bit bare now.

 

Oh, there's red. Just not much.


Kouyou (01) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr


Kouyou (03) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr

 

I was out drinking the other day so I took a few shots while out. A shame that I was too drunk to remember I had manual focus on. So only two shots worth keeping.


City Shrine by Yakum01975, on Flickr


Deserted Snack Bars by Yakum01975, on Flickr

 

My two above were manual focus. Manual focus only lens, at that. Gotta learn to treat your lens like it's your knob, and start twisting it.

 

hehe, trust you to say that. I do like to use manual focus which is why it was set to that but after a few drinks you sort of forget all about taking photos. Saying that I found a fantastic feature the other day for razor sharp auto focus with good bokeh by using the touch screen. Not as fun as manual set up but it does give amazing results.

 

The extremely unfortunate truth about DSLRs is that the view finder manual focusing is far more accurate than through the viewfinder. Not nearly as fun for me though.

 

Do you mean the screen on the back is not as good as the traditional viewfinder? I agree with you there. Unfortunately I don't have that option on my camera unless I want to buy the "Live Screen" that sits in to the flash port.

 

I wouldn't say "not as good". It's just not as accurate... at least for most DSLRs. The LiveView is a direct look at the sensor. The viewfinder is not. It doesn't take into account if the lens will front focus or back focus. I installed a split prism focusing screen to help w/ my vintage lenses. It does, a lot. I have two older ones that both seem to front focus very slightly. You can notice this at F1.4 if you look at a chart. I'm not sure if it's far off enough to give a shit practically. At least not for most of what I do. The lenses were relatively cheap as well. I thought it was the focusing screen, but I put in my Zeiss and it was spot on. Need to try a couple of others to make sure.

Basically if I set aperture to it's widest, and take a photo of like a brick wall diagonally where you see a lot of the lines, I aim the focus at a specific line and shoot. You should only be able to make out one line in perfect focus. I do this through the view finder, then w/ the Live View. Both show me focusing on a line, but when you look at the images, only the Live View one is lined up perfectly.

Those lenses are pretty ancient, so no point in having them tweaked.

 

Hey fellas, can I make a photo request? Instead of the neon-lit streets, can I get some photos of the "tucked-away" parts of Japan? You know, alleys, old buildings, places like that. Places with age and character, I like that kinda stuff. Which is probably why I enjoyed the hell out of the movie Tekkonkinkreet.