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14. Camera and Video


In foreign comic books a Japanese is displayed with glasses and camera.
I do not like such a display but to my regret I have a look of such a Japanese.
When an Australian praised my camera, I answered only "Thank You" with a smile.
Why I can not express another answer, I am sorry about my poor expression.

Camera needs a battery.
Its capacity is restricted.
It is difficult for getting battery especially for video camera in Australia.
I can rubbish an uneasiness of battery with an equipment to electrify.
The equipment can convert 100 V AC to 9 V DC and it is available in Australian 240 V with a particular plug socket. It is very convenient but I lost the use of my another old video camera with no such equipment.
I am surprised with the rapid progress of technology.
Before several years we must buy another electric furnitures in removal from east to west of Japan or its reverse. In west Japan we need American 60 Hz , in east Japan we need European 50 Hz. In exaggeratedly expression Japanese electrification is a result of American and European electric strife. But now we can move electric products from east to west in Japan. I have also several European 200 V outlet in my house besides American 100 V outlet. In future I could use European electric products.
However in ten years we did not use a 200 V outlet. That is, progress of technology generated useless outlets in my house.

Australian electrification follows to English 240 V 50 Hz except an independent outlet. Establishment of Australian country with U.K. is before one year of independence of U.S.A. from U.K.. If I exaggerate that Electric east-west strife between U.S.A. and U.K. leaves a trace in south and north , namely Australia and Japan. Australian Video formula is belong to English mode and Japanese one is belong to American mode. However, we can buy a two way video tape recorder available to world wide video formula now. My video tape recorder available to only American formula should be retired some near day.

Japanese flag "HINOMARU" designed Sun is unified from the origin of one general fighted in east-west war in 1600, Japan. Australian flag is unified with U.K. (Union Jack) and U.S.A. (Seven edged Star designed from 7 quasi and states.). When it is unified something is useless, but we would like to have some remembrance. I bought video camera which can get stillness picture, I did not need camera with films. But I would like to take some photos by camera not by video camera. And then in sadness I have a trip with both video camera and camera and more I exaggerated my dislike Japanese images with mechanical lenses.


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