史上最大的大砲 Carl Zeiss 1700/4 256kg

Carl Zeiss最近消息不斷，近日又推出了史上最不可思議的大砲：Carl Zeiss 1700/4 for Hasselblad。淨重(鏡重)256kg。不曉得是不是論斤賣？

http://www.zeiss.com/c12567a8003b58b9/ContentsFrame/8baac109cb80bddfc12571e100393a1b

KFC

[Sep 25,2006]星期一21:30，天氣陰。

基隆肯德基9/24基開幕了。星期一晚上，從安親班接到小孩子後，順便請她們吃剛開幕的肯德基。就這樣，如圖。

對，晚上九點半，還一堆人在拼經濟。見鬼了，座無虛席，是鬧飢荒？還是阿扁經改成功？（才怪）。

BMW K1200LT

[Sep 24,2006]星期日下午五點多，天氣晴。

好不容易盼到晴天，本想騎車兜風兜風，無奈有點小感冒。貿然騎車出門，恐怕再也無法控制鼻水的流量(對不起，我的鼻孔雖然有High Availability的設計，但是沒有安裝QoS)。

下午五點多，開車在省道上，看到一輛BMW大型休旅車。對此廠牌2006年車種，沒有特別研究，只是聽他的引擎聲浪，根據經驗（因為我騎的也是雙缸的車）此車應該是四缸的Ｋ系列。二話不說，拿起手機就拍。回家對照官方網站，應該是BMW K1200LT。

The Other Side Of Amadeus

[Sep 23, 2006]星期六晚上７點，國家音樂廳，天氣雨。

2006年適逢音樂神童莫札特250歲生日，今年的音樂會莫札特的曲子比往年多，並不意外，相信全世界都一樣。

不過今晚的比較特別，演出的曲目都是莫札特的ｄ小調作品：魔笛序曲，第20號鋼琴協奏曲與安魂曲。

這是第二次在音樂廳欣賞第20號鋼琴協奏曲。第一次是前年底，由國內某大學管絃樂團所演奏的，表演的不是很好，管樂部分很弱，尤其是法國號。第一樂章第15小節開始的法國號，沒有把震撼的氣勢吹奏出來，整場也是軟弱無力，完全被弦樂聲部掩蓋掉。今天由江靖波指揮即興之時管弦樂團和黃海倫的鋼琴搭配，演奏的非常精采。尤其是加入原來編制沒有的兩支低音大提琴，低頻的部分有加分的表現。

第一章樂章為D小調，由提琴家族的D小調和絃拉開晦暗陰沉的第一主體，緊接著管樂加入，小號和法國號吹出震撼動人的音響。鋼琴最後加入，帶出有點憂傷的旋律。整個樂章再D小調，F大調與G小調轉來轉去，果真是神童，轉調完全不留痕跡，自然不生硬。CODA前的裝飾奏，如預期中，黃海倫選擇貝多芬為此曲寫的裝飾奏，將此樂章帶入最高潮。

第二樂章為B♭大調的浪漫曲，海頓和莫札特的慣用手法（D小調的關係大調F大調降五度）。樂章一開始就由鋼琴彈出優美動人的浪漫旋律，最甜美的音樂，莫過如此。看過阿瑪迪斯的人，應該對這首片尾曲印象深刻。令人驚奇的是樂章中段突然轉入G小調，完全由鋼琴主導，右手從頭到尾是飛快的分解和絃，左手忽然在高音部，忽然在低音部飛奔。至此才完全體會白居易琵琶行中的"大珠小珠落玉盤"。第二樂章的G小調是如此激情澎湃，卻也和B♭大調的優美搭配的天衣無縫。曲子最後轉回B♭大調的主題，柔美的結束此樂章。

第三樂章為轉回D小調的輪旋曲，完全擺脫第一樂章的晦暗。一開始就由鋼琴帶出鏗鏘有力的樂章，管絃樂在第13小節加入，開始輕快活潑的TUTTI。在黃海倫精采的裝飾奏後，巧妙的由D大調的CODA結束此樂章。

下半場的安魂曲，一值是我想聽的曲子之一，今天如願以償，在音樂廳體會莊嚴，也是悽涼，令人動容的樂章。音樂神童，傳奇安魂曲成為他人生最後的樂章。

好久沒見到這樣的畫面

[Sep 23, 2006]星期六的下午，天氣雨。

一早就帶小孩學才藝課，打擊樂，鋼琴，繪畫，圍棋輪著來，距離晚上欣賞音樂會的時間，還有兩個小時空檔，就先帶小孩回家(其實我想先打個盹)。一到客廳，兩個小鬼完全沒有累的感覺，就在沙發玩起來了。好久沒看到這樣的畫面了。


如果不是Ruby，換成別的女生，Andy肯定翻臉。

D Minor / D-Moll / Re menor / Ре минор / Rê thứ / D 小調 / ニ短調

如果問我最喜歡的古典音樂調性是什麼調？我的答案是D小調。

這星期六(Sep 23, 2006)，將去音樂廳欣賞一場全場由D小調串場的音樂會，拭目以待！

Michael棄明投暗 捎來喜訊

話說Michael擁有Nikon F4多年後，選擇他的第一部DSLR時，竟然是SONY的"阿魯花100"；這簡直是棄明投暗嘛！除了Konica-Minolta系統的完整支援，SONY迷人的功能價格比，最大的誘因可能也是Carl Zeiss鏡頭吧？

上星期聽說他訂了一支Voigtländer的105/2.5 APO鏡頭，預計10月交貨；今天捎來喜訊：說他不小心，一時手癢，眼睛亂看，無法把持地買下一顆品相很好，價格很優的Minolta 100/2.8 macro！

恭喜DSLR會員Michael新鏡入荷！準會員書儀請加油！

賞圖吧！

'O Sole Mio

What a famous Neopolitan song and what a beautiful sunny day today!

It had been raining hard for over three weeks. Although it stopped raining since last Saturday, but it's cloudy and hazy. Finally, It shines today.

In other words, I hadn't ridden my bike these three weeks, even no polishing on this bike. Well, it seems the coming Sunday is sunny, I'll defintely ride my bike to chase wind.

Shoot by Sony Ericsson W900i, viewed from my company. Do you see the Taipei 101?

屋大維大戰安東尼

公元前32年，屋大維向安東尼宣戰。在希臘西岸的阿克提烏姆灣 ，屋大維大敗安東尼。安東尼逃回埃及，與屋大維再戰，仍被屋大維打敗，與埃及豔后克麗奧佩特拉相繼自殺。公元前28年，屋大維獲得奧古斯都封號，建立羅馬帝國，並統治帝國達43年。

歷史上屋大維下贏一場棋，但是以下這場棋，正要開打，勝負難料。

羅馬大軍大戰埃及

屋大維帶領的羅馬軍隊

換埃及的安東尼秀一下

如果這是凱薩的養子屋大維

那這位仁兄肯定是不愛江山愛美人
跑去和埃及豔后廝混的安東尼

來來來，殺他個一盤吧！

不認識這兩個人？看看吧！

ps. All these photos were shoot by Nikon D200 with AF-S Nikkor 17-55/2.8 G ED DX lens.

泥坑裡種菜頭

菜頭可以種在泥坑裡嗎?

我不知道,因為我不是農夫.

不過,我確實把一棵菜頭種到泥坑裡?!



2006出廠的Carl Zeiss ZF 85/1.4蔡斯鏡頭(菜頭)和1977出廠的Nikon(泥坑) F2 photomic AS.

Here Comes The Carl Zeiss ZF 85/1.4

I got it, finally!

I am a Carl Zeiss(CZ) fan. For sake of this reason, I would like to bought the cameras on which the CZ lenses can be mounted.

My first camera with built-in CZ lens is Contax T2, which was equipped with a Carl Zeiss T* 38/2.8 lens. I got this one in 1991. Thanks to CZ optics quality, this lens is sharper than all Nikon lenses I owned that time, including AI 35/2, AIS 105/2.5 and AIS micro 55/2.8.

I enjoyed this gear. It's an exciting experience, wasn't it?

Four years later, I bought a Contax G1. It is an execellent electronic rangfinder with tatanium die-cast. Like most of all traditional rangfinders, the G1 has the ability of interchanging CZ-G lenses. Later, I got all six lenses except the zoom 'Vario-Sonnar'. They are Hologon 16/8, Biogon 21/2.8, 28/2.8, Planar 35/2, 45/2 and the only telephoto Sonnar 90/2. I love the free distortion of the Hologon (just 5 elements), I love the nature tone and extra low distortion of the Biogon, I love the bokeh, nature perspective tone of the Planar, and I love the sharpness of the Sonnar.

But, they are point'n'shoot and RF. I never forget to have an SLR. In the beginning of 21st century, I got a Contax N1.

It's an AF SLR by Kyocera. At that time, the most attractive and popular N-mount lens is Contax N Vario-Sonnar 24-85/3.5-4.5. It is a short but with the incredible 82mm diameter. From most test reports, it can compete best lenses from Nikon and Canon, and even more superior in color tone and resolution. I totally agreed that and was satified with this lens. Actually, "sharpness" is not always my first concern, I loved its beautiful tone than sharpness. CZ can offer my requirement.

Coming the digital time.

I hoped I can own a Contax DSLR from Kyocera. The Contax N Digital, digital edition of N1, was announced later. It was equipped with a full frame CCD, 600M pixel sensor. Nice specification, but I never acquire this one because of its high price. At that time, it costs over NTD$200,000 in Taiwan!

I turned to Nikon later. Definitely, I'm Nikon fan, too (I owned a Nikon F2 photomic AS and Nikon F80). In 2005, Nikon anononced her 1000M pixel D200 with ability of 5fps continuous shooting, friendly to AI, AI-S mount and lots of features. It's my dream camera. But its price is not friendly at all. Although it's inexpensive than Contax N digital, but people must pay NT$60,000 to get this gear in Taiwan. I wondered whether I should get this gear at that time.

In early 2006, Carl Zeiss announced her roadmap about building and supporting Nikon AI-S lenses. Here comes Zeiss ZF mount for Nikon. I think it's time to buy my D200 and the ZF lenses. I cannot miss nither Nikon D200 nor the attactive Carl Zeiss ZF.

Finally, I owned a D200 and CZ ZF 85/1.4. That's the story.














ps. All these photos were shoot by Nikon D200 with AF-S Nikkor 17-55/2.8 G ED DX lens.

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