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Tokyo, Inokashira Park's grebe breeding and eventful parenting observation diary.
A collection of articles related to grebes. (June 2017 to November 2018)


Camera Baics 4 "Serect your Camera, DSLR or Morrorless?”
In my last blog, I wrote about the appeal of old cameras with CCD image sensors and film cameras. In conclusion, even if the color...
Takashi Iwamoto
Aug 9, 202312 min read
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Camera Basics 3 "Select your Camera, Fascinating Old CCD Colors"
There are cameras of the past that can produce more realistic textures and tones of subjects that cannot be produced by current cameras.
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Takashi Iwamoto
Aug 8, 20239 min read
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Camera Basics 2 "Sensor size and photography mechanism"
A full-frame SLR camera with a 50mm standard lens A smartphone camera is not enough. I want to take better pictures! But what kind of...
Takashi Iwamoto
Aug 8, 202313 min read
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Camera Basics 1 " Let's Start! DSLR, Mirrorless Photography"
I'm not satisfied with my smartphone camera, I want to take better pictures! If you shoot with a single-lens reflex camera or a...
Takashi Iwamoto
Aug 8, 20239 min read
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Engine oil change, introduced in 10 easy-to-understand steps for beginners, Rankle 75
In this blog, even if you have never changed the engine oil yourself, I will introduce how to change the engine oil with photos in an...
岩本貴志
Jul 24, 20239 min read
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Which one is the best engine oil? for Old Toyota 1HZ Engine, LandCruiser HZJ75 1991 model
This blog is written by a photographer living in Nairobi, Kenya. LandCruiser HZJ75 is a genuine car that he has been riding for 21 years...
岩本貴志
Jun 14, 20239 min read
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Nairobi National Park, Part 2
Is Nairobi the only city where lions can be seen in the wild? In the national park next to the city. I will write about a national park...
岩本貴志
Mar 17, 20236 min read
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Nairobi, the city of wild lions (National Park)
A lion looking at the sunset, Nairobi where you can see such a view is still attractive I have lived in Africa for many years, but I...
岩本貴志
Mar 17, 20236 min read
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YAMAHA electronic piano keyboard repair
I have a Yamaha electronic piano. A janitor who originally had no connection with musical instruments, bought a keyboard for his child a...
岩本貴志
Mar 17, 20236 min read
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Galileo satellite Io transiting Jupiter, photographed with 500mm f4 telephoto lens, Part 4
Jupiter image with higher image quality. I was surprised that a 500mmf4 telephoto lens for cameras could capture such detail. The...
岩本貴志
Mar 17, 20239 min read
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Jupiter, planetary photography with a Goyon (500mmf4) telephoto lens, part 3
Welcome to the blog of a photographer based in Nairobi, Africa. This time I photographed the planets, I took pictures of Jupiter and...
岩本貴志
Mar 16, 202310 min read
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Replace thermostat, improve engine performance! (Rankle 75, 1HZ engine)
This time, I fixed a problem with the engine cooling system of my beloved car, Rankle, so I'll talk about that. I wrote it on my blog to...
岩本貴志
Oct 21, 202210 min read
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Deep digging old lens, Nikon 50mm f1.2, relationship between aperture and star image (from f1.2 maxi
This time, I was wondering whether to add to the 50mmf1.2 review blog I wrote before. However, this lens is no longer a current lens, and...
Takashi Iwamoto
Aug 11, 202213 min read
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Fish who taught me about the tap water, the aquarium's progress
This time, I will write about what happened to the tap water, where the manager lives, that the fish I was raising taught me. I wrote...
Takashi Iwamoto
Jul 24, 202210 min read
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Introducing the video, Raising a grebe, Chapter 3 "Chicks Targeted by Turtles"
Raising a grebe, Chapter 3 "Chicks Targeted by Turtles" has been uploaded to YouTube. A masterpiece over 30 minutes! ? It has become. A...
Takashi Iwamoto
Jul 16, 20223 min read
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Land Cruiser, noise elimination when turning left, cracks and welding winding
This blog talks about the repairs made to the Land Cruiser (HZJ75 1991), which the manager who has lived in Kenya for a long time and has...
Takashi Iwamoto
Jul 1, 20225 min read
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I summarized the changes in sunspots in a video
I tried to summarize the state of the change of the sunspot for one month in the video. Please watch it. About the process of putting...
Takashi Iwamoto
Jun 20, 20223 min read
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Shooting of ISS (International Space Station), this time shooting with 3 teleconverters on 500mm f4,
Blog update after a long time. The manager updates the blog when he is free. Please note that it is a blog that writes what you feel when...
Takashi Iwamoto
May 13, 20225 min read
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Dot skip, missing dot, solution!
Some time ago, while shooting a video with Nikon and D850, I noticed that there were white dots on the screen. Some are red, some are...
Takashi Iwamoto
Feb 14, 20223 min read
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Contrary to expectations, solar activity is active!
Betraying the predictions of the sun, NASA, etc. these days, the activity has become quite active. For the time being, in this blog, I...
Takashi Iwamoto
Feb 3, 20228 min read
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What are the colors in the photo and the colors that leave an impression on you? Color changes seen
This blog, all, is delusions and speculations based on the caretaker's own hands-on experience. This time, we will consider what kind of...
Takashi Iwamoto
Jan 27, 202210 min read
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Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 original lens, practical lens that becomes more attached as you use it
The lens introduced this time is Sigma's first 120-300mm f2.8 lens. APO 120-300mm EX DG HSM. Based on the delusion of the manager, we...
Takashi Iwamoto
Jan 22, 202215 min read
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Photographed Comet Leonard (December 2021)
Photographs of comets since Neowise, which was seen last summer. This time too, I took a short shot from the window of my house. It's no...
Takashi Iwamoto
Dec 23, 20215 min read
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ISS on board Japanese businessman, International Space Station
This time, I took a picture of the International Space Station on which Astronaut Maezawa, a businessman, was on board, so I will take up...
Takashi Iwamoto
Dec 12, 20215 min read
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Nikon Z9 A great camera has come out! !! !! The content is about eyesight and the number of pixels
Evolving camera I haven't blogged for months for a while. The caretaker's current location is Nairobi, and he is alive and well. The...
Takashi Iwamoto
Dec 6, 202114 min read
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Planet photography with 500mm f4 telephoto lens, rendezvous of Jupiter and Saturn
以前サンニッパ(300mmf2.8)で撮影した惑星について、撮影の仕方などについて詳しくご紹介しました。
今回はその第二段、としてゴーヨン(500mmf4)での惑星撮影についてご紹介します。
今年2020年、7月後半、明け方の空には、水星から、海王星までの全ての惑星が勢ぞろ
Takashi Iwamoto
Jun 25, 20219 min read
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Engine start, troubleshooting, part 1 (Land Cruiser 75 1HZ 4200cc diesel)
Welcome to the blog of a cameraman who works across Africa and Japan. In this blog, the repair notes of the Land Cruiser 75, Trupy, which...
Takashi Iwamoto
Apr 23, 202115 min read
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Jupiter image, Saturn image, challenge for higher image quality with 500mm f4 telephoto lens
Jupiter was very close to Saturn on December 21, 2020. a I tried to re-edit the Jupiter photo that I posted on my blog last time with the...
Takashi Iwamoto
Mar 18, 20213 min read
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I challenged to shoot the ISS International Space Station!
This time, for the first time, I tried to shoot the International Space Station, so I would like to introduce that. The International...
Takashi Iwamoto
Mar 13, 20215 min read
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Valve clearance adjustment, Land Cruiser 1HZ engine
Welcome to the blog of a cameraman who works across Japan and Africa. This blog introduces the maintenance diary of Land Cruiser 75,...
Takashi Iwamoto
Mar 4, 20217 min read
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