Galaxy

Dear Friends
last time I was in Nancy (France), for the first time on my old Siemens S 35, in writing sms, I remarked that the entered characters did not correspond to the desired, typed characters. I was troubled by this  malfunctioning, but also by the idea of having to choise a new phone. But which one ? Which would be the best for me ? With this trouble, last Friday, I arrived, a bit late in Verona. I decided therefore to take a taxi. I given my address and surprisingly the taxi driver asked me: Where is it ? I replied: What ? You a taxi driver ask me where is it ? But he continued: No problem, here is my phone ! He pressed the GPS app and the phone promptly transformed itself in a Navigator . Surprised, of this performance, I asked more information. He told me that there are many kind of such phones with advantages and limitations. The Apple phones use Apple resources, all the other Huawey, Samsung, Sony, Motorola are based on the Android operating system and allow global connectivity. He proudly declared that with such phones the laptop is now obsolet. Grateful of his teaching, I willingly paid the 12 Eur of the taxi ride. A rapid serch in internet allows me to see many models, but for me, an astronomer, appropriate is a Samsung Galaxy S7. Comments from your side are welcomed.
Salutations
Giancarlo

    

M.Polo 600

Dear Friends
it is with pleasure that I send you this post for announcing that the milestones of 31000 views and 600 M.Polo posts have been reached. As usual in case of said announcement I send you the statistics of the success of the M.Polo blog (see the images). Any comment from your side is welcomed.
Salutations
Giancarlo

Anphicionid ?

Dear Friends
our Gianni kept alive my Paleo-interest for Paleontology by showing me the last acquisition of its Paleo-collection  mainly dedicated to the Amphicyonids a specie of mammal , vertebrate  carnivores , also named bear-dogs, that lived practically all over the world in the period 46.2 - 1.8 Myr ago. This superb specimen, part of a jaw, arrived from Florida and announces a difficult to idemtify individual, surely adult and probably aged as clear by the remaining worn molar (see the images). I am happy that my Paleo-interest was once again satisfied and also happy to announce you that with this post the milestone of  600 M.Polo post has been reached.
Salutations
Giancarlo

 

New life FD 28-55 mm 1:3.5 - 4.5

Dear Friends
I am happy of my Canon FD 500 1:8 , FD 50 1:8, Fish-eye 7.5 mm 1:5.6, FD 17 mm 1:4 , FD 20 mm 1:2.8 and Novoflex bellow because of their successful tests and also because they allow me to present you my old Canon FD collection. The next test of the serial New life FD lenses concerned the configuration zoom lens FD 28-55 1:3.5 4.5 ser. no.32927 - adapter - Bresser Microcam 5.0 MP (Microcam exposure time was 0.0 ms). The result is good although the zoom effect is not very impressive. Comments from your side are welcomed.
Salutations
Giancarlo

 

 

New Life FD: FD 20 - FD 17

Dear Friends
working morning today for testing the new life of my Canon FD20 mm 1:2.8 ser no. 35712  and Canon FD 17 mm 1:4. ser. no. 25605. Both the two lenses in the configuration FD lens - adapter - Bresser Microcam 5.0 MP performed well  but, surprisingly, the better results (see the images) were acquired when the exposure of the Microcam was 0.0 ms. Why ? Has the Microcam an automatic exposure mode at 0:0 ? I don't know.
Salutations
Giancarlo

New Life FD Fish-eye + Philistine Inscription 4.5

Dear Friends
this morning, five minutes ago, I terminated the tests for the new life of my Canon FD fish-eye 7.5mm 1:5.6 . ser no. 10837. The configuration FD 7.5 mm - adaptor - Bresser Microcam 5.0 MP acquired quickly and easily good images (see below) of the trees in front of my window, although not in the usual 180° circular and distorted format to which we are accustomed. Why ? Probably because the sensor of the Microcam 5.0 acquire and enlarge only the central portion of the images provided by the FD 7.5 mm. In case of better explanations, please let me know.
Salutations
Giancarlo
 P.S.: by the way, I invite you to have a look to my last article concerning the The Philistine Inscription 4.5 from Ashkelon (Israel) recently published by Advances in Anthropology.