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Nippon Kogaku, sounds much better?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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And this one obviously has. They wear very gracefully in my opinion. Just think of all the great pictures it has taken over the decades.


cooltouch, you perfectly describe the conception of a wabi-sabi object.


PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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And this one obviously has. They wear very gracefully in my opinion. Just think of all the great pictures it has taken over the decades.


cooltouch, you perfectly describe the conception of a wabi-sabi object.


Huh. I've never thought to apply the wabi-sabi aesthetic to lens wear before, but now that you mention it, this is an on-target observation, and, yes, I suppose it is the wabi-sabi aspect, which I find appealing and agree with in many ways.

Just so's you know, I studied Japanese back in the 80s and 90s, read extensively on Japanese culture, visited Japan during the early 80s, and used Japanese as my 'qualifying language' as a linguistics major in college. So, I'm somewhat familiar with the concept, which in many ways is at the very heart of the Japanese perception of beauty.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Some things are also visible when beneath the surface Very Happy

Great, I hope to find the time to get more deeply involved with these things. I have been reading Okakura and Tanizaki, and I find a lot of truth in it - especially aesthetic truth.

Yeah, I really thing this concept can be applied to Nikkor lenses, among some others. When I buy an old lens, I often think about the photos which might have been taken with it, decades ago.


Best regards

Benedikt
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