Free Time Activity

By. H.Yong

Hey guys.

If you have free time, what are you doing for yourself?

Some people are surfing on the Internet or listening music. However, I think that these habits are just killing your precious time. You must do something for improving yourself. For example, in my case, I usually took pictures in Korea and collect some vintage cameras. It gave me new life style. Since I started to take pictures with film cameras, I am enjoying art museums or something like art. I became understanding what pictures or photographers want to say by photographs or pictures. I really feel and enjoy art now. Next, correcting vintage cameras also help my historical knowledge. Nowadays, I just have two vintage cameras: Minolta XE and Contax D. First one is a Japanese camera which was made in 1980’s. I could learn how Japan became the most famous country by this camera. They worked together with German Camera “Leica” which is still the top of the camera company in the world.

 Then, by Contax D which is the first SLR camera in the world helped me to understand Germany. Before World War 1, Germany had lots of famous camera companies: Kodak, Rollei, Leica, Zeiss Ikon, Ricoh, etc. Zeiss Ikon made the First SLR camera, which is called Contax S. This is the origin of DSLRs. However, after World War 2, Germany was separated. The east Germany had to improve their economy, so they made similar products of the west Germany. One of them is Contax D. “D” of Contax D means Dresden. They still used the logo of “Zeiss Ikon.” However, in the West, there was also Contax in there. Therefore, Zeiss Ikon in the East changed their name to “Pentagon” which comes from Pentaprism Contax because the West had the headquarters of Contax. Like this, I was understood the German history by my classic camera.

I want to suggest to you that please have great habit which can help or improve your knowledge or health.