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Canon L Lenses Code versus Year of Production

Posted on June 10th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

This only applies to Canon L (Luxury) lenses. Consumer type of Canon lenses (non-L) does not have these codes. Take note that this code is NOT the serial number of the lens, it is the production code printed at the rear mount of Canon L lenses.

Eg. FK0582

First alphabet “F” shows the production plant:

U = Utsunomiya, Japan
F = Fukushima, Japan
O = Oita, Japan

Second Alphabet “K” tells the year of manufacturing. In this case, the K is referring to production year of either 1996 or 1970 or 2022.

The next two digit codes tell month of manufacturing. 05 means manufactured in May.

The last two digits should represent the production count. Unsure at the moment.

So, in summary, FK0582 means that the lens was manufactured in Fukushima plant in May 1996 (most likely).

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Rose Garden, Okayama, Japan

Posted on June 10th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

Last Saturday (07 June 2008), we went to Okayama, to the very famous rose garden there. It took about 1 1/2 hour drive from our house (Saijyo, Higashi Hiroshima), but the journey was very nice.

Entrance fee is JPY600 (RM20) for adult, Megumi is free. There are a lot of roses there…I can’t remember how many…but sure nice. My wife loves roses.

Here are some photos from the trip… (more…)

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macbook battery problem - free exchanged!

Posted on June 10th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

Last week I noticed a problem with my macbook battery. My macbook shut down immediately and suddenly when I accidentally hit on the power supply loose. Yeah…it can be tripped OFF so easily. Then only I realize my battery is not working at all. When the power was plugged off, the macbook shut down immediately (power off). After some checking, confirmed no power from the battery.

With the convenience of internet, no panic, just do a search (google of course) for “macbook battery problem”. Within seconds, I found the answer.

There was a design problem with macbook battery (macbook pro also). You can read more at:

http://www.apple.com/support/macbook_macbookpro/batteryupdate/

Identifying an affected battery

Affected batteries will have one or more of the following symptoms:

• Battery is not recognized causing an “X” to appear in the battery icon in the Finder menu bar.
• Battery will not charge when computer is plugged into AC power.
• Battery exhibits low charge capacity/runtime when using a fully charged battery with a battery cycle count (as shown in System Profiler) of less than 300.
• Battery pack is visibly deformed.

I did the battery update and still can’t get my battery detected or charged. So, the next step would be to call up Apple support in Japan. Since it was late at night, so I made a phone call the following day. I think it was on Friday morning that I made the phone call.

Going through the phone call assistance, assuring the supporter person that I have done all the necessary steps to check my battery, gave them my apple serial number and battery serial number, done. By the way, there is an English phone support from Apple Japan, in case you (or I) can’t speak Japanese well. Macbook already out of warranty? No worry, Apple stated in their website that the service and exchange is valid even if your macbook is already out of warranty (my already expired the warranty period).

Today, Tuesday, I got my new replacement battery. No, I do not have to send them the faulty battery, the postman came and collect the old battery while delivering me the new battery (my wife took the delivery). Since I will be going to Taiwan next week, so the battery came right on time before my trip. I can’t imagine using a notebook without battery.

Well done, Apple Japan!

Update:

This is the battery that I received!

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Beijing Welcome You…

Posted on June 10th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

A very nice song…touching…really shows the true Chinese song…love the clean and clear beginning…

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New iPhone 3G, Twice as Fast, Half the Price!

Posted on June 10th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

“New 3G iPhone, Twice as Fast, Half the Price!” - This is the advert by Apple for their new iPhone 3G.

With 3G support now, we should see it coming to Asia very very soon!

Some rumors:

• Softbank Japan will have iPhone soon.
• iPhone will hit Singapore soon, not sure which mobile phone service provider will get it though. Singtel?

My opinion is that one need to have very fast internet connection in order to utilize the features of iPhone. Malaysia internet connection speed is still very slow, not sure how fun it is using iPhone in Malaysia as compared to other countries.

Will you get one?

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