It is hot every day. Hot beyond hot. It’s so hot this year. Tokyo feels even hotter because of the poor wind flow. When it’s this hot, I can’t help but sweat even when I move around a little. I feel that it is only in Japan that the air conditioner is not at the level of cold, although it feels cooler when I enter a building, probably due to the electricity measures. In the U.S., air conditioners are always high powered (So super cold for me). I want to be careful not to bad condition from the air conditioning.
The most attractive feature of Fujifilm cameras is the film simulation. Of course, other aspects of Fujifilm cameras are appealing as well, but the official film simulation is based on the aesthetics of the manufacturer, which is something only Fujifilm can do (Kodak, ILFORD, etc. can do it too, if they want to). There is not much documentation on this film simulation. The catalogs describe the simple characteristics of film simulation, but it is difficult to find a document that describes the details behind the film simulation and what the purpose of the film simulation is. In fact, did you know that Fujifilm has a page called “X Stories” on its website? Although the articles are a bit old because it has been some time since each film simulation was introduced, there is a page that describes the characteristics of each film simulation in Fujifilm’s own words. If you are interested in the specific intentions and thoughts behind the creation of each film simulation, please take a look at the following pages.
The other day I went to Okinawa for two nights and three days. I flew there by airplane, and although it is commonplace nowadays to use Wi-Fi service on airplanes, the Skymark airlines airplane I flew on this time did not have Wi-Fi service. I felt as if I might be left out of what is happening in the world, but what is not there is not there, so I had to give up contact with the outside world for the three-hour flight from Haneda to Naha (two hours on the way back). So, how will I spend my time on the plane? Skymark does not offer in-flight entertainment. Do you download movies to your iPhone or iPad and watch them? Play games the whole time? In any case, there is no idea of escaping from digital devices, is there?
In September Apple event, the iPhone 12 still available in the list, but the iPhone 12 mini is the end. iPhone 13 mini remained, fortunately. The iPhone 12 mini, a mini model that was a bit cheaper due to its smaller size, must have the problem of being priced similarly to the SE. The SE is also better than the 12 mini in terms of performance. I think the fact that there is a new iPhone 14 Plus has also had an impact.
What will happen to the mini model in the future? It is too early to say, but will there be a new mini model in the iPhone next September? What will happen to the mini and Plus models in the future? I took the liberty of making a prediction based on the sales cases up to that point.
I think that there will be no mini model next year. The Plus model has appeared in place of the mini model for the first time since the iPhone 8. I think that there will release Plus model and be no mini model next year either. Along with that, sales of the mini model will end. I believe that the mini size will disappear from the iPhone lineup once and for all.
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