"Diagonal Subway Views - June 1990 (Tokyo)"

Starting with a quick view of the (by today's standards) large camera (held by myself) and then a view of the office I used to work at near Tamachi Station, then a look up at the buildings above before going underground into the subway system. First is a a ride on the Hanzomon Line, and then a transfer to the Marunouchi Line (one of the new - currently getting old! - ones, which were just being introduced at the time), and finishing with a street view at night. Notice in subway views from this time period that the windows are often open. They didn't have air condition the subway system as soon as the surface trains due to the heat generated by air conditioning units (on the trains) that would have heated the stations. So they first air conditioned the stations, and then installed air conditioning on the subway trains.

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/
http://uk.youtube.com/lylehsaxon

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Travel & Events

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• Hanzomon
• Marunouchi
• Subway
• Tokyo
• 1991

[lylehsaxon]

It looks a little large in the picture, but more than its diameter, it was really long. I had to have a second shoulder bag to carry the thing with. At the time, it was called a "prosumer" model - somewhere between typical consumer models and professional equipment. If I could have afforded to keep buying equipment, I would have been taking videos all these years. Fortunately, costs have come down enough that I can get back into it, but it's still a little expensive (editing, etc.). - LHS

[UpsidedownVieweing]

LOL! That "large by today's standard" I'll just try to pass it off as a "dude! it's a Professional Recorder!" XDD

Ah I see, people would complain about that heat during the summer time...