[Journal 5] - Invited Speaker from Canon Opto

Assalamualaikum w.b.t.,

Moshi-moshi, I back writing this blog again for fifth journal for my Electronic System Engineering course. 6th November 2012, our class' venue is moved to main meeting room at level 3. We were informed earlier that today we would be hearing a talk from Mr. Mohamad Azlan Bin Amran, Senior manager, Administration Centre, Canon Opto Malaysia. Basiclly, he give talk to us about Canon and adaption of Japan-culture in their work life.

Canon Opto Malaysia, Shah Alam, Selangor

Canon's Corporate Philosophy

The corporate philosophy of Canon is kyosei. A concise definition of this word would be “Living and working together for the common good, ” but our definition is broader: “All people, regardless of race, religion or culture, harmoniously living and working together into the future. ” Unfortunately, the presence of imbalances in our world in such areas as trade, income levels and the environment hinders the achievement of kyosei. Through corporate activities based on kyosei, Canon strives to resolve imbalances in the world. Truly global companies must foster good relations, not only with their customers and the communities in which they operate, but also with nations and the environment. They must also bear the responsibility for the impact of their activities on society. For this reason, Canon's goal is to contribute to global prosperity and the well-being of mankind, which will lead to continuing growth and bring the world closer to achieving kyosei.



Mr. Azlan explain briefly about production of spherical lens, Penta Prism and Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera at Canon opto Malaysia factory. In addition, he also explain about the new lens for Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) which is Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM. For me, I think this is the small and cute lens I ever see in my life.

EF 40mm f/2.8 stm

Spherical lens

Penta prism

The Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM Pancake Lens was introduce with the Canon EOS Rebel T4i / 650D DSLR. The T4i press release revealed that "When used with Canon’s new EF and EF-S STM lenses, the camera can provide smooth and quiet continuous AF while recording video." I don't doubt the "smooth" portion of that claim, but I'm more skeptical of the claim that the Rebel T4i will not capture focus motor sounds during video recording. My T4i Kit did not ship as of Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM Pancake Lens review time, but I can tell you that the 40 STM is not a silent focusing lens. While not as noisy as the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens for example, the 40 STM emits a buzz when focusing. The noise is not bad, but I do expect some buzzing motor noise to be picked up by an in-camera microphone even on the Rebel T4i/650D - unless a sound cancellation or other technology is employed. In AI Servo mode, the 40 STM performs quite well. Honestly, I thought it would fall apart when given a reasonably challenging target. Of course, finding challengingly fast moving subjects that fill a 40mm frame (and do not impose a safety hazard to the photographer) is a bit of a challenge. The DOF at 40mm and f/2.8 is rather deep at the distances most often used for this purpose. My hit rate on the cantering/jumping horse shown above was quite high. I much prefer the 40 STM's focusing system to the systems found in the Canon EF 35mm f/2.0 Lens and Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens.

Japanese work culture
He continued the talk session with the Japanese work culture which is used in Canon which is :
-Hourensou
-San-gen
-5S

Hourensou

This abbreviation refers to one of Japan’s fundamental business communication techniques and is taught to new hires as soon as they join the Japanese workforce. Foreigners who have business dealings with Japanese also find it ideal to educate themselves with the concept of ho-ren-so.

San-gen

"San-Gen" which mean 3 Gen. First gen : GENBA mean if anything happen such as accident, we ourselves need to go to see what happen. We can't ask other people to look for us. Second gen : GENBUTSU mean actual thing. We need to see the accident with our very own eyes. Third gen : GENJITSU mean reality. We need to determine by ourselves whether the accident is reality or not.

5s of Japanese concept 

                                  5S Definitions

Japanese Term	English Equivalent	Meaning in Japanese Context
Seiri	Tidiness	Throw away all rubbish and unrelated materials in the workplace
Seiton	Orderliness	Set everything in proper place for quick retrieval and storage
Seiso	Cleanliness	Clean the workplace; everyone should be a janitor
Seiketsu	Standardization	Standardize the way of maintaining cleanliness
Shitsuke	Discipline	Practice 'Five S' daily - make it a way of life; this also means 'commitment'

Mr Azlan giving talk to student

All student focus on talk

to be continue...