Film is not dead in Taiwan. Last time, I blog about where to develop film in Taipei. In my recent second trip to Taiwan, I explored further to other parts of Taiwan such as Tai Chung and Kaoshiung. Fortunately, I managed to visit one film developing lab in Tai Chung. I believe there could be … [Read more…]
Shooting slide film is tedious if you aim to achieve accurate exposure settings for every shot. Unlike the C41 films, slide films have limited exposure latitude. After the first failed attempt and some trouble-shooting, I picked up Fuji Velvia 50 slide film to shoot again! You can read about my first attempt and where to … [Read more…]
Analogue films entail both surprise and shock. I should be immuned to this but I can’t help feeling upset for a while when my photos on Rossmann 100 came back horrible. I had previously shot 4 rolls of expired Rossmann 100 and the photos were beautiful. However, this particular last roll of the batch came … [Read more…]
Wow, it’s been 5 months since I last posted a blog post! Been so busy with my day job. So let’s continue from my previous post: I went Tokyo to buy films! As usual, I shoot films while travelling. And I used Leica M6 during this Tokyo trip. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to get my … [Read more…]
Updates (2 June 2019): The film prices listed in this blog post are outdated because Fujifilm increased their film prices! Hello fellow film shooters! I haven’t been blogging because I am very busy with my work. Thank goodness, I had a little vacation last week to Tokyo, Japan! We all know, Japan (particularly Tokyo) is … [Read more…]
Long long time ago, Lomography Asia sent me a lens of my choice to play with. I chose the Lomo LC-A Minitar-1 Art lens because it can fit both Leica M6 and Fujifilm X-pro 2 (with adapter). Below are my shots with Leica M6: On the other hand, here are the three shots with Fujifilm X-pro … [Read more…]
Today, I am going to blog about a cute little compact film camera: Olympus mju ii. It is a point & shoot compact film camera with maximum aperture of f/2.8. Mainly, I will write about my user’s experience because you can find a more accurate technical details of this camera in many other camera websites/blogs. … [Read more…]
Whew, Adox Color Implosion 100, a rare film! I bought one roll while travelled in Hong Kong in December 2016. Can’t remember the exact price but I am sure it’s not cheap, probably more than SGD10. The staff at the shop told me Color Implosion 100 is a newly invented film and it’s from Australia. … [Read more…]
The colour film to be reviewed in this blog post is the Australian film, Hillvale Sunny 16! I got my roll during my most recent trip to Hong Kong in December 2017. It costs about SGD8.40 that is considered quite expensive if you compare to the price in Australia (AUD5 ONLY). I wonder why they … [Read more…]
Hong Kong is one of my favourite ‘photography countries’ so I am blessed to be back again this year! Previously I blog about where to develop film in Hong Kong. Over there, I listed a few labs I had tried and also some input from readers. For this trip I got to try a new … [Read more…]
