I went to Tai Chung, Taiwan in March. It’s been a few months and finally got my films developed. During the trip, I used only three films, of which two were developed in Tai Chung and the final one in Hong Kong SHOWA. Again, what I like about film photography is the anticipation. I let … [Read more…]
I have heard so much about Universal Studio Japan (USJ), especially their Harry Potter park. So happy I managed to go!!! We were blessed with clear and cool weather (late May). The experience in USJ was definitely better than in USS (opps) mainly because of the weather. Anyway, I made the right choice of getting … [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…]
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…]
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…]
I borrowed this Yashica T5D from my friend, Ahmad Lutfi. I have heard many good things about Yashica T4 and T5. Their prices have gone up like those of Olympus mju ii, Contax T2 & 3, etc. Yashica T5D The body of Yashica T5D is made of plastic, similar to the Olympus mju ii I … [Read more…]
After briefly mentioned about Darkroom8 KL in my older blog posts, I have people requesting me to review about the process. So here it is. Darkroom8 Malaysia Prior to the launch of their new website http://darkroom8malaysia.com , Darkroom8 only has a Facebook page so there wasn’t a detailed information on how to send the films … [Read more…]
Double/multiple-exposure is a technique where you expose two or more images (superimposed) on the same frame. Double-exposure is fun and it spikes up your creativity juice to arrange the shots according to your aesthetic vision. Why do it on film Double-exposure can be achieved simply by using Photoshop. Or on your digital camera if they … [Read more…]
