I have been thinking, why is it difficult to influence and convince people to shoot film? However, I know at least I have helped raise awareness that film is still alive. How do I know that? I have encountered too many times when my friends or strangers saw me with film and they were, most … [Read more…]
13 September 2016, I bought my first serious film camera- Nikon FM2, with a 50mm f1.8 lens. I love it. It’s sturdy as a tank, even though it had let me down once and I had to send it for repair. My first film was an expired Fujicolor C200. The images from my first roll … [Read more…]
I have been wanting to get my hands on a pinhole camera. And I found a really cool and good looking one from ONDU. Although it is more expensive than a typical pinhole camera, I am willing to pay more for the design and handicraft. Pinhole camera, as the name suggests, has a light receiving … [Read more…]
I personally feel that there’s a rise of point-and-shoot wave (like Korean-wave) in the world of film photography. This makes the price of good film camera to spike! Anyway, I managed to get hold of an Olympus XA for cheap to try. Olympus XA Olympus XA is a compact rangefinder semi-manual film camera with a … [Read more…]
I am starting a new series ‘Film Diary’ to showcase pictures from ONE roll of film shot within a day with the same camera. In this way, we can better judge how a film performs in the same occasions such as weather, locations and camera/lens used. To start, I have Kodak Tri-X 400, my most … [Read more…]
The colour negative film to be reviewed in this blog post is Tudorcolor XLX 200. First of all, Tudor company, which has been sold to another company in 2009, sold the very last roll of this film in 2015. However, I heard rumour has it that Tudorcolor XLX 200 is a repackaged Fujifilm Superia 200. … [Read more…]
Thanks to my friend-cum-colleague Humaira for lending her Polaroid LAND camera model 104 to me. First of all, it’s really such a shame Fujifilm decided to stop the production of fp-100c films. Is there any company who want to take over the production? Impossible Project? Anyway, fp-100c is a peel-apart film where you need to … [Read more…]
When I first started photography and before I was introduced to Lightroom, I used Nikon’s editing software. Looking back at those old photos, I felt disgusted at how I edited them. I had a tendency to make everything look HDR (High Dynamic Range) and extremely contrasty. Anyway, I met a photography hobbyist who told me … [Read more…]
When everyone is talking about Kodak and Fujifilm, let’s not forget about AgfaPhoto Vista Plus 400! Such a long name… As far as I know, AgfaPhoto Vista Plus 400 is different from it’s original film called Agfa Vista 400 from the Agfa company. Agfa Company Agfa company went broke because of digital ‘invasion’ most probably, … [Read more…]
At present, I am active on social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and occasionally Twitter. Last time when Facebook was ‘new’, I remember being very addicted to it. Besides playing Facebook games (Pet Society and Restaurant City, etc) , I liked to post photos, stalk people, see their photos, write status and anticipate the … [Read more…]
