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Australia on various analogue films

December 4, 2017 by filmbasedtraveler 2 Comments
Kodak Gold 200

Not too long ago, I travelled with 5 friends to Australia. As one of us holds a Class 4 driving license, we were able to rent a Motorhome (something like a caravan) and did a road trip from Brisbane to Sydney. Unfortunately, I was unable to visit any film lab because we were constantly moving … [Read more…]

Posted in: Australia, Travel Tagged: Australia

Review: Yashica T5D compact film camera

November 23, 2017 by filmbasedtraveler 4 Comments
Yashica T5D

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…]

Posted in: Film Photography, Review Tagged: Yashica T5D

Chain Reaction in term of photography

November 21, 2017 by filmbasedtraveler 7 Comments
Kodak Tri-X 400, Hasselblad 500C/M

This blog post is more or less talking about gear acquisition syndrome, cross out if you don’t want to read about it. Not too long ago, I chanced upon a book ‘Goodbye, things, on minimalist living’ by Fumio Sasaki. ‘Minimalism’ is not an unfamiliar term to me. I have friend who really live the minimalist … [Read more…]

Posted in: Blog, Thoughts & Reflection Tagged: Gear Acquisition Syndrome

Film Diary #5: Kodak Color Plus 200 on Leica M6

November 9, 2017 by filmbasedtraveler Leave a Comment
Little India

Film diary series is a project to showcase a roll of film shot on one camera in the same day. Location: Little India, Singapore Camera: Leica M6 Lens: Lomo LC-A Minitar-1 Art lens Film: Kodak Color Plus 200 Developed & scanned by: Triple D Singapore I received an invite from Lomography Asia for collaboration where … [Read more…]

Posted in: Film Diary Series Tagged: Film Diary Series

Send my films from Singapore to Darkroom8 in KL

November 7, 2017 by filmbasedtraveler 8 Comments
Kodak Vision3 50D 5203

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…]

Posted in: Film developing shop, Film Photography Tagged: Darkroom8, where to develop film in Malaysia

How to do double exposures on film 

November 2, 2017 by filmbasedtraveler 2 Comments
Kodak Tri-X 400

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…]

Posted in: Film Photography Tagged: Double exposures

Confession: I still love film cameras

October 31, 2017 by filmbasedtraveler 2 Comments
IlfordFP4PLUS125

Few months back, I think I blog about my wish to attain an ‘entry-level’ minimalist lifestyle. I sold my Contax TVS and Olympus XA. I don’t miss them at all. In fact, my mind feels lighter. Then, I also intended to sell the Hasselblad 500C/M. But before that, I lend it to a friend for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Thoughts & Reflection Tagged: Gear Acquisition Syndrome

Review: Kodak BW400CN C-41 Black & White film

October 26, 2017 by filmbasedtraveler 1 Comment
Kodak BW400CN

Kodak BW400CN is the first C-41 process black & white film I have tried. Unfortunately, Kodak has discontinued this film in year 2014. To the best of my knowledge, another alternative to have C-41 process BW film would be Ilford XP-2. The XP-2 is also available as a disposable camera. Anyway, the obvious benefit of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Film, Review Tagged: Kodak BW400CN

Film Diary #4: Ilford FP4 Plus 125 on Yashica T5D

October 24, 2017 by filmbasedtraveler Leave a Comment
IlfordFP4PLUS125

Film Diary series is a project to showcase a roll of film shot on a camera in the same day. Location: Johor Bahru, Malaysia Camera: Yashica T5D, Carl Zeiss Tessar T* 35mm f3.5 Film: Ilford FP4 Plus 125 Developer: Kodak Tmax Professional Developer (1:4), 8 mins, 20°C. Scanner: Epson V600 I borrowed this camera from … [Read more…]

Posted in: Film Diary Series Tagged: Film Diary Series

The need to play around

October 19, 2017 by filmbasedtraveler Leave a Comment
Kodak BW400CN

People get bored, easily. I am the same. I get bored shooting at the same place too much. I get bored using the same camera (sigh). I get bored shooting the same theme for too long a period. However, it is not an issue for visiting the same place often to shoot because things change … [Read more…]

Posted in: Blog, Film Photography Tagged: istillshootfilm
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