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Adox Color Implosion 100 film review

January 24, 2018 by filmbasedtraveler 1 Comment
Color Implosion 100

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…]

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Hillvale Sunny 16 400 film review

January 7, 2018 by filmbasedtraveler Leave a Comment
Hillvale Sunny 16

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…]

Posted in: Film Photography, Review Tagged: Film Photography

Develop film in SHOWA Hong Kong

December 28, 2017 by filmbasedtraveler 3 Comments
Showa Hong Kong

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…]

Posted in: Film developing shop, Hong Kong Tagged: Film developing shop in Hong Kong

Film Diary #6: Kentmere 400 pushed to 800 on Leica M6

December 7, 2017 by filmbasedtraveler Leave a Comment
Kentmere 400 pushed to 800

Film Diary series is a project to showcase a roll of film shot on a camera in the same day. Location: Holland Village Singapore Camera: Leica M6 Lens: Carl Zeiss Biogon 35mm f2.8 Film: Kentmere 400 pushed to 800 Developer: Kodak Tmax Professional Developer (1:4), 10 mins, 20°C. Scanner: Epson V600 I rarely pushed my … [Read more…]

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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…]

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Send my films from Singapore to Darkroom8 in KL

November 7, 2017 by filmbasedtraveler 10 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
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