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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
