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Recent Posts
- Amazing shooting with Kodak Retina II using 2009 expired film
- Lego digital camera – “Percy” – All you need is love
- A peculiar incident on a Minolta 7s camera – Part 2
- A peculiar incident on a Minolta 7s camera – Part 1
- Revisiting three old pictures taken with Canonet QL17
- New York
- The only Instax taken outdoor this week
- Daily pictures with Kodak Retina iia
- A trip to London with Instax Square
- Chinese New Year
- Take another year to finish a roll with Kodak Retina iia
- Shooting 35mm film on Yashicaflex
- Moments like these
- HMV has gone; these are our last instant pictures
- World First Instax Square SQ6 modification with a Voigtlander lens
- Took a year to shoot a roll with Canonet QL17 camera
- Black and white pictures with Lego Contessa Nettel camera
- Lego camera to the beach
- The blossom
- Shooting with modified Mini 70
- Lego + expired film II
- Lego Instant Camera shooting with expired films
- Lomography’s article on Lego Instant Camera
- China Club encounter
- Picture of the day
- A night at F22 foto space
- Pictures from 90 years old film camara
- Instant back in time – Shooting with a 90 years old Lego Instant Camera
- Lomo Instant Wide Modification
- Instax Mini 70 modification
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The day on the peak
After shooting an album for my good friend in HKU, we have went to the Peak to spend a lovely afternoon. He insists to give a big hug to another kid…
Instax Wide Ross Ensign
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Meet up with my dear old friend
Last night there was a typhoon striking Hong Kong. I was meeting with my very good friend for dinner. We have endless topics everytime we met. As she is now not living in Hong Kong, I only saw her a couple times a year, which made our gathering time more precious. I was arriving late, partly relating to the typhoon. I was surprised she ordered a bottle of white wine when she was waiting for me.
Instax Wide Ross Ensign – F4, 1/10s, 1.2m
The most challenging part of the above picture is to shoot at wide open aperture, which needs very accurate estimation of distance to focus, due to the ultra narrow depth of field.
Instax Yashica Mini – F4, 1/8s, 0.9m
I like the plate, the concentric high contrast pattern. This picture reminds me the Taiwanese Bookstore Eslite (誠品).
These pictures show the merit of lens with large aperture value of F3.5/4. With suitable techniques, low shutter speed of 1/4-1/8s are usable. It makes the pictures at night very pleasing without flash. I’m indulged in the dissolving and dark background. For some lens with average quality or the native lens of the instant camera, the black color is not very solid, which reduces the dramatic contrast of the background and the subject.
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A night at a restaurant
This picture was shot tonight after dinner. Taking the column in the road as leverage and exposed for 2 seconds. There is a peaceful feeling to this restaurant. It is located in a old region Tai Po Hui. In the forum, many people said they have lots of childhood memory in the shop. I appreciate they have some ingenuity in their operation. For instance, they setup a book/comic shelf in the restaurant that allows the diners have a taste of the spiritual fruits provided by the books. To ensure I can still enjoy the dinner, I took a not-so-academic book – a sci-fri comic book called Chronowar (電夢時空).
Instax Wide Ross Xpres － F11, 2s
Shoot at Sept 24, 2016 (Sat)
Eightland Cafe Restaurant in Tai Po
Why modify a Fuji Instax Camera? Introduction of Ms Instax Yashica Mini
When people use the Fuji Instax camera for awhile, they will usually have a few questions:
- Is it possible to turn off the flash light? (The faces are all over-exposed!)
- Why the background all dark when shooting at night?
- Is it possible to have bokeh? Can the background be blurred when the subject is clear and nice?
It leads us to realize that Fuji only produces a very basic camera that provides only “point-and-shoot” function. It is good for commercial purpose as it minimizes the learning curve of the buyers. But when the buyers are more educated, they are unsatisfied.
Hence, we modify the nicely built and cute Fuji Instax Mini with a vintage lens. Yes, it can do all the three things above – turning off the on-camera flash, retaining the background during night shooting, providing bokeh to the subject. It is no longer an innocent camera. It is a professional camera but with a somewhat cute look.
May I introduce Ms Instax Yashica Mini. She is the modern day heir of Yashica and Instax family. For the days to come, I shall introduce more features of Ms Instax Yashica Mini.
Fuji Instax Mini 7s with Yahsica lens
Capable of connecting external flash. The on-camera flash has been disabled.
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Tram at the station from the old dynastic
The focus of the picture is not the tram, but the tram station. It is a rare fit of an old dynastic advertisement perfectly blended with the trams from the colonial era. I love this tram station ! Please don’t remove it !
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Instax Wide Ross Ensign
Shoot at September 22, 2016 (Thur)
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A reading girl in the coffee shop
A girl was reading peacefully among the lunch chatters. Her Korean style dress fits nicely to her shirt and stands out from the dark environment. It already had a good contrast even without the wide open aperture from my Instax Yashica Mini.
Instax Yashica Mini – F5.6, 1/30s, 1m
Coffee Academics, Wan Chai, HK
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