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Chinese New Year

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Instax Magician

This is probably one of the most quiet Chinese New Year. Most of the time I’m staying home for this holiday. Luckily I purchased some flowers before the holiday began. Hence I still have some new subjects to take pictures … Continue reading →

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Black and white pictures with Lego Contessa Nettel camera

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Instax Magician

Suddenly I wanted to take some black and white pictures with my Lego Contessa Nettel camera. It seems to be a perfect match of black and white pictures with a century old instant camera. It also fits people’s impression of … Continue reading →

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Lego camera to the beach

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Instax Magician

It is not the first time I take Lego Instant Camera – Contessa Nettel to the beach. With a camera with 100 years old, we really need to understand its characteristics to realize its full potential. The old lens made … Continue reading →

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Lego + expired film II

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Instax Magician

Shooting with expired films is an indulging experience. The pictures are so unique and there are always surprises. I particularly like shooting expired films with people. It reminds me a proverb in Chinese: With clothes the new are the best, … Continue reading →

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Lego Instant Camera shooting with expired films

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Instax Magician

So old camera should use old film. It makes a lot of sense, right? For my 100 years old Lego Instant Camera, I gonna use some “really old film” – Fuji Instax Mini film expired in Mar 2014. Merely from … Continue reading →

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China Club encounter

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Instax Magician

Recent visit to China Club. Many interesting events recently related to the renaissance man Sir David Tang.

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A night at F22 foto space

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Instax Magician

I’m honored to participate in the fantastic opening ceremony of F22 foto space last Friday. With an elegant and classy interior, F22 foto space is a gallery focusing on photo art and contemporary design. Everything associated with this gallery has … Continue reading →

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Pictures from 90 years old film camara

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Instax Magician

Follow up on yesterday’s post, here are more pictures sample from my 90-year old Zeiss Ikon Trona Lego Instant Camera. A friend of mine said it looks like pictures from decades ago, despite the obvious modern design of the film … Continue reading →

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Instant back in time – Shooting with a 90 years old Lego Instant Camera

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Instax Magician

This is probably the oldest Lego Camera in the world This is my latest attempt to revive a 90 years old camera using Lego bricks together with instant films. Not too many people would have experience to use a camera … Continue reading →

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Instax Mini 70 modification

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Instax Magician

It is a new adaption of my modification of Instax mini camera. It uses a prime lens 75mm F3.5 that I extracted from a Ross London 1620 camera. The excellent optics and 75mm view made it an ideal lens for … Continue reading →

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