The first outing of 2016 of the Singapore Photowalkers(SGPW) organized by Bernard Goh was at the newly opened National Gallery. An opportunity to bring out the Hasselblad and a roll of Rollei RPX 25Iso that I imagined well suited for Architecture.
The National Gallery is a museum displaying local collections, in a new building mixing contemporary architecture and two buildings form the colonial Area: the city hall an dthe high court.
Inside and outside the mix of the two style is visible.
Tripods are not allowed inside so all shots are handheld around 1/60s at F4. The film is very easy to scan with the old Epson V500 and the lab did not do a bad job with it.
I can let you judge the results.
I also shot a roll of Rollei Retro 400s which turned out to be so badly underexposed it is unusable. If is the second roll now, shall I blame the lab or the film? Actually I also manage to screw up another roll of 400s in the EOS1N, but I pushed that one by 1 stop. In doubt I’ll stay away from if from now on.
Here is the new year; so first happy new year to all the readers of this blog, and happy shooting. This is the time for a bit of retrospective, and I won’t miss the opportunity. 2015 was another good (in term of fun) year of film shooting. I managed to break the psychological barrier of one film a week, actually getting to 55 films (this is a roughly total of 1500 pics)
Leica M6 + Summaron : A Compression by artist Cesar
I have been shooting both travels and city (or street) , black and white, slides and color print films, both in 120 and 35mm formats, with a total of 12 different cameras.
Leica M4 + Summilux 50mm F1.4 : Lee Kuan Yew Funerals
Camera
Films
Leica M6
15
Leica M4
10
Hassie
8
Agfa isolette III
4
EOS 1N
4
Leica iiiC
4
Kiev IV
3
Heineken Toy Camera
2
Nikon F3
2
Dacora
1
Fuji disposable
1
Nikon F
1
Haselblad 500Cm +80mmF2.8 : Artist Mlle Maurice
I had been quite good GAS wise this year, my collection increased “only” by two additions:
the EOS 1N, with 50mm 1.8MKII, the body was given by a friend and I purchased a 80$ lens, so hardly any GAS here
finally I made the acquisition of a Leica M6 classic, and a 35mmF2.8 Summaron to accompany it. This is a long awaited purchase and the table above shows how much I am happy with it
Canon EOS 1N + 50mm 1.8 MKII : my friend Herman
The Leicas are on top of the list as I have now more lenses to pay with. Pity the Nikon F did not get out of the cupboard more I’ll try to do better this year. Some cameras did not get a chance: the F4, the Kodak Autographic, the Canonet, the Minolta Himatic, the Zorki but frankly this last one is not worth using. The Nikon F3, is definitely showing some focusing issue.
Leica IIIC + Summitar 50mmF2 : Young fisherman
Plans for the year: do as well next year, maybe some film only trips. Gear wise I promise to be a good boy: maybe upgrade my scanner or do some processing at home.
Kiev IV + Jupiter 35mmF2.8 : Happy Birthday Singapore
Next article I will try to do a small overview of the films I tried this year.
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