My last day @ BrandWorks

This is the last day, so that I decided to use film for today because it suit the moment: last memory. 

Moreover, as a beginner in film photography, using it for a whole day should teach me a good lesson.

Chinese New Year Eve

I took a day of at the Chinese New Year Eve and I had a walk with the Leica M6 and 35mm Summicron 6 elements combo loaded with Kodak Portra 400.

Antique Shop

 

I saw the interesting clock(the top left one in the first image) and asked the shopkeeper permission to shoot it. It was really low light, way darker than the final look, it took me more than 30 seconds on each shot (focus exposure, composition, re-focus, re-exposure…..). Since I'm a new student to film, I was a bit scary I would waste these two frames due to the low light condition, but they turned out Great. All I can say is to say thank again to the shopkeeper for the permission to let me spend more than a minute to shot two images (It is a really small shop and I occupied all the space). After I finished those shots, I asked the storekeeper for a portrait but he kindly declined. Otherwise I should post 3 photos instead of these 2.

P.S The quality of the film is really amazed me and I really like the natural colour look from the Kodak Portra 400.

A roll of Kodak Portra 400 Pushed to 1600

I had a photo walk with my friend Raymond in the Wan Chai area, who is an amazing film photographer, you can check out his work HERE. I intended to shoot Black and White but I only had a roll of Kodak Portra 400 in hand, I shot it at ISO1600 and pushed processed it by 2 stop.

Kodak Tri-X 400 Pushed 1600

After the Iford hp5, I tried a roll of Kodak Tri-X 400 pushed 1600 and find my ideal film.
Till now, I think both Iford and Kodak have good quality, the problem is on my side. I'm still learning to shoot film. I need to get the four things right in order to make the shot: metering, choose the distance, focusing on the rangefinder and framing inside the viewfinder. Choosing the distance and Framing inside the rangefinder every-time is still a hard job for me because I'm not confident my focusing speed so that I shot at a bad angle(further apart or not direct enough).

A walk with HP5 400 Pushed 1600

I still didn't have time to shoot film during the daytime, all I could do was to keep shooting at night. 

Since I only got the Iford HP5 400 film, I pushed it by two stop to ISO1600 for a walk at the Tsui Sha Tsui and Jordan Area.

All shot by Leica M6 with 35mm Summicron 6th Element Version 2

Film and Digital

The upper is from the Leica M6 + 35mm Summicron Version 2 with Kodak Tri-X 400 pushed to 1600 and the bottom is Fuji X-E2 35mm F/1.4. I just feel the film has more feeling and depth towards the digital. It is not any apple to apple comparison because they both have different focal length, it is just base on my emotional feeling.

First roll of film- Leica M6

I always want to own a Leica and I always look at the market to see is there any affordable one. I wanted to get a M9 but it was way too expensive. At the end I found a M6 black and a 35mm summicron version 2. Since Leica's price will not really depreciate, if it is not suit for me then I can sell it afterward. Here are the shots from shot photo walk.

All Shot with Leica M6 with 35mm Summicron Pre ASPH with Fuji Xtra 400 Film pushed to 1600.