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What is in my camera bag? Bag: Billingham Hadley Pro 2020 Sage/Chocolate Camera and lenses: Leica M10 with Noctilux 50mm f1.0 E58 and extra battery Summicron 50mm f2 Rigid type 2 with E39 yellow filter (Great for both colour and black and white film/digital) B+W 58mm MRC Nano ND0.9 3 stops (allow me to use noctilux at f1 wide open during the day) Sekonic Lightmeter L-558 (been using it for 9 years very reliable in spot, flash and […]
The Leica Summilux 35mm f1.4 Pre-asph Infinity Lock: A Hidden Gem with Characters A Lens Identical to Summilux first version aka Steel Rim There are many people who would dream of owning a copy of the first version Summilux 35mm because of its rarity, outlook and Leica “glow”. Its special outlook on both M2 and M3 version really made me fond of it, especially with that sexy OLLUX hood which is so unique in the entire Leica collection. It is […]
Tintypes – Retro Style Camera App Last month I came across this amazing retro style photo from a photographer’s instagram story. I immediately messaged him and he was very kind to share the name of this app which is called TinType by Hipstamatic. I downloaded this app and played around with it for about a month for now. It is great and at first I thought it was similar to wet plate photography. Those retro style photography process which requires […]
Baked is my favourite place for brunch in Central. It is located in Elgin Street around Soho area in Hong Kong. Their owner Zahir is a super friendly guy from South Africa. Every sourdough is handmade by him with their traditional starter which they have been feeding it with care and love for over 50 years. They serve sourdough with their own passion and it pairs with different toppings. Check them out and they have super nice coffee as well! […]
A Bulky Rangefinder Lens but will do you the magic In 2010, I got myself a Canon 50mm f1.2 LTM lens and had an intensively 6 months shooting experience with it with my Leica M8 and Leica film MP camera. It was dreamy with special spinning bokeh, during that time I thought I was having the best large aperture lens available for rangefinder cameras. But GAS continuously persuading me to look at other fast lenses. So there was this thread […]
