say hello to my cameras

inspired by rhianne's post about her amazing camera collection and a twitter convo we had, i decided to document my camera collection as well.

01. all of my cameras
02. lomography fisheye 2, holga 135bc
03. fuji instax mini 7s, powershovel golden half
the holga 135bc was my first camera that i bought in april last year to bring along for my grad trip. after that i added the golden half, fisheye 2 and fuji instax mini 7s to the collection. go here to read about how i acquired the fisheye and here for the golden half's story.

04. pentax espio 140m, twinway star panorama
my mum found the pentax espio 140m after spring cleaning recently. i need to find a compatible battery for it to check if it's working. also, there's a roll of film still in it which makes me really excited to find out what did we last use the camera for! the twinway star panorama was picked up for $3 at a thrift store. it's able to take both normal and panoramic pictures. i have tested it once and it takes pretty decent panoramic pictures. good bargain!

05. nikon fm, canon canonet 28
the nikon fm was my father's who handed it down to me after he discovered i was into film photography. unfortunately, the shutter malfunctioned on the second roll i ran through it. it has to go to the hospital soon :( the canon canonet 28 was given to me by a friend's mum. it has a cloudy viewfinder so i will have to send that for a check too. otherwise, everything seems to be in order.

so that's all the cameras i currently have! currently being the important word in that sentence. i am sure i will add to this little collection before long. but at least not in the next six months. i imposed a six-month camera no buy on myself because i haven't had enough chance to learn my way around all these cameras. also i need to save some money! :)

do post up your camera collection, nothing more i love more than ogling at cameras! :)

[cambodia 2010] i ♥ instant pictures

it's twirl about tuesday! [okay, i totally made that up, but i think a little twirl around the office, bedroom, classroom could totally make your day a little better :) ]

today i have six more instaxs from cambodia. the first was taken at the bayon and the second was at bantey srei, a beautiful little fairyland of a temple. both these temples are part of the angkor complex. the third and fourth pictures were shot at the grand palace in phnom penh, the capital. angkor is in siem reap, north of phnom penh. the fifth picture is of the national museum of cambodia and the sixth is wat phnom, the founding spot of phnom penh.

i really wish i had more instax film with me. i love how soft and dreamy the pictures turn out to be. i couldn't snap more because i only had 1.5 packs and i really really had to ration myself, a very torturous exercise i wish never to subject myself to ever again! thank goodness, i have loads of friends who own the fuji instax too, we are planning to bulk buy the film at super cheap prices! i never ever want to run out of instant film if possible when travelling!

(p/s: go here to see my other instaxs from cambodia)

click & whirl, the picture appears!

 

while packing my cameras for the trip to cambodia, i was convinced by rhianne to bring my fuji instax mini along for the ride as well. never for one second did i regret it! we got family photos on the spot and whoever it was that i asked to help with pictures were instantly charmed by it. everyone was surprised when the picture popped out at the top. it was so funnyyy to see their surprised faces! when i next travel, you can be sure the instax will be the first thing i throw (not literally of course) into my bag!

i took instaxs at almost every spot we visited, including a family picture whenever possible. i think my dad is secretly fascinated, he keeps asking to see the pictures and telling people about those photos when we got home. haha!

the first three pictures are from tonle sap, the largest freshwater lake in southeast asia. there are many communities who live on the river and on the banks of the river. the next three pictures are from angkor wat. the green/black spot in the fourth picture is actually the sun! unfortunately the last picture wasn't exposed very well, not much light and we were a bit too far from the camera :( most of the pictures that i took within angkor wat wasn't exposed very well because of the lack of light.

p/s: i apologise for the border around the pictures, it comes along with the template and i can't figure out how to get rid of it. because of the way i cropped my pictures after scanning them, it looks rather untidy.