Recently I purchased a Fuji Instax 200 camera with some of their instant film to boot. It has been the go-to camera rather than my beloved K20D. Ergonomically the camera is a disaster, but this seemingly water-proof camera only has 4 buttons!
This is Jane’s Hippie-van, it was an adventure just trying to get across the city without catching on fire, running out of gas, or rolling over!
I love the imperfections of the instant films, each expired shot has its own color cast and antique feel to it.
First roll with a Pentax LX with FC-1 viewfinder. The camera is well-built, easy to use, and portable. Unfortunately this unit suffers from the sticky mirror problem as well as mis-aligned mirror, leading to several OOF shots.
Here are some images from the first roll (BW ASA400). Horace doing some repair work on a Rolleicord TLR.
Charlie’s birthday at Dosa Hut.
Watching the Soul, our church softball team. Coach Ian and Adrian prepare to get on the field.
Triumphant return after hitting a home run!
The very loud cheering section (ie Kathy).
Some action shots, a bit tough with the sticky mirror.
Quick briefing in between innings.
Doing a cheer/dance for the other team!
A thunderstorm was overhead so they called the game early. Notice the lightening in the background.
Hanging out and eating lamb curry at Justin’s house.
Mom was in HK so Dad had to cook. He went to Costco and stocked up on a lot of prepared food.
Sunday worship.
Snapshots from church. Celebrating Pastor Eric’s birthday. :)
As some of you might know, I am currently traveling in China till early July. This is a postdated entry, hopefully I can write about my experience in China next week. Till then!
Toward the end of 4B, knowing the school is undergoing many changes, many of the student teams and labs would soon be moved to the new E5 building. I really wanted to capture the different parts of university life of 2009. There was something lacking with digital camera, too much focus on aspects such as sharpness, color, and noise of the photo and miss the true objectives.
Perhaps it is the suspense with using film. In the end I decided to use the Yashica Mat-124G for the job. Fully Manual. Click.
John from the Student Machine Shop. Thanks for putting up with all our last minute projects.
Don Fraser at the Kick-off Sports Bar. I still remember the 0/10 he gave me for the C++ assignment. :)
Professor Huissoon during class prof hour.
Aaron, doing what he does best, nothing.
Paul proudly showing off his opinion regarding PDEng in the exit survey.
The lovely mural in POETS.
Andrew posing beside the Formula SAE frame he designed.
The Clean Snowmobile team. We were really scared the night they tried to start it beside the Robotics Lab.
Ben and his sexy ride trying to seduce ARGO team members…
DC Library. I distinctly remember thinking “I should be studying right now…”
Someone drew out the escape path out of MC. The key is not to look at the room numbers.
I guess it is quite fitting to be posting these photos now that we have graduated and got the paper! Hopefully these photos bring back some good memories or provide a glimpse into the 5 years that we spent in University of Waterloo.
The Yashica Mat-124G is back. This time with a bit of everything, still learning all the buttons and knobs.
St.Jacob Farmer’s Market, I learned about the local Shrine club from these gentlemen.
Toques and gloves for the winter. I had intended to focus on the man but he was moving too much for my fingers.
Pizza Nova, our Sunday one-stop with 3 mediums pizzas for $15!
Funny graffiti on the fire hydrant. I feel like that when I have 8:30am class and have to trek through the snow.
A neat display outside of a shop in Unionville.
Another perspective of the fiddler. I think we took a shot of it from all the Medium Format cameras and see how differently they all turn out.
Mamiya C330 and
Pentax 645.
A spontaneous snapshot of a fastfood stand. I am a big fan of the checkered table cloth.
