The formula 1 is coming to Kuala Lumpur in a matter of weeks. Tomorrow there’s supposed to be some pitstop event at the Petronas Twin Towers where the Sauber team will show off on the street. Will be there with a friend and will carry a bag packed with my camera and zoom lenses. Time should be between 2-5pm.
Right after that, I’m planning to explore the area around Malaysia’s Sepang airport. I’ve heard of the place around Sepang town, and there’s supposed to be a nice beach there. That should be around 6-7pm already by the time I finish.
Right after that I will have to pick up my wife from the airport at 9pm. Looks like I might have to pack my lunch and dinner and will be a long long day tomorow! Too bad I will be using only film so there will be no quick pictures to post here.
Developed my first roll of B&W film today. The process was ok except for some workflow problem, I didn’t mix the chemicals before I start with the developer, thinking I’ll have enough time, but at the end finding myself rushing to mix the right proportion of chemicals. THe negatives are drying and there seems to be some scratch marks around the first few frames becuase of the film picker. I tried to get the film out but the picker just doesn’t work. Finally had to pry the film canister open to get the film out.
The film I developed was a Kodak 400TX rated at EI400. Tomorrow I will develop another roll at EI1600 with all the tips I’ve learnt today.
The shop was out of wetting agent so I expect to see a lot of watermarks in the film when its dry. Ah well, can’t have it all.
Stocked up on films this weekend while roaming in Peninsular Plaza in Singapore… bought some Kodak 400TX ($5/each at RUby’s) and Fujifilm’s RVP ($10/each) + RDP ($9/each) from Cathay. Will need them for the next holiday, in case the stocks run out. At least for the RDP Provia there might not be any problems, but for RVP (Velvia 50) its quite scary. THe last trip I made to singapore there were no more stock of RVP.
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