High Fidelity

The end of living in Melbourne CBD

It's been more than a month since I put up any photo or recipe. It's not that I haven't been taking photos or cooking - I've been extremely busy with moving, work and study, and was sick for about 2 weeks - all these happened in the middle of winter. I should say July is the least favourite month in the year for me.

I just moved out of the city a few weeks ago. Belows are some photos that I took near my apartment - surroundings that I used to see everyday.

First roll through Olympus 35 RC - Canberra Trip

My latest addiction - rangefinder camera. Got this Olympus 35 RC from Ebay for $40. It claimed to be the smallest 35 mm rangefinder with automatic exposure control and manual override. I brought it along on a short trip to Canberra and had a chance to test it.

The camera is actually older than me (it's from the 70's) but is still functioning well and the AE exposure is accurate. Shooting on film is so different from digital camera because you never know how the photos would turn out until they are developed.

Olympus Trip 35 First Roll - Melbourne street photography

I've been playing with my "new" old Olympus Trip 35 camera - first introduced in 1967 and discontinued in 1984 after a lengthy production run (how many cameras these days are in production for more than even 5 year?). Here are some samples from the first roll of a cheap Fujicolour film from Big W.

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