Hello handsome!

Alif at the barbershop

Zamil & Family

Here's the whole gang except for cute Nana who has been featured elsewhere. They are (from top) Zamil & Liza, Akif, Sara, and Zurin. Sorry if I got the spellings wrong

Chinatown KL after a downpour

I had just been to see Mr Wong who helps out in his wife's cake shop nearby. Mr Wong incidentally is a great lens repair technician. And cheap too. I've no complaints to date

The Power of Prayer!

A prayer altar - hope the pipes and valves work as intended

Fuji 100 Acros

Recently I got the chance to get reacquainted with Fuji Acros 100 film. I last used this film (in 120 format) in 2003 and looking at my film processing notes, I processed it in Rodinal 1+200 and "stand developed" for 2 hours at 20 degrees C. As the air conditioner in my darkroom is always set to 23 deg, I supposed the temperature of the developer at the end of the development period must have been around 23 degrees C. The results then was not that bad, but was not outstanding either.

This time round, in 35mm format, I decided (from looking at the various forums in the net) to use Rodinal at 1+50 for 10 minutes, using the Jobo processor.

Looking at the results, reminded me of what Roger Hicks wrote in the UK magazine Black & White Photography. If I remember correctly, he said that Acros is not as sharp as Ilford Delta...... it would suit the larger formats where sharpness is not the issue. Here are my pics from the Acros film.

Florist

Florist with a cup of tea in hand, taking a break

Nasa

Nasa on her wedding day, checking out the pics from her compact digital p&s

Alif

Here's the first pic. My son Alif, who regularly models for me for the occassional ice cream and/or lollipop. Neg. info f5.6 1/125

Zeiss ZM - Starting out

Hi everyone. As the name ZEISS35BIOGON suggests, this blog will be posted with pictures captured using the Zeiss Ikon camera with the Zeiss 35 Biogon ZM lens which I acquired recently. My decision to buy this combination was not taken lightly, as I have been using rangefinder systems for a number of years, and have used the other venerable German brand in the past.

I went through quite a few postings in forums about the Zeiss ZM system and grateful to the writings of http://www.1point4photography.com/blog. The author (and photographer) Matt Alofs' user review was informative and subsequently influenced me to get the Zeiss ZM system. And I am pleased to say the least.