This is why i'm oobist!

My favourite Briyani. this is an awesome party in my belly. times 2 cos i had 2 plates. thats 2 plates of awesomeness!

oobist x2....

for those who didn't know, oobist is a cool name for obese! Yes, put it in the dictionary.

Is that a leica?

Thats what my uncle asked me when i put my fuji x100s on the table, 
...of course...
i said no, i told him its a fuji, and he replied "oh i thought its a leica"... It was obvious, leica has a reputation, fuji? Well i guess not. It made sense, the x100s was designed to look like the famous rangefinder of all time,.... the leicas. for me leica is like the ferari of cameras.. 

Of course GAS strikes, telling me "Damn! Time to own a leica!"

I never once thought to ever own a leica. The price is just way too much of an affordable teritory, if i heard someone own a leica, id be like amazed, in my head id be like "wow! Rich,rich,rich,rich" or what my friend always said "rich bitch"

Now im eyeing ebay for used leica...

Have i told you that i want to shoot film?

Yes, i love vintage look camera so much, id just get the real thing, the vintage cameras themselves.

For leica, theres so much to choose! M2,M3,M4,M5,M6,M7

The digital ones are still in break your bank territory, id just get the films ones!

But of course, 

GAS will break your bank ( i want to collect em all leicas!)

Black or Silver...

Back when Fujifilm announced its first X series retro style digital camera, fuji x100.... i was stoked! It was silver in colour, to me it represents the vintage years, retro back then was all silver... my dad had a classic SLR, i dont remember the brand, it might be canon but i remember it was silver!.. i thought enough with the blacks...all black is a thing of the past...

But its not until Fuji X-M1 was announced that i decided to take the plunge, into Fuji world, i was a Canon user but my rebel is old, i need a new camera, i want a new camera.....i want a new camera that looks vintage, and only Fujis have beautiful vintage style digital camera....when Fuji X-M1 was announced, it was also the cheapest X series....same processor like the top end models, i was certain, i want it in silver! to me, the X-M1 looks best in silver, vintagey...just the way i like it....
but i guess thats what GAS made us or me, when i already owned it, it didnt feel retro, suddenly it looked like a normal camera... i guess my GAS is satisifed, just to own a brand new camera... suddenly all the appeal, lose its appeal..haha..

Then my GAS strikes me again in a space of 2 months i think, i want a really vintage looking camera....again!....i've been using my Fuji X-M1 and loving it, so i want to check out what other models fujifilm had released. Fuji X100s was already announced, read the reviews, it was a better camera than the predecessor, you know when GAS strikes, everything is cool with the camera. But an all black limited edition Fuji X100 was already announced too! and my god it looked sexy! i no longer find silver sexy...vintage sexy that is.... an all black camera is super sexy.... check out the fuji x100 in black below...

Yowzer!! isnt that sexy?? all of the sudden i hate silver... i dun really hate it but i would prefer an all black camera... but to buy an older camera doesnt make sense to me, the new one is all fixed and better camera than the old one but it only comes in silver, i've tried googling for a black fuji x100s and the fuji rep told that there are no plans to release an all black fuji x100s...even David from strobist blogspot wanted an all black x100s, he even gaffed taped his camera to all black.....but the all black Fuji X100 also cost more than the newer silver x100s....oh well to justify the price i bought the newer fuji x100s.... and i'm loving the camera!

but then of course they announced the all black fuji x100s this monday 6th Jan 2014.

Of course GAS tells me to get it.

its no longer OR,
its black AND silver.

Just got back from KK, Sabah trip last year....actually its 4 days ago..

its a recent trip that i enjoyed much and also a trip that i make full use of my fujis, the x100s and x-m1, actually not much full use, im still a lazy photographer... but its the trip that i get to use my cameras... i used to just take pictures with iphone, i still do. its easy. i have an iphone 4. let me just wait a bit for iphone 6. anyway, i will be posting pictures from my KK trip soon.

Kota Kinabalu is famous for its mountain, the highest mountain in Borneo island. Even the state's flag features the mountain. i guess that is their identity. But for this trip it was covered in mist/fog.

too bad.

This chick saved my life....more like saved my negatives

Being a noob and all, when my recesky tlr camera could not advanced the film from my first picture taking, i wind it back till the negatives is fully inside the canister! gasp! thats another 35 frames unused! but here comes google and this hot chick to the rescue... her method works! i was able to pull out my negatives....although i mod the method a bit, i used a soft thin card instead of extra negative. hopefully my noobness did not exposed the film or broke the film...whatever... im still taking pics with the recesky and waiting to finish and develop the film.

fingers crossed!

Recesky!

Recesky.... in all its glory!

Still not sure if this thing takes pictures, i might have screwed up the shutter part of this camera.... anyway... with bright light i believe i'm exposing the film but not sure with indoors... found this thing is equivalent to aperture of f11... thats too small for indoor!

Cant wait to finish my ilford and see if i have good pics or just too black or too white of exposures... yikes!

Look Mama! What i just bought...

previous post, i've been talking about old classic vintage retro cameras, because right now thats what i'm into.... and my uncontrollable GAS.... so to ease my GAS a bit i went to a local camera store to get some pictures develop when i came across a vintage looking toy camera...

yes... my GAS wants a camera, toy or not, it looks vintage, it looks cool, ticks everything in GAS department.. anyway, this camera is DIY, you assemble your own in its painass chinese manual... its like building a gundam toy robot or car models...

it took me a good 2 hours to finish it and a sore ass. in the end with the help of google...thank god google...i found an English manual to help me with the mirror part. its here if you're looking for it:-

http://receskytlr.blogspot.com/2012/03/recesky-manual-pdf.html

Cant wait to see the results... the only film they had was ill ford, lets see how the b&w turns out...

still cant believe this thing take pictures.
pressed the shutter, nothing happens.
so used to looking back at LCD
now its just wait and see...