Stranger shores beyond here and now

"One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind. " says Dorothea Lange. Alas, woe to me - I may already have been long afflicted ever since I got my paws on my Gakken.

And if you were thinking... ... perhaps this post won't contain something remotely pertaining to that wretched subject, as was so in the last gazillion posts, you are sorely mistaken.

Was trying out different kinds of film for my camera.

Lemme introduce you guys to the Solaris 35mm film i got from Cat Socrates some time ago. I think it cost me $5 or maybe $6 for a pop but the effects are really stunning.

So I'll just do up a comparison between the normal Kodak gold film i use and the Solaris one.

The normal Kodak gold 35mm. ISO200

The Solaris film. ISO100.

(note, I didn't photoshop any below. It's their natural colours)

HDB near busstop.

Kodak gold.


Solaris.

Neighbour's House
Kodak gold.



Solaris. (Damn! The 1st one doesn't even look like Singapore. It looks like somewhere in Indonesia)

Shoe shots.
Kodak gold.


Solaris. (look at my colourful dopies bwahaha!)

Here are more shots from the Solaris.




As you can see, the Solaris delivers some awesomely smashing pictures. The saturation of the colours are more robust and it does have a tendency of leaving a pinkish sheen on the photos. That I Love! Damn it!

Also, i noticed the grains are less tight compared to the Kodak's which really bring out that film-ish feel to it. Now I'm using the Solaris ISO200, but seeing how well ISO100 renders - i'll be stocking up quite some more.

Yep. Would love to try out more interesting films. DNP Centuria anyone?