Jainon David

DIY REDSCALE My first time to create my own redscale film. Using...

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:19:01 +0800

DIY REDSCALE

My first time to create my own redscale film. Using an expired Kodak Ultima 100 loaded it on my Yashica Electro 35CC.

The 35CC is an aperture priority camera, means you are limited on various exposures etc.. That’s why the pictures above are a bit underexposed (though i’ve pushed it to F/1.8 and ISO 25) Unlike my previous post, the LOMO XR with my NIKON FE gives me the freedom to be much more creative doing different kinds of exposures.

I’ll make another redscale, but this time i will load it to my Minolta XG-M.

NIKON FE with REDSCALE LOMO XR

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:19:00 +0800

NIKON FE with REDSCALE LOMO XR

Minolta Pocket Autopak 450ex I love the experience of using this...

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:43:21 +0800

Minolta Pocket Autopak 450ex

I love the experience of using this camera. But the fact it uses 110mm film is the reason why i can’t use it anymore.

This camera is our point and shoot during the 80’s.

CANON AE-1 Program (Photoline pro 200) My first analog...

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:07:00 +0800

CANON AE-1 Program

(Photoline pro 200)

My first analog experience.. this photoset fueled my passion in film photography!

First attempt on redscale. Using my Minolta XG-M. My second roll...

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:54:04 +0800

First attempt on redscale. Using my Minolta XG-M. My second roll is loaded on my Nikon FE. Uploading soon..

MINOLTA XG-M

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:34:00 +0800

Minolta XG-M / Fuji YKL 100

Minolta XG-M / Fuji YKL 100

Minolta XG-M / Fuji YKL 100

Minolta XG-M / Fuji YKL 100

Minolta XG-M / Fuji YKL 100

Minolta XG-M / Fuji YKL 100

Minolta XG-M / Fuji YKL 100

Minolta XG-M / Photo line pro 200

Minolta XG-M / Fuji YKL 100

Minolta XG-M / Fuji YKL 100

MINOLTA XG-M

LOMOGRAPHY Fisheye I’m not really a big fan of this lomo...

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:38:00 +0800

LOMOGRAPHY Fisheye

I’m not really a big fan of this lomo cam. but who can say no to $7?! (300php)
Now, it’s not the price that make this toy interesting. It’s the fun of using it! finished a roll of Superia 200 and there you go! FISHEYE!

Yashica Electro 35 cc

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:27:00 +0800

Yashica Electro 35 cc

Now i know how Leica gain and maintain its integrity..

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:38:00 +0800

Now i know how Leica gain and maintain its integrity..:

manilacamerastyle:

Source: aish.com

The Leica is the pioneer 35mm camera. It is a German product — precise, minimalist, and utterly efficient. Behind its worldwide acceptance as a creative tool was a family-owned, socially oriented firm that during the Nazi era acted with uncommon grace, generosity and modesty. E. Leitz, Inc., designer and manufacturer of Germany’s most famous photographic product, saved the company’s Jews.

And Ernst Leitz II, the steely-eyed Protestant patriarch who headed the closely held firm as the Holocaust loomed across Europe, acted in such a way as to earn the title, “The Photography Industry’s Schindler.”

As soon as Adolf Hitler was named chancellor of Germany in 1933, Ernst Leitz II began receiving frantic calls from Jewish associates, asking for his help in getting them and their families out of the country. As Christians, Leitz and his family were, of course, immune to Nazi Germany’s Nuremberg laws, which restricted the movement of Jews and limited their professional activities.

To help his Jewish workers and colleagues, Leitz quietly established what has become known among historians of the Holocaust as “The Leica Freedom Train,” a covert means of allowing Jews to leave Germany in the guise of Leitz employees being assigned overseas.

Employees, retailers, family members, and friends of family members were “assigned” to Leitz sales offices in France, Britain, Hong Kong and the United States.

Leitz’s activities intensified after the Kristallnacht of November 1938, during which synagogues and Jewish shops were burned throughout Germany. Before long, German “employees” were disembarking from the ocean liner Bremen at a New York pier and making their way to the Manhattan office of Leitz, Inc., where executives quickly found them jobs in the photographic industry. Each new arrival had around his or her neck the symbol of freedom — a new Leica.

The refugees were paid a stipend until they could find work. Out of this migration came designers, repair technicians, salespeople, marketers, and writers for the photographic press.

The “Leica Freedom Train” was at its height in 1938 and early 1939, delivering groups of refugees to New York every few weeks.

Then, with the invasion of Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, Germany closed its borders. By that time, hundreds of endangered Jews had escaped to America, thanks to the Leitzes’ efforts.

How did Ernst Leitz II and his staff get away with it?

Leitz’s daughter was imprisoned by the Gestapo after she was caught helping Jewish women cross into Switzerland.

Leitz Inc. was an internationally recognized brand that reflected credit on the newly resurgent Reich. The company produced range-finders and other optical systems for the German military. Also, the Nazi government desperately needed hard currency from abroad, and Leitz’s single biggest market for optical goods was the United States.

Even so, members of the Leitz family and firm suffered for their good works. A top executive, Alfred Turk, was jailed for working to help Jews, and was freed only after the payment of a large bribe.

Leitz’s daughter, Elsie Kuhn-Leitz, was imprisoned by the Gestapo after she was caught at the border, helping Jewish women cross into Switzerland. She was eventually freed, but had endured rough treatment in the course of being questioned. She also fell under suspicion when she attempted to improve the living conditions of more than 700 Ukrainian slave laborers, all of them women, who had been assigned to work in the plant during the 1940s. After the war, Kuhn-Leitz received numerous honors for her humanitarian efforts, among them the Officier d’honneur des Palms Academic from France in 1965 and the Aristide Briand Medal from the European Academy in the 1970s.

Why has no one told this story until now?

According to the late Norman Lipton, a freelance writer and editor, the Leitz family wanted no publicity for its heroic efforts. Only after the last member of the Leitz family was dead did “The Leica Freedom Train” come to light. It became the subject of a book, “The Greatest Invention of the Leitz Family: The Leica Freedom Train,” by Frank Dabba Smith. It is also the subject of a film in production, One Camera, One Life.

Thanks manila camera style for posting this.

Now i know what is the secret of Leica’s success and popularity even till now.
“I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.” - Genesis 12:3

My new toy! Zenza Bronica EC

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:36:46 +0800

My new toy!

Zenza Bronica EC

My Nikon FE “THE PLASTIC BAG” I’m a collector...

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:43:00 +0800

My Nikon FE

“THE PLASTIC BAG”

I’m a collector of film cameras. But this one is somewhat special. I didn’t bought this, a relative gave it to me. it was placed inside a “plastic bag” (that’s why i’m not expecting that something inside was a treasure..) Her word was “i’m not sure if you can still use it. if not, just sell it..” I didn’t care a glance, i just hit the road and went to a shopping mall. While i was waiting for someone in a coffee shop, i remember the PLASTIC BAG,. Went back to the car and get it. What was inside the “plastic bag” amazed me. 3 optic lenses, a flash and a Nikon FE!

A popular point and shoot camera during the 80’s. We owned...

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:38:00 +0800

Minolta Pocket Autopak 450EX

Sample image from this camera

A popular point and shoot camera during the 80’s. We owned this since 1985. i remember using it at age 5! Anyway, a thought just came in after being hooked up in film formats that we have this camera. Still working, good and perfect condition. Went online and searched for 110mm films. bought two Fuji Color and enjoyed the experience! Until stock is an issue…

How i wish it is still there at every photolab just like a 35mm format.

It was a rainy saturday morning. The day was set for a...

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:52:00 +0800

It was a rainy saturday morning. The day was set for a photowalk.

WALK. SHOOT. TALK (w/ my buddy Marc Aganon.) He gave me those yummy films, a Lomo Redscale and a Kodak Elitechrome 400. (Tnx man! my Lucky B&W is yours!) This photo is shot using my Nikon FE and a Lucky Super 200.

8am, a gloomy morning means a hot cup of Cafe Americano.

A good set to start the day right!

Saw this blog here in Tumblr. It was me and marc and our film cameras (me still holding the coffee. hehe..) posted by Manila Camera Style. Pictures taken by Dos Garcia after the said breakfast at McCafe. here is the link

http://manilacamerastyle.com/post/10965956148/analogue-from-angeles-city

My first post here in Tumblr. And everything should start in...

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:23:00 +0800

My first post here in Tumblr. And everything should start in PRAYER.