Hot FM Zoomers

On the eve of the 49th independence day celebration, Hot FM zoomers
were at the Kuala Lumpur KTM station, quizzing and
giving Hot FM freebies.

Contax G1 with Planar 45mm and Kodak T400 CN

On the road to Sungai Lembing - View 2

Rollei 35 with Ilford XP Super

On the road to Sungai Lembing - View 1

On the way to Sungai Lembing, I stopped to admire and shoot what is usually known as a secondary tropical forest. Trying very hard with 35mm format to capture the forest in a manner similar to Ansell Adam image of Aspen trees.

Rollei 35 with Ilford XP2 Super

Before the scraps thieves came to town

The slides show provides the glimpse of what the tin ore processing plant in Sungai Lembing used to look like. Locomotive heads with Hunslett mark, electrical generator that was known as English Electric and others which were specifically designed, fabricated and patented by the engineers, locally.

The locals were powerless, even though they tried very hard, to stop the scrappies that came from every corner of the country. Some even came from neighbouring countries. The authorities could not, or maybe did not, do anything to halt them. Now, the heritage is gone forever. What's left are these images only.

Compare these images which that you have seen below. They are at the same location. The only difference is that they are about two to three years apart.

All images were shot with Rollei 35 on Ilford Delta Professional 100.

Another view of some parts of Sungai Lembing as they are now

Contax G1 with Biogon 28mm / Kodak TMAX 100

My First Leica Glass - Elmar 90mm f/4

Won it on Ebay, I found that 90mm Elmar attached to Cosina Voigtlander Bessa-R a joy to handle. Below are few shots taken with it. I do not care enough if people are insisting on Leica bodies, but I do like Leica glasses from now on.

Some parts of Sungai Lembing as they are now

Contax G1 with Biogon 28mm / Kodak TMAX 100

My Voigtlander Vito B

Front View

Top View

I bought this Voigtlander Vito B from Hull Camera Exchange in Bradford, UK. From the original receipt, the camera was first purchased in 1957, the year it was produced. Wow! I was not even born yet. However, I am glad that I can associate that year with the year Malaya gained her independence from Great Britain.

Sungai Lembing Mining Artefacts (Pt. 1) - Voigtlander Vito B

A Hunslett Locomotive

Rows of Shaker Table

Vibrator Assembly that Shakes the Table

The Company Sign that Said Pahang Consolidated Company Limited
(PCCL) is based in London

The Rubberised Top of the Shaker Table

Mining Plant Spares

Another Picture of the Vibrator Assembly

These pictures were taken in 2001. Since then all iron based artefacts were stolen and sold for scraps. The buildings were burnt and nothing was left. When I was a kid, passing through this area of Sungai Lembing was a great event of the day. I will stopped and admired the working of the machines that smashed and crushed the rocks that hold the tin ores which will then be washed down the shaker (much like panning movement) to separate the black sands, rocks and tin ores.

Black and White with Canon PS G1

Putrajaya, the new seat of power for Malaysia. Photographs taken at night with digital camera Canon PowerShot G1.
(Converted to black and white using Adobe Photoshop)

Fun with Classic Camera - Rolleiflex (Part 1)

Anis Azyyati after her ice cream
(Rolleiflex 3.5f / Planar 75mm with Rolleinar 1)

Ooops Sorry! Not Dtol!

Now where do I get the Dtol from? What I have been using was Kodak XTOL, with formulation for Agfapan APX 100 El 200/Cl 0.65 Fresh 1:1 developer 5.5 minutes (and added extra 2 minutes).

Waiting for a Haircut

The dark spots on the wall are not processing artefacts. They were actual dark spots, but they looked as though they were dark spots on the negative.

CV Bessa R with 35mm f/2.5 - Fortepan 200

Another Example of Fortepan in Dtol

Roots of old trees by the Kuantan River. One thing nice though, the processing faults cannot hide the extreme contrast of Fortepan.

Fortepan with Dtol

It was one of those time when experimenting was the main thing of that particular moment. It turned out that it was such a bad idea. What I get from Fortepan 200 on Bessa-R with 35mm f/2.5 can be described as lost in translation. One of the images is shown here.

Just Starting to Blog

Hi All,

This is my first posting as a blogger. And I am a fan of Ilford XP-2 chromogenic black and white film.