Roll 247
Film: ORWO NC400 (this is the Vetrokam 400 repackaged version)
Developed & scanned: Violet Color 2025/3/26
Camera: Konica C35 MFD 38mm f2.8
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For me, ORWO NC400 is a film that makes me quite uneasy, because the images it produces carry a high degree of uncertainty — it's easy to end up with something that isn't what you wanted. This is my last roll of 135 NC400, and unfortunately, I still have one roll each of 120 NC400 and NC500 in stock. This roll mainly documents my wife, son, and me hiking the Fuyuanshan Trail. Since the photos are quite repetitive, I've only picked out a few of the more distinct ones to share.
Lately I've been fretting over planning a trip to Chicago. America is so big. We want to arrange some outdoor hiking activities, but the area around Chicago isn't like Taiwan — you can't just drive a short distance to get to a mountain. Distances routinely start at something like Taipei to Taichung, and the next tier up is Taipei to Kaohsiung, or even Taipei to Kenting. With the attractions so spread out, I genuinely don't know where to begin in terms of ordering the itinerary, or whether we'll need overnight stays.
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#1
This day we visited a friend's home in another county. Because of the 228 long weekend, it took us over two hours to drive from Taipei to Hsinchu.
#2
Signed my son up for a Lego new-product experience event.
#3
The Lego soapbox derby new-product experience.
#4
This day the family hiked the "Fuyuanshan Trail" from Guishan, Taoyuan — the first mountain path I came to enjoy hiking. Since I'd brought a tripod, I could take self-portraits.
#5
The Fuyuanshan Trail has very little paved surface, and I love it that way.
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As a child, information was scarce and I didn't know you were supposed to use trekking poles for hiking, so I always found it exhausting. Only as an adult, once I learned trekking poles existed, did I discover how much effort they save — though hiking is still tiring.
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The destination of the Fuyuanshan Trail is the Century-Old Banyan Tree in Shulin. They happened to be selling douhua today, so we're refueling on calories with some tofu pudding.
#8
The color gradation of ORWO NC400 photos really does ruin everything!
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The Century-Old Banyan Tree itself, located at the junction of Guishan (Taoyuan), Yingge (New Taipei), and Shulin.
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A small uphill on the way back.
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Thank goodness I carried the tripod up, and thank goodness the camera can self-time — a rare family group photo.
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The scenery all along the Fuyuanshan Trail is this open.
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This day I was out visiting a client — the machine tool exhibition at TWTC in Taipei — and passed the Keelung Road intersection afterward. Hadn't been here in a long time.
#14
I've been listening to DJ YOUNA's music a lot while working lately. Recommended.
That's this roll — Konica C35 MFD 38mm f2.8 with Vetrokam 400 (aka ORWO NC400). Thanks for reading.
