{"id":49061,"date":"2025-04-06T20:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T12:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/blog\/49061"},"modified":"2026-04-12T20:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:30:31","slug":"ep247-%e7%a6%8f%e6%ba%90%e5%b1%b1%e6%ad%a5%e9%81%93%ef%bd%9ckonica-c35-mfd-38mm-f2-8-%e8%88%87-orwo-nc400-%e5%bd%a9%e8%89%b2%e5%ba%95%e7%89%87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/en\/blog\/49061","title":{"rendered":"EP247: A Day on Fuyuan Trail \u2014 Konica C35 MFD 38mm f2.8 with ORWO NC400"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nRoll #247<\/p>\n

Film: ORWO NC400 (Vetrokam 400 repackaged version)
\nDeveloped & scanned: Violet Color, 2025\/3\/26
\nCamera: Konica C35 MFD 38mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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ORWO NC400 is a film I find genuinely unsettling. The results are unpredictable \u2014 it has a tendency to come out looking nothing like what you intended, and the color rendering has a way of undermining a shot before it even has a chance. This was my last 135 roll of NC400, though unfortunately I still have one roll each of 120 NC400 and NC500 sitting in the fridge.<\/p>\n

This roll mostly documents a hike on Fuyuan Trail with my wife and son. Since a lot of the frames were repetitive, I've only picked the ones that felt distinct from each other.<\/p>\n

We've also been trying to plan a trip to Chicago. The US is enormous \u2014 we'd love to fit in some outdoor hiking, but everything near Chicago is on a completely different scale from Taiwan. Trailheads aren't a short drive away; you're looking at distances equivalent to Taipei\u2013Taichung at minimum, and sometimes Taipei\u2013Kaohsiung or even Taipei\u2013Kenting. With everything so spread out, I honestly don't know where to start when it comes to routing and whether to book accommodation along the way.<\/p>\n

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\n#1
\nVisiting friends in another city. Thanks to the 228 long weekend, the drive from Taipei to Hsinchu took over two hours.<\/p>\n

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\n#2
\nSigned my son up for a new Lego product experience event.<\/p>\n

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\n#3
\nThe new Lego Soap Box Racer \u2014 hands-on experience.<\/p>\n

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\n#4
\nHiking Fuyuan Trail in Guishan, Taoyuan with the family \u2014 my favorite trail. I'd brought a tripod, so a self-portrait was finally possible.<\/p>\n

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\n#5
\nMost of Fuyuan Trail is unpaved. I love that about it.<\/p>\n

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\n#6
\nGrowing up, nobody told me about trekking poles \u2014 I just thought hiking was supposed to be exhausting. Discovering them as an adult was a revelation. Still tiring, but so much more manageable.<\/p>\n

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\n#7
\nThe destination on Fuyuan Trail is the century-old banyan tree<\/a> in Shulin. We happened to find someone selling douhua there \u2014 good timing for a calorie refuel.<\/p>\n

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\n#8
\nThe ORWO NC400's color rendering can really sabotage a shot.<\/p>\n

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\n#9
\nThe century-old banyan tree itself \u2014 located at the boundary where Guishan (Taoyuan), Yingge, and Shulin (New Taipei) all meet.<\/p>\n

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\n#10
\nA small climb on the way back.<\/p>\n

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\n#11
\nGlad I brought the tripod. Glad the camera has a self-timer. A rare family photo.<\/p>\n

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\n#12
\nThe views along Fuyuan Trail open up like this pretty much the whole way.<\/p>\n

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\n#13
\nCold-calling at a machine tool exhibition at Taipei World Trade Center. Passed through this Keelung Road intersection on the way out \u2014 hadn't been in this area for a while.<\/p>\n

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\n#14
\nLately I've been listening to DJ YOUNA<\/a> while working. Highly recommend.<\/p>\n

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That's the full roll \u2014 Konica C35 MFD 38mm f2.8 with Vetrokam 400 (aka ORWO NC400). Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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