{"id":49067,"date":"2025-03-20T01:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T17:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/blog\/49067"},"modified":"2026-04-12T20:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:42:16","slug":"ep245-%e7%b4%ab%e8%98%bf%e8%98%ad%e6%95%b8%e4%bd%8d%e5%bd%b1%e5%83%8f%e4%b8%ad%e5%bf%83%ef%bd%9colympus-pen-ft-%e8%88%87-kodak-vision3-200t-5213-%e9%99%a4%e7%a2%b3%e9%9b%bb%e5%bd%b1%e5%ba%95%e7%89%87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/en\/blog\/49067","title":{"rendered":"EP245: Violet Color, Taipei \u2014 Olympus Pen-FT with Kodak Vision3 200T\/5213 (Remjet Removed)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45832\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560020.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560020-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560020-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560020-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRoll #245 \u2014 my first half-frame roll where the double frame count actually sank in<\/p>\n<p>Film: Kodak Vision3 200T\/5213, remjet removed (Reflx Lab 200T repackaged version)<br \/>\nDeveloped & scanned: Violet Color, 2025\/3\/5<br \/>\nCamera: Olympus Pen-FT<br \/>\nLenses:<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 60mm f1.5<\/p>\n<p>-<\/p>\n<p>I'm not a self-styled photographer chasing personal milestones. I'm just an ordinary person who finds shooting film genuinely fun \u2014 I treat it like a toy, an adult toy, where the enjoyment comes from the act of using it, not from waiting to see the results.<\/p>\n<p>This roll marked two firsts for me. First time shooting a full roll of half-frame in landscape orientation. First time developing at Violet Color on Hankou Street near Taipei Main Station.<\/p>\n<p>I'd been meaning to try Violet Color for a long time, but it was never on my route, so I kept putting it off. Then one day I happened to be near Taipei Main Station with a finished roll in my pocket. I checked Google Maps, realized Violet Color was a short walk away, and decided to go see if they handled 127 film. This was for the Baby Rolleiflex I'd picked up \u2014 a Rolleiflex 4x4 \u2014 which takes 127 format.<\/p>\n<p>As far as I've been able to find out: Jin Ying in Changhua handles 127, Li-lai in Xinzhuang doesn't, and Violet Color does \u2014 both color and black and white. When asking about niche formats, it's worth going in person rather than calling; since it's not a standard item on the price list, you're more likely to get a \"no\" over the phone than you deserve. I asked at all three in person, and got better answers that way.<\/p>\n<p>Walking into Violet Color for the first time, I was immediately struck by how busy it was. Four groups ahead of me, all there for film \u2014 dropping off, picking up, or buying. The location helps, obviously, but they also stock more than just Kodak \u2014 Ilford, repackaged cinema film, and more. You can replenish your stock while you're picking up a developed roll. And the prices are lower than online.<\/p>\n<p>This roll covers two chapters: the first half is Chinese New Year in Taichung with my wife and five-year-old son, the second half is daily life back in Taipei \u2014 including an OM System OM-3 hands-on event, a family hike in Tucheng, and a lot of living room views. It was also my first time using the Olympus Pen F 25mm f4, which I consider the closest match to the Pentax 17's 25mm f3.5 in the entire Pen F lineup \u2014 similar aperture, same 25cm minimum focus distance. The advantage of the Pen F system is that it's SLR: what you see is what you get, which eliminates the guesswork that comes with the Pentax 17.<\/p>\n<p>Half-frame means a lot of frames. I've selected 63. Take your time.<\/p>\n<p>-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45818\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2707\" height=\"3840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560001.jpg 2707w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560001-768x1089.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560001-1083x1536.jpg 1083w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560001-1444x2048.jpg 1444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2707px) 100vw, 2707px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#1<br \/>\nDeciding which lens to mount on the Pen-FT for the Taichung trip \u2014 going through old shots in Lightroom, then settling on the lightest option: the 38mm f1.8.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/30, f1.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45819\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560003.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560003-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560003-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560003-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#2<br \/>\nWe were at a kiln-firing farm in Changhua (Lecai Greenhouse Leisure Farm), and since it was sweltering, my father-in-law came over with a basket of drinks. I spotted a can of Assam Milk Tea \u2014 the packaging brought back a rush of childhood memory. Not the same drink anymore, but the label still hits. This was also my last roll of the Reflx Lab Kodak Vision3 200T\/5213. Looking at these colors \u2014 that mix of warm and cool \u2014 I immediately wanted to order ten more.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/500, f2.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45820\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560004.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560004-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560004-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560004-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#3<br \/>\nThere was a fish-scooping game for the kids \u2014 they loved it. Poor fish, though. Years ago at Arakawa Amusement Park in Tokyo, I saw a fish memorial stone next to the fishing pond \u2014 a small monument for the fish that had been caught and released so many times they eventually didn't make it. Standing beside it made me want to be more careful with them. All I can say is: may they rest in peace.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/125, f2.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45821\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560005.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560005-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560005-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560005-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#4<br \/>\nOur kiln \u2014 whole chicken inside. The smoke was thick enough to sting your eyes. We couldn't stay anywhere near it.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/500, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45822\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560006.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560006-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560006-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560006-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#5<br \/>\nMy brother-in-law and the kids. Looking at their clothes, I realize I completely forgot to wear red for the New Year.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/500, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45823\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560007.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560007-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560007-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560007-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#6<br \/>\nCherry tomatoes from the farm. Genuinely delicious.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/250, f2.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45824\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560008.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560008-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560008-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560008-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#7<br \/>\nA closer look at the tomato flowers.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/500, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45825\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560009.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560009-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560009-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560009-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#8<br \/>\nMy son and wife \u2014 he's nearly six here and looking so familiar to me. I started shooting digital (M4\/3) when he was around two, then got into film when he was three. Film photography is approaching its third year now, which in school terms would be the end of middle school. I'm genuinely glad I started. Looking back through those years of photos, I feel content. People often ask what the difference is between shooting on a phone and shooting on a camera. My answer: they're just different toys. Different shapes, different ways of playing. You can't know what it feels like from watching someone else do it.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/250, f2.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45826\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560013.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560013-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560013-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560013-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#9<br \/>\nSecond day of the New Year and I still had to work. Walked from my in-laws' place to a Louisa Coffee near the Wuquan West Road and Meicun Road intersection and opened the laptop.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/500, f2.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45827\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560015.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560015-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560015-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560015-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#10<br \/>\nSpinning tops in Taichung \u2014 good fun. I played with these as a kid too.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/500, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45828\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560016.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560016-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560016-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560016-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#11<br \/>\nThe Pen-FT tops out at 1\/500 \u2014 that's about as fast as you can freeze motion. Since all Pen F bodies share that 1\/500 ceiling, I'd recommend pairing the system with ISO 200 film. It lets you shoot wide open in most situations. The 200T handled dynamic range beautifully on this roll. I wouldn't recommend the 500T for the Pen F though \u2014 with a 1\/500 max shutter, you risk overexposure at wide apertures in bright light, but stopping down defeats the whole point of these lenses. My recommendation for the best color film for the Pen F system: Kodak Vision3 200T\/5213, no question.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/500, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45829\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560017.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560017-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560017-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560017-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#12<br \/>\nI used to think Mika Nakashima had great eyebrows. Yes, specifically the eyebrows.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/30, f1.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45830\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560018.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560018-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560018-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560018-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#13<br \/>\nA Tuesday overtime evening. Cracked open an Asahi.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/30, f1.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45831\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560019.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560019-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560019-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560019-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#14<br \/>\nWriting at some point past midnight on a Thursday, hungry enough to open a bag of shrimp crackers from the pantry. If I could only keep one snack in a post-apocalyptic world, it would be these. Original flavor.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/30, f1.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45832\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560020.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560020-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560020-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560020-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#15<br \/>\nSame Thursday, later \u2014 I glanced at the clock and it was past five in the morning. Time to sleep.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/30, f1.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45833\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560021.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560021-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560021-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560021-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#16<br \/>\nSaturday morning, 8:29am. Looking at a pile of clothes I'd only half-sorted the night before because work ran long.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1s, f2.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45834\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560022.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560022-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560022-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560022-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#17<br \/>\nMy son took this one of me.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1s, f2.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45835\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560023.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560023-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560023-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560023-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#18<br \/>\nA quiet record of my son's workspace. The cardboard panels around it are a partition he built himself.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/60, f1.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45836\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560024.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560024-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560024-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560024-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#19<br \/>\nAnother Monday morning at MOS Burger, working before a client meeting in the afternoon.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/60, f2.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45837\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560025.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560025-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560025-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560025-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#20<br \/>\nAfternoon tea \u2014 very pure, because it will absolutely keep me up at night. Shot hand-held, which means I was still functioning.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/4, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45838\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2707\" height=\"3840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560026.jpg 2707w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560026-768x1089.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560026-1083x1536.jpg 1083w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560026-1444x2048.jpg 1444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2707px) 100vw, 2707px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#21<br \/>\nThe limit of what the Olympus Pen F can do when tracking a moving cat.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 60mm f1.5 (1\/500, f2)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560027.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45839\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560027.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560027.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560027-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560027-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560027-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#22<br \/>\nA resolution test. Half-frame is half-frame \u2014 it will always be half-frame.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/250, f8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560028.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45840\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560028.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560028.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560028-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560028-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560028-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#23<br \/>\nCelebrating my son's sixth birthday at Pin Tian Ranch.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/30, f1.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560029.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45841\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560029.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560029-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560029-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560029-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#24<br \/>\nFor me, the 60mm f1.5 is the standout lens in the entire Pen F system \u2014 wide open, it's remarkable. Here my son is building his sixth birthday gift: Lego Technic Kawasaki Ninja H2R (42170).<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 60mm f1.5 (1\/60, f1.5)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560030.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45842\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560030.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560030.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560030-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560030-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560030-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#25<br \/>\nAnother angle. Safe hand-hold speed for the 60mm f1.5 is 1\/60.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 60mm f1.5 (1\/60, f1.5)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45843\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560031.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560031.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560031-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560031-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560031-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#26<br \/>\nHalf-frame product shot test, starting with the 60mm f1.5 at minimum focus distance. For product photography, longer focal lengths are just more flattering \u2014 everything sits flat and balanced. This already confirms it.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 60mm f1.5 (1\/250, f11)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560032.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45844\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560032.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560032.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560032-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560032-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560032-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#27<br \/>\nSwitching to the 38mm f1.8 \u2014 higher magnification, but distortion creeps in. The bottom of the ice cream starts to narrow.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/250, f11)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560034.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45845\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560034.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560034.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560034-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560034-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560034-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#28<br \/>\nThe 25mm f4 gets similar magnification to the 38mm, but the distortion is noticeably worse. Wide-angle lenses just don't work for close-up product shots.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/250, f11)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560035.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45846\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560035.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560035.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560035-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560035-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560035-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#29<br \/>\nMy son got up at 5:59am to continue building the Lego he hadn't finished the night before. Excellent. Good for focus and concentration.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/60, f1.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560036.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45847\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560036.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560036.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560036-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560036-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560036-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#30<br \/>\nAfter the build was done, we noticed something was off. That evening around seven we decided to crack it open and check \u2014 and ended up dismantling almost the entire thing and rebuilding from scratch. We finished at 11:43pm.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/500, f2.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560037.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45848\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560037.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560037.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560037-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560037-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560037-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#31<br \/>\nDocumenting the Lego instruction booklet.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/60, f2)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560038.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45849\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560038.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560038.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560038-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560038-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560038-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#32<br \/>\nA busy Friday. Eating dumplings for lunch while catching up on a parenting newsletter.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/60, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560039.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45850\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560039.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560039.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560039-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560039-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560039-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#33<br \/>\nSaturday morning \u2014 English class for my son. Before class we stopped at a breakfast place for intestine noodle soup because he insisted. We only had five minutes. We were late. Worth it.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/60, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45851\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560041.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560041-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560041-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560041-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#34<br \/>\nShot on Dihua Street in Taipei \u2014 I've never properly explored this area. It looks like the kind of place that rewards slow wandering.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/250, f8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560042.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45852\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560042.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560042-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560042-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560042-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#35<br \/>\nAttending the OM System OM-3 hands-on event at Olympus Plaza Taipei in Dadaocheng.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/60, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560043.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45853\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560043.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560043.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560043-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560043-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560043-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#36<br \/>\nGenuinely moved by the presenter euyoung's talk. Real sincerity \u2014 I have a lot of respect for that.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/30, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560045.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45854\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560045.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560045.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560045-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560045-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560045-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#37<br \/>\nThere was a queue to try the OM-3, so I stepped outside and wandered for a bit.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/30, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560046.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45855\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560046.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560046.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560046-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560046-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560046-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#38<br \/>\nLooking back at my shots, I realized I never photographed the OM-3 itself. I think that says it all \u2014 no spark. And I once owned the original Olympus OM-3, so seeing this new camera carry that name gives me a strange feeling. Its design clearly follows the OM-1 lineage, yet it calls itself the OM-3 \u2014 while the actual OM-3 looked nothing like this.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/30, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560047.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45856\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560047.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560047.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560047-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560047-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560047-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#39<br \/>\nI have complicated feelings about where OM System has ended up, but I genuinely respect the dedication of the Taiwan distributor, Yuan Yu, in keeping things going.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/30, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560049.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45857\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560049.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560049.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560049-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560049-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560049-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#40<br \/>\nWalking through Dihua Street after leaving Olympus Plaza \u2014 found some interesting little things along the way.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/30, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560050.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45858\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560050.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560050.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560050-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560050-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560050-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#41<br \/>\nOld signage typography just hits different.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/250, f8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560051.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45859\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560051.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560051-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560051-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560051-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#42<br \/>\nTonight's dinner.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/30, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45860\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560052.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560052.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560052-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560052-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560052-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#43<br \/>\nFamily hiking day.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/30, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560053.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45861\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560053.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560053.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560053-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560053-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560053-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#44<br \/>\nWe climbed some rocks. Documenting it.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/30, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560054.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45862\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560054.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560054.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560054-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560054-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560054-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#45<br \/>\nThe Costco Cascade trekking poles are actually quite good.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/125, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560055.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45863\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560055.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560055.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560055-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560055-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560055-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#46<br \/>\nThe 25mm f4 is significantly smaller and lighter than the 25mm f2.8 \u2014 a better hiking companion. It handles close-up shots just fine too.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/125, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560056.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45864\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560056.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560056.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560056-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560056-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560056-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#47<br \/>\nDepth of field test \u2014 this one at f8.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/250, f8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560057.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45865\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560057.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560057.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560057-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560057-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560057-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#48<br \/>\nFor close-up work, f4 on the 25mm actually holds up fine.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/250, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560058.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45866\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560058.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560058.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560058-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560058-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560058-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#49<br \/>\nAnother at f4.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/500, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560059.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45867\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560059.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560059.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560059-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560059-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560059-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#50<br \/>\nA Sunday \u2014 morning hike done, and then somehow I ended up with solo time in the afternoon at Decathlon. A rare thing on a weekend.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 60mm f1.5 (1\/60, f1.5)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560060.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45868\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560060.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560060.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560060-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560060-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560060-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#51<br \/>\nThe coffee machine we thought had died came back to life on its own. Testing different settings for a new batch of beans.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 60mm f1.5 (1\/60, f1.5)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560062.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45869\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560062.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560062.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560062-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560062-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560062-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#52<br \/>\nFirst time with tungsten film \u2014 had to shoot city lights at night. This is Nanjing Fuxing MRT Station.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 60mm f1.5 (1\/60, f1.5)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560063.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45870\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560063.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560063.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560063-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560063-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560063-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#53<br \/>\nAnother angle of the Taipei cityscape.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 60mm f1.5 (1\/60, f1.5)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560064.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45871\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560064.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560064.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560064-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560064-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560064-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#54<br \/>\nBack to buying physical books lately \u2014 secondhand copies are so much cheaper.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/4, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45872\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560065.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560065.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560065-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560065-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560065-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#55<br \/>\nBeen introducing my son to Gothic Rock lately, starting with Within Temptation. Turns out he can handle it \u2014 he even memorized the song title \"We Go to War.\"<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/30, f1.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560066.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45873\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560066.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560066.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560066-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560066-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560066-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#56<br \/>\nLate-night work session, lighting a candle. The 25mm f4 holds up well for close-ups \u2014 the depth of field is comfortable, not so shallow it misses focus.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 25mm f4 (1\/30, f4)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560067.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45874\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560067.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560067-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560067-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560067-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#57<br \/>\nThe lantern is called a Feuerhand because Feuerhand literally means \"fire hand\" in German.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 38mm f1.8 (1\/30, f1.8)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560068.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45875\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560068.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560068.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560068-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560068-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560068-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#58<br \/>\nMy son and I stopped into a Lego store and each picked out a minifigure \u2014 I got a pirate, he got a pirate captain. I told him my favorite Lego sets growing up were the pirate series. All discontinued now.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 60mm f1.5 (1\/60, f1.5)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560069.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45876\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560069.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560069.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560069-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560069-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560069-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#59<br \/>\nAnother Saturday morning English class drop-off.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 60mm f1.5 (1\/60, f1.5)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560070.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45877\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560070.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560070.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560070-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560070-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560070-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#60<br \/>\nPen F 60mm f1.5, wide open. The rendering is just remarkable \u2014 and this was hand-held at 1\/60.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 60mm f1.5 (1\/60, f1.5)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560071.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45878\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560071.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560071.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560071-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560071-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560071-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#61<br \/>\nMy son often brings along a guinea pig stuffed animal we bought in Kumamoto \u2014 the one in the center of the frame. While reading him Journey to the West on audio, I made a point of explaining that the \"Tianzhu\" in \"guinea pig\" (\u5929\u7afa\u9f20) is the same \"Tianzhu\" as the ancient name for India in the story.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 60mm f1.5 (1\/60, f1.5)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560072.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45879\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560072.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560072.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560072-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560072-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560072-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#62<br \/>\nThe MRT signage typeface changes occasionally. Worth documenting.<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 60mm f1.5 (1\/60, f1.5)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560073.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45880\" src=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560073.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560073.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560073-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560073-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560073-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n#63<br \/>\nThe most iconic objects in the Taipei MRT, beyond the yellow triangle exit signs, have to be these handrails. How are they always this clean?<br \/>\nOlympus Pen F Zuiko 60mm f1.5 (1\/60, f1.5)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That's the full roll \u2014 Olympus Pen-FT with Kodak Vision3 200T\/5213, remjet removed. Long live film. Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roll #245 \u2014 my first half-frame roll where the double frame count actually sank in Film: Kodak Vision3 200T\/5213, remjet removed (Reflx Lab 200T repackaged version) Developed &#038; scanned: Violet...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1995,1878],"tags":[2048,2049,2050,2063,2040],"class_list":{"0":"post-49067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-olympus-pen-ft","8":"category-kodak-vision3-200t-5213","9":"tag-o-p-f","10":"tag-olympus-pen-f-zuiko-25mm-f4","11":"tag-olympus-pen-f-zuiko-38mm-f1-8","12":"tag-olympus-pen-f-zuiko-60mm-f1-5","13":"tag-2040"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/000409560020.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49067"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49069,"href":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49067\/revisions\/49069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}