{"id":49126,"date":"2024-12-16T22:17:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T14:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/blog\/49126"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T01:26:17","slug":"%e7%ac%ac-235-%e5%8d%b7%e5%ba%95%e7%89%87%ef%bc%9a%e8%bb%8d%e8%89%a6%e4%b9%8b%e5%b2%a9%ef%bd%9ckonica-c35-af-38mm-f2-8-%e8%88%87-kodak-ektachrome-100d-5294-%e6%ad%a3%e7%89%87%e8%b2%a0%e6%b2%96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/en\/blog\/49126","title":{"rendered":"EP235: Warship Rock \u2014 Konica C35 AF 38mm f2.8 with Kodak Ektachrome 100D\/5294 (E-6 Cross-Processed)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nRoll #235 \u2014 cross-processed slide film, never disappoints<\/p>\n

Film: Kodak Ektachrome 100D\/5294, cross-processed (E-6) (\u90a3\u6642\u6162 repackaged version)
\nDeveloped & scanned: Li-lai Photo, 2024\/10\/9
\nCamera: Konica C35 AF 38mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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This roll was shot in early October 2024, when Taiwan was still sweltering. With clear weather on our side, we made the most of it and took the kids hiking almost every weekend. This time: Warship Rock in Beitou, a place I'd long wanted to visit. From the photos I'd seen, it looked genuinely dramatic \u2014 a rocky summit with a sweeping view over greater Taipei. Maybe worth coming back for the night view sometime.<\/p>\n

This is my second roll through the Konica C35 AF 38mm f2.8. The first roll was a focus disaster; I gave it another chance, hoping for better results. Same story \u2014 missed focus not just in low light, but at infinity on bright sunny days too. I gave up on the camera after this.<\/p>\n

Out of 38 frames, 7 were out of focus \u2014 nearly a 20% miss rate. I'm not posting the failed ones. I don't have the patience to write captions for blur.<\/p>\n

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\n#1
\nThe deep blue reflected in the water \u2014 in a city, probably only cross-processed slide film can capture color like this. A neighbor told me this little stream was crystal clear fifty years ago. People swam in it. That was then.<\/p>\n

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\n#2
\nCross-processed files are always large \u2014 the grain structure is too rich to compress easily.<\/p>\n

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\n#3
\nA breakfast spot near home that I've been going to for years. They opened around the time I entered the workforce, and they've been doing the same thing ever since. I've changed jobs several times.<\/p>\n

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\n#4
\nToday's destination: Warship Rock in Beitou. The summit is beautiful, and far less crowded than Xiangshan.<\/p>\n

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\n#5
\nA genuinely unusual angle.<\/p>\n

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\n#6
\nAt Warship Rock, you have to find your own spot to shoot from.<\/p>\n

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\n#7
\nThe heat was intense that day \u2014 if you weren't under an umbrella, you were going to get burned.<\/p>\n

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\n#8
\nDescending \u2014 endless stairs, legs aching, no trekking poles. Rough.<\/p>\n

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\n#9
\nThe MRT station's skylight design \u2014 the Konica C35 AF 38mm f2.8 has a comfortable field of view.<\/p>\n

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\n#10
\nCompared to 35mm, the 38mm focal length has a subtly different quality \u2014 something that elevates the frame in a way that's hard to articulate. Among manual-advance point-and-shoots with a 38mm f2.8, my only recommendation is the Olympus C-AF, with its all-metal body and superior build.<\/p>\n

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\n#11
\nI spent a long time looking at this frame, unable to put into words what it gave me. Maybe the rough-yet-glossy tile. Maybe the sharp-yet-blurry chairs. Maybe that color that isn't quite red. Cross-process your everyday surroundings and you'll keep being surprised.<\/p>\n

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\n#12
\nThis one too \u2014 different textures fused together by the grain.<\/p>\n

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\n#13
\nAround Taipei City lately, old and new buildings constantly stand side by side \u2014 urban renewal in progress. Property prices can't climb indefinitely when the city keeps regenerating. That's what I believe, anyway.<\/p>\n

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\n#14
\nUrban renewal, ongoing, waiting.<\/p>\n

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\n#15
\nIncluding this one specifically to show what infinity-focus miss looks like. I was trying to photograph that fan-shaped metal barrier \u2014 the kind designed to stop people from climbing over \u2014 and the camera focused somewhere else entirely.<\/p>\n

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\n#16
\nThis is roughly what a fungus-infected lens looks like.<\/p>\n

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\n#17
\nMaximum life pressure, rendered from below with the flash on.<\/p>\n

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\n#18
\nThe person who took the previous shot. The 38mm f2.8 still renders space beautifully \u2014 depth without distortion.<\/p>\n

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\n#19
\nFlash on in low light \u2014 the sense of space collapses immediately. I've never understood why so many people insist on flash the moment it gets dark.<\/p>\n

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\n#20
\nAfter school, took my son to get a haircut.<\/p>\n

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\n#21
\nAs someone who gets annoyed by bicycles on the sidewalk, I ride in traffic with the cars and scooters.<\/p>\n

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\n#22
\nRain on the windshield, light starting to ignite.<\/p>\n

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\n#23
\nSleeping in the living room tonight. Fortunately, camping gear makes this kind of arrangement a lot more comfortable \u2014 the cot especially.<\/p>\n

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\n#24
\nNearly out of film \u2014 gave the Konica C35 AF one more chance in low light. Remarkably, it came through.<\/p>\n

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That's the full roll \u2014 Konica C35 AF 38mm f2.8 with Kodak Ektachrome 100D\/5294, cross-processed. Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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