{"id":49136,"date":"2024-11-18T00:38:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T16:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/blog\/49136"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T01:33:32","slug":"%e7%ac%ac-230-%e5%8d%b7%e5%ba%95%e7%89%87%ef%bc%9a%e9%a8%8e%e8%bb%8a%e6%98%af%e4%b8%80%e7%a8%ae%e5%86%a5%e6%83%b3%ef%bd%9cpentax-auto-110-super-%e8%88%87-lomography-orca-100-%e9%bb%91%e7%99%bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeals75.com\/en\/blog\/49136","title":{"rendered":"EP230: Cycling Is Meditation \u2014 Pentax Auto 110 Super with Lomography Orca 100"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nRoll #230 \u2014 cycling is meditation, though I've barely cycled at all lately<\/p>\n

Film: Lomography Orca 100
\nDeveloped & scanned: Jin-ying Photo, 2024\/9\/10
\nCamera: Pentax Auto 110 Super
\nLens: Pentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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I've been snoring again lately \u2014 my weight's been creeping up \u2014 which affects my wife and son's sleep. So I've started sleeping in the other room. My snoring has always tracked closely with my weight: heavier means more snoring, lighter means less. And weight comes down to diet and exercise.<\/p>\n

I spent a few months eating only one meal a day, but eventually noticed my immune system weakening \u2014 I got sick a few times in a row and had to stop. Back to two or three meals, and back comes the weight. Work has been busy enough that when I have free time, I prioritize it for work and photography, leaving exercise further and further down the list.<\/p>\n

Around ten years ago I was a cycling obsessive. Now I'm a 38-year-old who can't find the motivation to get on a bike. Too busy, honestly. But whenever I do manage to ride, I still love that feeling \u2014 the brain empties out, and it becomes a kind of moving meditation.<\/p>\n

Since getting into film photography, I've always carried a camera on rides. It lives in the handlebar bag on my road bike, and I pull it out whenever something's worth photographing.<\/p>\n

The riding has gotten infrequent, but what deserves documenting still deserves documenting \u2014 because eventually there won't be anything left to capture.<\/p>\n

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\n#1
\nWenhua Road, Banqiao, New Taipei City.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#2
\nHeading to a client meeting in Taipei City. Hot, sunny, barely a cloud.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#3
\nThe closer you get to tourist areas in Taipei, the more English signage appears.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#4
\nAn abandoned building with no clear timeline for what comes next.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#5
\nDongqu Fen Yuan \u2014 my personal verdict: complicated.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#6
\nSince switching away from Ilford XP2 Super 400, I've settled on Ilford Delta 400 Professional as my black and white go-to.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#7
\nNational Taipei University of Technology, right in the center of Taipei. My alma mater is National Taiwan University of Science and Technology \u2014 two schools that people constantly confused.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#8
\nCompletely blacked out.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#9
\nSomething odd about the scan on this one.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#10
\nThis is closer to what the light actually looked like \u2014 blinding, scorching sun.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#11
\nAn old motorcycle repair shop on the way.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>
\n#12
\nWasn't sure how the previous frame came out, so I shot another. The first was better.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#13
\nI have no strong opinion on whether motorcycles should be allowed to turn left directly, but I do wish illegally modified exhaust pipes could be erased from human civilization.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#14
\nThe Pentax Auto 110 isn't autofocus, so shooting anything that requires precise focus demands full attention. This day I went out for a ride.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#15
\nA bridge I cross on every cycling route.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>
\n#16
\nMade it up the hill \u2014 stopped to take in the view and shoot a few frames.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#17
\nA faceless portrait with the landscape.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>
\n#18
\nYour brain tells you it's seeing red, even though this is a black and white photograph.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#19
\nWasted film.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#20
\nWasted film.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#21
\nStill wasted film.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#22
\nA blinding record.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#23
\nShot on a shaded mountain road \u2014 too dark for this film.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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\n#24
\nCoasting back down, mind emptied out.
\nPentax Auto 110 18mm f2.8<\/p>\n

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That's the full roll \u2014 Pentax Auto 110 Super with Lomography Orca 100. Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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