2001-2003 Gear
The gear that I used from 2001-2003
Camera: Pentax MZ50
Lenses: Pentax 28-80 f3.5, Sigma 100-300mm f4.5, Vivitar 19m-35mm f3.5
Yes, the 100-300mm lens was KIA (killed-in-action). Was shooting a game of soccer and the ball knocked the lens off the body. Never replaced it. 300mm is the furthest telephoto lens I ever had, even till today.
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Film: most often Fuji 400 Color Negatives, sometimes 800 for concerts
My favorite photo-lab was Konota, at Peninsula Plaza (Singapore).
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Towards the end of 2003, I also used the school’s Sony DSC-F707/717.
The camera could shoot video, so this was kind of my first “camcorder”.
Here’s one of the videos Dax and I edited shortly after graduating from Secondary 4 (Grade 10). Dax shot some of the stuff on his Canon Ixus. The whole process was a lot of fun and I started to like making videos.
Yeah, you must be thinking, “LOL this got you into filmmaking???”
We figured out how to edit on premiere in less than a week too; Dax figured it out first, I gave up and almost wanted to present the video clips on powerpoint (what was I thinking? learnt not to give up too easily since then)… and we finished editing a few “shorts” like the one you saw in about two weeks. It was great fun, and real good times. Hey, not bad for some teens from about 7 years back eh? Who on earth shoots SD now anyways.
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