FUCK

I'm fucking sick of this film shit now. This fucking local photo lab destroyed two rolls of my Ilford HP5 film which had precious images of my friends on their wedding day. Now, they're gone forever. Yea yea my camera is one of the best 35mm camera in the world so far. But this camera is for pros who have their own photo labs or who makes money out of their cameras, not me, who just wants to casually enjoy shooting films. Films cost. A lot. When I shoot, I'd like to check at least if it's well focused or not right after. I don't want to wait for two days and see dozens of out-focused prints. I'm a poor amateur. Sometimes, I want to shoot with ISO1600. For right next film, I want to shoot with ISO50. I need digital. I don't want to waste 20 second trying to find perfect focus while Erica is riding skates. I need auto-focus. I don't want to carry a tripod all the time. I need VR. Films are good? I agree, but not for me. Digital suits me better. Now I'm saving money for D7000 from now on. I'm going to minimize the number of shootings and I will just bring point-and-shoot when I go travel. Of course I'm keeping this precious camera and I will keep using it occasionally even after I get DSLR. But at least I'm not going to get stressed so much like this.

San Francisco

Date: April 16, 2011
Location: Powell St, & Sutter St., San Francisco
Camera: Sony DSC-P150

It would be better if the camera was still.

Re-edited lens distortion and perspective.

Photographed by Erica Kim
Edited by double H