Some films bought from Thailand.

Thailand seems to be the perfect place to purchase some 35mm and 120 films for my cameras . Here are some of the films that I bought in Bangkok few weeks ago. Thailand appears to have many analog camera users around which is reflected by the whole range of films available in their camera shops. Developing those films is not a problem and one can get them ready the next couple of  days which is just  perfect for analog-camera tourists. Compared to Malaysia and Singapore, the films are quite reasonably priced and are never out of stock, well at least at the moment which sounds too good to me and other users. 

Bought some china-made monochromes just for fun and just hope these lower priced films can be made available to us. 

Exakta VX1000, "The Last Official Exakta Camera"

Bought this SLR Exakta off UK Ebay and much attracted by its classic East German features. From the appearance of the leather case and the camera itself, I believe the camera was seldom used. All expected mechanism works fine and maybe awkward with the left hand winding and shutter button. It's perfect for my eastern hands too considering this camera was much designed for the big-hands Europeans. No wonder this camera was not popular in the east and no wonder the Japanese cameras captured much of the Asia's market and now the world. 

The interchangeable viewfinder is so bright and comfortable. The interchangeable lens are still very expensive especially those wide angles and zoom lens. Heck, I never want to carry those heavy metal and long lens again and attract much pathetic looks from those digital guys out there! A simple lens for this camera is sufficient for me now. 

Nonetheless, I like this camera and perfect for me! You may read more about this from Wikipedia here.

Enjoy!