What better way to Lunar New Year than to use slide film?
Camera settings: The simple point and shoots autofocus, auto-exposure, and auto-load everything. These Kodak Ektachrome 100 were long expired, but I have had good luck shooting at a box speed of ISO 100. These films expired in 1996 if anyone cares.
We celebrated the Lunar New Year at a famous Dim Sum place (HK Cafe) in Portland. Even though we have reservations, we still have to wait for 30 minutes due to the slow turnover. Later, we headed over to a nearby cafe to enjoy the really beautiful day!
(p.s. I don’t bother to correct anyone who keeps saying Chinese New Year. Lunar New Year is more inclusive, and I don’t care if people choose to use one over another. In my opinion, “Chinese” is too broad of a term, because it could represent a race, a (or two) country, a geopolitical political entity, and more. So lunar new year, being more specific and less open to interpretation, is slightly better, though some would argue it should be the Lunisolar New Year, which, sure!)
Afterwords, Dan and I decided to walk around the Mt. Scott area and noticed some cool dilapidated businesses.
Overall, I think the Fuji did amazing on these slide films. I have had good luck, but these look fantastic. It could also be that the day was beautiful, but even the indoor shots (did not attach) look decent. I still have a box of these to go through, I’m glad I took a leap of faith and got these really old films.
Date: Feb 5th, 2024.
Issue 89. Volume 14. Chapter 1. MA222_GAW