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RVP50 is pretty much the shit. Shoot it at ASA40 and don't tell them that you did. Although it gives some freakin weird ass color casts under non-natural lighting. Like severe orange casts from the regular ass halogen bulbs in my living room and the usual green cast under flourescent bulbs. RVP also looks great in B&W. ironic considering the nature of the film.

Also, if you're sad about the disappearance of Kodachrome, shoot Velvia in the shade (or overcast outdoors, or the highly diffused light right around sunset. when I say highly diffused I mean it, you don't want those ridiculous sunset oranges showing up), and you'll get more or less the same color palette. see This Photo.

As a side note, a lot of people on flickr bother me. Like people who append their name with "gone for a while," or "not here right now," and then continue to upload photographs daily. -_- . for serious? like, what the fuck, make up your mind goddammit. if you're gonna be gone, then leave. I don't want to see you. if you're gonna continue doing your stupid little 365, then don't say you're not gonna be on flickr. liars.

other people who bother me are the people who have flickr accounts for their stupid cell phone pictures that they can upload with their Blackberries or iPhones. nobody cares what you saw today on your way to work. also, I hate people who use flickr to put up nothing but vacation photos and pictures taken with like a 4 year old powershot of their two year olds doing stupid two year old shit like trying to eat some fuckin legos or something.

I also really despise people who don't have any photos at all. like, why even bother making an account? are you just that desperate to get the attention that you'll never receive but find joy in knowing that your little insignificant comment on someone's picture will be read by somebody, thereby validating your existence as someone who "appreciates" "art."

apparently facebook changed its TOS, potentially granting them the irrevocable rights to use anything you put on the website for their own purposes. as if I needed another reason to avoid facebook as it is. more info Here.

i should really be 勉強するing my 漢字 right now but I'm just too damn much of a 怠け者。

Nikon N8008s + Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 + San Francisco + Fuji Velvia RVP50