Kaleidalabs!

”Tokyo life with iPhone”あらためKaleidalabsとなりました。いつもご覧頂きありがとうございます。

Apple製品だけでなく、富士フイルムを中心にカメラの事やその他の記事が増えて来たので、改名しました。URLは、もともと改名後を意識して以前よkaleidalabs.blogにしてました。

変わらずApple製品をもちろんの事こと、写真のことや他にも気になった事を記事にして少しジャンルを広げようと思います。

今後もよろしくお願いします。


“Tokyo life with iPhone” is now called Kaleidalabs. Thank you for reading every time.

We changed the name because we have more and more articles about cameras and other things too, especially Fujifilm, not only Apple products.
The URL was already changed to kaleidalabs.blog to reflect the new name before.

I will continue to write about Apple products, of course, but I will also write about photography and other article that interested things for me, and expand the genre of my articles a bit.

Thank you for your continued support.

TAIWAN night 2017 on Film – FUJIFILM KLASSE W w/ Kodak PORTRA 400

Taiwan night 2017
FUJIFILM KLASSE W + Kodak PORTRA 400

夜の台湾をKLASSE W + PORTRA 400で。今回で2017年の台湾の写真は最後に。前々回夜の撮影はNATURA 1600がいいなんて書きましたが、ISO400あってがんばってカメラを固定できればなんとか撮れるということだと思います。粒状感も悪くないし。ただ、やっぱり現像した結果ブレている写真は何枚か出てきちゃいます。撮り慣れてない人に撮ってもらうと、もうブレブレ、笑。
そういう意味でもNATURA 1600は安心だったんだと思います。失敗が少ないって、誰にでも撮りやすいってことになるので、それはとても大事なことだと思うので。
ISO800のフィルムが現状、カラーでの最高感度になりますが、富士フイルムのフィルムはISO800感度のフィルムもう売ってないんですよね。
KODAK PORTRA 800、Lomography Color Negative 800、cinestill 800Tといったところが選択肢でしょうか。
種類の少なさに焦りを感じます。


Taiwan at night with KLASSE W + PORTRA 400. This is the last photo of Taiwan in 2017. I wrote in the previous issue that NATURA 1600 is good for night photography, but I think it means that if you have ISO 400 and can hold the camera steady, you can manage to take pictures. The graininess is good. However, there have some blurred few pictures after developing the film. When I asked someone who is not used to taking pictures to take them, taht were blurry lol.
In that sense, I think NATURA 1600 was a safe choice. I think it is very important to have less mistakes, because that means it is easy for anyone to take pictures.
ISO 800 film is currently the highest sensitivity for color, but Fujifilm does not sell ISO 800 sensitivity film anymore.
KODAK PORTRA 800, Lomography Color Negative 800, and cinestill 800T are the options.
I feel impatient with the lack of variety.

Taiwan night 2017
FUJIFILM KLASSE W + Kodak PORTRA 400
Taiwan night 2017
FUJIFILM KLASSE W + Kodak PORTRA 400
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TAIWAN 2017 on Film – FUJIFILM KLASSE W w/ Kodak PORTRA 400

Taiwan 2017
FUJIFILM KLASSE W + Kodak PORTRA 400

今回はPORTRA 400を通した前回同様2017年の台湾を。前回までのNATURA 1600とは雰囲気がやはり異なります。KLASSEとの相性か、解像感高く写っています。スマホで見ると画面が小さいから余計に解像感高く見えちゃいますね。
PORTRA 400はまだ手に入りますが、随分と高いフィルムになってしまいました(前も相対的には高めでしたが)。バラ売りがなく、5本セット売りばかりなので、瞬間的な財布へのダメージが大きいんですよねぇ。


This time, Taiwan in 2017 as before through PORTRA 400. The atmosphere of the image is different from the previous NATURA 1600, perhaps due to the compatibility with KLASSE, but the resolution looks see high. When I look at it on my smartphone, the resolution looks even higher because the screen is smaller.
PORTRA 400 is still available, but it has become a very expensive film (although it was relatively expensive from before). It is not sold in bulk, but only in sets of five, so it is very damaging to my money when I’ll buy.

FUJIFILM KLASSE W + Kodak PORTRA 400
Taiwan 2017
FUJIFILM KLASSE W + Kodak PORTRA 400
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TAIWAN 2017 night on Film – FUJIFILM KLASSE W w/ NATURA 1600

FUJIFILM KLASSE W + NATURA 1600

夜の台湾を今回もNATURA 1600で。あらためて見るとこれだけ綺麗に撮れているわけで、やはりNATURA 1600が販売終了となってしまったことは残念でなりません。
KLASSE Wを組み合わせることで気軽に夜に撮れているのですが、そんな風に夜の撮影が出来ないのは残念です。富士フイルムさん今一度考え直して再生産していただけませんか?原材料が今は高いので、価格が上がることは百も承知です。デジカメでは撮れないこの夜の姿、もう一度NATURA 1600を販売してほしいと願わずにはいられません。


This time also NATURA 1600 at Taiwan night. Since the photos are so beautiful when viewed again, it is still a shame that NATURA 1600 is no longer available.
I can easily take pictures at night by combining it with KLASSE W, but it is a pity that I can no longer take pictures at night like that. Fujifilm, could you please reconsider once again and reproduce it? I know the price will go up because raw materials are expensive now. I can’t help but wish that NATURA 1600 would be sold again to capture this night scene that cannot be taken with a digital camera.

Taiwan 2017
FUJIFILM KLASSE W + NATURA 1600
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TAIWAN 2017 on Film – FUJIFILM KLASSE W w/ NATURA 1600

Taiwan 2017
FUJIFILM KLASSE W + NATURA 1600

今回も2017年の台湾旅行から富士フイルム クラッセ W に NATURA 1600 を入れて。台湾は日本からは近く、比較的安く行けるのでまた行きたいと思っていたのですが、こちらもCOVID-19で行けなくなってしまいました。フィルムで撮ったものをアップしてなかったのですが、こうやって見直すと台湾という街とフィルムは似合いますね。よく言う昭和感に近いものが台湾の街並みにも感じるものがあるからだと思いますが、日本以上に狭い路地、ひしめく住宅という姿は、独特の世界観を感じずにはいられません。


Again with NATURA 1600 in a FUJIFILM CLASSE W from my trip to Taiwan in 2017. I had wanted to go back to Taiwan because it is close to Japan and relatively inexpensive, but COVID-19 made it impossible for me to go here as well. I had not uploaded any of the photos I took with film, but when I look back at them this way, I realize that Taiwan and film go together very well. I think it is because Taiwanese cityscapes are similar to those of the Showa period (1926-1989 in Japan), but I cannot help but feel a unique worldview in the narrow alleys and crowded houses, which are even narrower than in Japan.

FUJIFILM KLASSE W + NATURA 1600
Taiwan 2017
FUJIFILM KLASSE W + NATURA 1600
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A mature town Tokyo Marunouchi.

大人な街、東京丸の内

Tokyo Marunouchi 2022
FUJIFILM X100V

今回は早朝の東京 丸の内です。この日は土曜日だったこともあったかと思いますが、人がほとんどいなくて完全に静かな丸の内でした。丸の内は、銀座や表参道とも違いってもっと落ち着いた大人の街ですね。再開発で生まれ変わったビルと、従来から残るビルがいい感じで並んでコントラストを産んでいて、古いビルも別に古いように見えているのではなく、丸の内という街をちゃんと彩る役目を果たしているように見えます。また、東京という場所、それも東京駅のそばでありながら、道路や歩道は広めにゆったりととってあるところが好きです。これくらいの広さはほしいですね。広いことで、緑も道路脇には並び、決して十分とは言えないと思いますが、それでも緑があることで街が硬くなりすぎないように見えていると思います。大事ですね、緑。


This time it was Marunouchi, Tokyo in the early morning photos. It may have been a Saturday, but Marunouchi was completely quiet, with hardly a soul in sight. Unlike Ginza and Omotesando, Marunouchi is a more relaxed and mature area. The buildings that have been reborn through redevelopment contrast nicely with those that have remained standing, and even the older buildings do not look old, but rather serve their purpose of adding color to the Marunouchi area. I also like that the streets and sidewalks are wide and spacious for a place called Tokyo, even though it is located near Tokyo Station. I would like to see this level of spaciousness. The wide space also means that greenery lines the sides of the streets, and although I don’t think it is sufficient, I still think that the greenery makes the city look not too hard. Greenery is very important in street, town, etc…

Tokyo Marunouchi 2022
FUJIFILM X100V
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Hawaii 2016 on Film – FUJIFILM KLASSE W w/ NATURA 1600

FUJIFILM KLASSE W + FUJIFILM NATURA 1600

今は無き富士フイルム NATURA 1600フィルムによるハワイです。ハワイっぽいといってもヤシの並びだけですね・・・。
あんまりハワイはまた行きたい場所として上がってはいません。街が日本人に慣れすぎていて、メニューで日本語が書いてあったりというのには、少々ゲンナリするのです(日本人が多く行く場所だから現地の努力は理解しています)。日本人が行きやすい場所ということはよくわかりましたが、もう少し日本語、日本人控えめな場所の方が僕的には旅行感出て気分があがります。


This is a Hawaii shot using the now defunct FUJIFILM NATURA 1600 film. The only thing that looks like Hawaii is the rows of palms….
Hawaii is not on my list of places I would like to visit again. The city is too familiar to the Japanese, and I am a little disappointed when I see Japanese on menus (I understand the local effort, because this is a place where many Japanese people go). I understand that it is an easy place for Japanese people to visit, but I would feel more excited to visit a place with a little less Japanese language and less Japanese people.

Hawaii 2016
FUJIFILM KLASSE W + FUJIFILM NATURA 1600
Hawaii 2016
FUJIFILM KLASSE W + FUJIFILM NATURA 1600
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