Monthly Archives: June 2020

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Scanning ~400 rolls of XPan Films

The Hasselblad XPan continues to be a cult favorite. I love my Fuji TX-2 (XPan II) since gotten it in late 2000s. With its wide aspect ratio (a negative size of 24mmx64mm), one issue is that it’s not easy to make darkroom prints or make digital scans of the images. In fact, one might say that my scanner purchases had been to get the best out of this ridiculously good film format and camera. After settling on the Pakon F335 fast 35mm scanner and the Flextight 848 high quality scanner for the bulk of my work, plus an Epson V700 […]

Black Lives Matter Art Actions in SF Chinatown…

Asian Americans are generally not known to be political active. However, the growing Black Lives Matter movement is getting support even from this normally apolitical segment of our society. On June 23, 2020, the San Francisco Chinatown Art Center sponsored an “art actions” event. They provided paints and other materials, and a number of people showed up drawing murals on the ground of the Portsmouth Square. People of all races and ages came together and did some amazing arts. Almost everyone wore masks and observed physical distancing. Here’s a few more from the iPhone