John,
Long time no "hear" your voice.
Yup, Ebony 45s has more features than my ex-SW45 machine.
http://www.ebonycamera.com/cam/main.45S.html
Yes, 2 large rampant lion statues still here but sitting in front of door
of Des Voeux Road Central. I'll take a picture for those lion statues for
you.
---
Michael
On 31 October 2011 23:03, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Michael ..... how the architecture has changed since 1975 ! A marvellous
> photo indeed.
>
> However, I can still see my office window: count up eight floors on the
> front of the building facing Statue Square [starting with the barely
> visible
> first floor windows] on the second vertical column from the right hand side
> ! KPMG [Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co in my time] still occupies that floor
> along with tens of thousands of square feet elsewhere.
>
> Is the Ebony 45s a large format view camera where you can put the bellows
> into all kinds of contortions? The converging verticals have been very
> nicely dealt with. During my time in HK the then HSBC building [I wonder
> how
> many people know what those letters stand for?] had two very large rampant
> lion statues sitting at the front door on Queens Road Central. Are those
> two
> statues still there?
>
> John
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Wong" <mialop@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 10:31 AM
> Subject: [OM] Picture of Central, HK
>
>
> >A shot taken a few months ago. John maybe interest it since the building
> of
> > right hand side of the picture he worked at --- Prince's Building.
> >
> > I took the picture at Cenotaph Square, Central, near Statue Square.
> > Filipino maids occupied those area in holidays.
> >
> > It's pity I found scratches on film after development :-(
> >
> >
> > Ebony 45s, Schneider XL72mm F5.6, Ilford HP5+, F22, 1/4", HC110 1:15,
> 21℃,
> > 7 mins
> >
> https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-LGGlwqYP2WY/Tj89VpzH5_I/AAAAAAAABKs/IoAfgO5xAkI/s800/IMG183XL72F56.jpg
> >
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Michael
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