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Though misty, the roads were relatively dry for a recent run out to Gotemba, and an interconnecting run over four or five touge around Fuji-san.
One lesser driven touge, and a first for the Cayman, was obviously home to some serious drift antics.
You couldn't see the mountain, so we avoided the need to stop for photographs, and instead enjoyed the tremendous roads.
Generally unknown outside of Australia and Japan, the racing Prince Skylines are legendary for supposedly besting Porsche at the Japanese Grand Prix.
For Prince / Nissan enthusiasts, the GTA and GTB Skylines, hold the same place in racing history as the 2.7RS.
We hoped this was a regular, not GT accordingly.
Lexus were shooting one of their new swoopy coupe on one touge, but this blue baby was the only other serious occupant spotted on the day...
Spent the better part of Thanksgiving long weekend scrolling through this thread - thanks for sharing! Love Japan more every time I visit, would be great to see the country in a Cayman.
Spent the better part of Thanksgiving long weekend scrolling through this thread - thanks for sharing! Love Japan more every time I visit, would be great to see the country in a Cayman.
Very lucky to be able and do just that... While the touge are nearly endless, just the Wangan and Shuto-ko at night are enough to keep me going sometimes.
Originally Posted by rouxeny
Hmm, now I have purchased a good condition Bronica S2a, which of course will be shipped from... Japan.
I just need a Porsche to take some photos of!
Yikes!
Talk about going all out.
No half measures there, and the Buroni is built like a Porsche - the shutter noise alone will thrill.
What sort of film is available to you?
I love Ektar, with Portra 400 for more general purpose work...
Oh, it will find some other cameras here ready to keep it company.
i haven’t shot film for a long while. Shortly after a dalliance with Velvia, I bought a Canon 10d and have been digital since.
B&H luckily sells all sorts of 120 film. I have 5 rolls of Porta 400 on order and once I get another film back, I’m sure I will order some Ektar.
then it’s just a matter of finding a lab to process and scan it.
I didn't last long with Velvia, as a I went straight to Fortia...
I miss them both, though Fortia colors were ridiculous sometimes:
For 120, it is possibly cheaper, and faster, to scan yourself?
Here, dev costs 500-and-something yen, and I scan myself with an old Epson in under an hour.
Professional scanning adds days for me...
135 though, I get developed and written straight to CD in under an hour, as DPE process includes scanning as prints these days are of course ink-jet, and not wet.
With pro-democracy protesters all over the city, the usually quick taxi ride to the office took over 90 minutes. It would have been longer, except the driver bluffed his way past both protesters and police lines and drove the wrong way down a number of roads.
Winter in Hong Kong is quite pleasant, clear blue skies, 25C, with a cool sea breeze to blow the smell of tear gas and gun powder away.
The view from my office is OK too - looking at the old Kai Tak airport.
Street parking in Hong Kong is always challenging, though recent months with police engaged elsewhere, HKers have taken to parking anything, anywhere.
Plenty of Porsche in the territory, and a reasonable amount of roads to enjoy.
Shek O, and the Sunday morning run out to Luk Keng for coffee and peanut butter and condensed milk waffles is always a good diversion with an amazing array of cars - everything from pre-War Rolls Royce to Zonda and similar...
I am not usually a fan of dress-up tail lights, but the LED set on a 986 looked OK.
Pooh Bear of course, is even more popular recently, and he's popping up all over the place.
Perfect dissent and subterfuge!
Full range of air-cooled goodness available.
Last year's Ferrari waiting for love.
Two Italian classics.
I cannot imagine driving the near MIL-spec Humvee in Hong Kong, and looking at the tires on this one, it seems the owner cannot imagine driving it either.
Perhaps they were off somewhere in their Lamborghini…
Thanks for the Hong Kong shots! Definitely a different perspective.
I still have 2 more rolls of Portra 400 but after that, I think I'll try Ektar 100 as that'll be better suited for day shots.
Certainly smoother!
But, with a modern camera, you should be able to switch at over 1/2000 and the Portra 400 is still pretty neat, but not as good for tight depth of field for sure...
Results?
The 987 said it needed an oil change, so it was across town to a new mechanic with a PIWIS and stuff needed.
I've got the filter and oil, but figured I'd get a full check done as well...
I don't get over the North side often, so it was neat to see the Sky Tree - tall!
The mechanic has a shop full of early 911, 964, a 993 GT2, and water-cooled stuff, a friend gets his C4 serviced there, and I liked his business card.
Rather than fight the cross-Tokyo traffic home after picking up the Cayman, I just got in and drove.
North, out the Joban, dicing with the trucks, an R34 GT-R, and an SL with the roof down, hammering along much faster than I was prepared to go.
Nothing quite like a night drive, stopping for an SA dinner and coffee with the truckers...
11-24-2019, 06:35 AM
Misty Fall Days
