Maybe these will stri some more meories for you, John. January this year,
with some buildings which look famliar, if only just.
http://www.hemy.me.uk/Miscellany/HK/index.html
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Wong [mailto:mialop@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 22 December 2008 03:48
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] First roll of slide film for my Rollei 35s
John,
You have a very good memory. You're right. The different from your 1972
picture, the hotel --- Hilton, at the left hand side of your picture was
rebuilt as Cheung Kong Center. Besides, a new HQ building of Bank of China
(Hong Kong Branch) replaced "old" HQ building of BOC.
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Michael
2008/12/21 John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Michael, image IMG3588 is a walk back in time, to the mid 1970s no less.
>
> As I recall, the trams are heading down Des Voeux Road, Central and
> the other fork to the left is Queens Road, Central.
>
> The "low rise" building on the right is Princes Building. My office
> was on the 8th floor in the north east corner of the building.
>
> Here are three quick and dirty scans of three K25 slides taken back
> in
> 1972:
>
>
>
www.JohnHudsonPhoto.com/Temp/bank_of_china_building_and_princes_building.jpg
www.JohnHudsonPhoto.com/Temp/bank_of_china_building.jpg
> www.JohnHudsonPhoto.com/Temp/statue_square_0672.jpg 2nd and 3rd
> shots were taken from my office window. No doubt there hasbeen some
> additional building work since then!I would be interested in seeing
another two shots.
> One taken 90 degreesclockwise from the same spot you took IMG3588 and
> the second one 90 degreeanticlockwise from the same spot.John
> Hudson----- Original Message -----From: "Michael Wong"
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> "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Sent: Sunday,
> December 21, 2008 8:01 AMSubject: [OM] First roll of slide film for my
> Rollei 35s> The color saturation is high & over my expectation. The
> image quality is> pretty good, it's worth to own one :-)>>>
> http://www.fotop.net/MichaelWong/Central>>>> ---> Michael> -->
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