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What’s my subtitle\/caption?
\nA)<\/strong> How am I going to get Nikon to loan me some Nikon D3s’s and a 200mm f\/2 for our\u00a0upcoming film project?
\nB)<\/strong> What’s the younger Lao\u00a0generation going to do when they finally wake up and realize that while they think they’re Americans now, things are not as simple as that in this world?
\nC)<\/strong> …yeah, times like this define a person and to not be able to share or experience it with a certain\u00a0someone further\u00a0unravels them from the happenstance tanglings that our lives seem to be what does it matter anyway just finally do something with your talent make some money move away live your life and don’t look back….yeah, just the normal stuff that’s been rolling around in my head.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Notes: All the images are screengrabs (D90 Movies) from a few weeks ago at\u00a0our local Korean\u00a0coffee shop with ai Thavisouk…I’ve wanted to do this type of documentary work for awhile now, just gathering some like minded people and sitting them in front of the camera.\u00a0 Granted the environment wasn’t the most serene, but when a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,117],"tags":[125,107,163,162],"class_list":{"0":"post-2783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-lao-culture","8":"category-videos","9":"tag-85mm-f14","10":"tag-d90-movie","11":"tag-nerakhoon","12":"tag-the-betrayal","14":"post-with-thumbnail","15":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/0005.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pelE0-IT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1980,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/random-d90-movie-test-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":2783,"position":0},"title":"Random D90 Movie Test 4","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"February 17, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In "Videos"","block_context":{"text":"Videos","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/category\/videos\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/0005.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":70901,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/fujifilm-gfx-50s-various-nikon-mount-lenses\/","url_meta":{"origin":2783,"position":1},"title":"Fujifilm GFX 50S + Various Nikon Mount Lenses","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"September 26, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are some photos of the random combos I've put together with the GFX and F mount lenses.\u00a0 The first is a Tokina 500mm f\/8 lens.\u00a0 (Thanks Robbie for gifting me this lens a few years ago)\u00a0 It turns into a 400mm and it's not that bad if you avoid\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Gear and Resources"","block_context":{"text":"Gear and Resources","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/category\/gear\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Fujifilm-GFX50S-Nikon-Mount-Lenses-07-b-vong.com-Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Fujifilm-GFX50S-Nikon-Mount-Lenses-07-b-vong.com-Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Fujifilm-GFX50S-Nikon-Mount-Lenses-07-b-vong.com-Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Fujifilm-GFX50S-Nikon-Mount-Lenses-07-b-vong.com-Boon-Vong.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15654,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/nikon-j1-and-85mm-f1-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":2783,"position":2},"title":"Nikon J1 and 85mm f\/1.4","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"March 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Mounting an 85mm on the J1 with simple mechanical adapters. 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