Talk:Fan Ho

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Glad to see the article about this man (I am writing a series of articles in Russian Wikipedia on Japanese and Hong Kong movie actors of 1950-60-s, and planned him as well - so I might borrow some material to translate).

Couple of notes: 1) You've mentioned him as actor (as well as mentioned his work in Journey to the West), however you did not make the respective section in his filmography. 2) I believe, he lives in San-Jose, California now - this is also worth mentioning. Also, I happen to know (professionally as medical laser user), that the same city annually holds huge international conference and expo "Photonics West". Since the topic might be relatively close to him - it would be great to find an info that he participates in this conference or is one of it's sponsors. Tatewaki2 (talk) 00:11, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

If birth and death dates are correct he was 78 years old when he died, not 84 as the section about death states. Jbuddenh (talk) 04:20, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Which of two websites? (Both?)

A recent edit "corrects" the website from fanho-photography.com to fanhophotography.com

The former domain name exists. It redirects to fanho-forgetmenot.com, which claims to be "The only authentic website by the Fan Ho Trust Estate to celebrate the life and work of legendary Fan Ho (1931 - 2016)".

The latter (sans hyphen) seems to say no more than "© 2016 Fan Ho Photography".

I suggest linking to both, until we have an independent source persuasively presenting just one of these as "official" (whatever this means). -- Hoary (talk) 06:28, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

On page 2 of the recent Sotheby's Fan Ho exhibition catalogues, the family is dedicating fanho-forgetmenot.com to celebrate and memoralize the life and work of Fan Ho and therefore the website should be the “official” one. fanho-forgetmenot.com and fanho-photography.com are aliases of each other. Photographer.FanHo (talk) 22:52, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Ho's camera

Which camera did Mr. Ho use?

According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP) article of 20 June 2017, a clickable photograph is captioned "Fan Ho with his Rolleiflex 3.5 A (type K4A) camera. The references in the Wikipedia article text imply that Mr. Ho received his camera at age 14 (1945), while SCMP states age 18 (1949).

Since he used one camera for his entire career and started winning competitions in 1956, looking at the Rollei Club website, any cameras dated 1956 or later can be conclusively ruled out, along with any camera marked "Rolleicord". The first possibility is the Rolleiflex Automat of 1954. However, the details around Mr. Ho's camera (c.f. the SCMP article photograph) at the flash sync socket (seen in the lower right hand corner, facing the camera, which has a small lever separate from the socket itself) and the release lever (seen in the lower left hand corner, facing the camera, which has an ornate toggle) are not correct. Another possibility is the prewar Automat of 1939, but this does not have the small lever next to the flash sync socket (even in the "Model 3" shown, which was produced through 1949). The correct camera is the Automat of 1951. It is clear the small lever next to the flash sync socket and the release lever details are correct, and the model number (K4A) corresponds to the SCMP article.

Hence it appears the camera used is the "Rolleiflex Automat 6 x 6, Model K4A". This model was introduced in 1951 and discontinued in 1954, which implies Mr. Ho received the camera in his 20s. Production year of Mr. Ho's camera would be dictated by the serial number, which is not available publicly.

Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 15:49, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

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