My Ten Essentials

Sigma BF + 35mm F1.4 Art: I wanted a camera that looks different and fits my taste. The milled-aluminum BF feels like no other camera on the market, and its autofocus is the fastest I have used.

Electronic umbrella: A fully motorized one-button umbrella. It is delightfully lazy in heavy rain, even if having to charge an umbrella over USB-C once a week still feels absurd.

reMarkable tablet: An E Ink tablet whose UI latency feels like SSH-ing into a Tokyo VPS from mainland China over a bad route—laggy, with long response times. I still use it constantly for reading manga like One-Punch Man without eye strain.

CoRou moisturizing tissues: Baby-grade lotion tissues I first bought by accident at a pharmacy. I have had rhinitis since senior high school, and ordinary dry tissues tear up my nose; after one pack of CoRou, I never went back.

Ricoh Elnica F: A tiny, classic 35mm rangefinder film camera with a sharp 40mm f/2.8 lens. Pure joy to carry.

iPhone 17 Pro Max: Paired with Blackmagic Camera, it shoots 3:2 open-gate Apple Log 2 footage with a live preview LUT—genuinely impressive dynamic range and color from a phone that is always in my pocket.

OhSnap Bluetooth gamepad: Snaps magnetically onto the back of my iPhone 17 Pro Max. Turning a crowded Beijing Metro commute into a Dead Cells, Stardew Valley, or Minecraft session makes the ride fly by.

Nano Smart Pocket Fiber Cloth: A dense nanofiber cloth that stays in my bag for wiping front lens elements, camera sensors, and glasses without leaving lint.

Ricoh GR IV (on my wishlist): The one pocket camera I still want for its high-contrast black-and-white mode, IBIS, and jeans-pocket size—even knowing its autofocus won’t touch the Sigma BF.

Asuka Beijing Fashion Special Stylish Color Paper: I love Evangelion. Nothing more needs to be said.