About 15 years ago, I visited Sanxia Tzu-shih Temple with my office photography colleagues. The two things that caught my eye at first glance were the carvings on the stone pillars and the wooden carvings of the lions. The detail of these carvings is not something that can be seen in ordinary temples. Later, in order to protect these works, the stone pillars were fenced off. It is no longer possible to observe them closely. However, the lion carvings on the railings can still be carefully examined. I hope that this masterpiece of art among Taiwanese temples can be preserved forever. I will continue to visit it, now with my wife and daughter, and in the future with my grandchildren (PS: in the future, 20 years later).
第一次到三峽祖師廟大約是15年前，跟辦公室的攝影同好一同到訪。當初第一眼吸引我的地方一個是石柱上的雕刻，另一是木雕的獅子，這些雕刻的細緻程度在一般廟宇是看不到的，後來應該是未了保護這些作品這些石柱已經用鐵欄杆為了起來，想要進一步觀察已經不大可能，不過護欄上的祥獅木雕倒還是可以仔細端詳，我希望這座台灣廟宇中的藝術傑作可以永遠維持下去，而我也會不斷的造訪，現在帶著老婆女兒，未來帶著孫子(PS:2o年後的未來吧)。
This time, I brought a Canon EOS 30D + Carl Zeiss Sonnar 2.8/135 T* (equivalent focal length of 216mm in 135 format) to shoot the decorations on the temple roof and the lion carvings on the inner hall railings. The Carl Zeiss Sonnar 2.8/135 T* is the most affordable telephoto lens in the CONTAX SLR camera series. It is a member of the three entry-level lenses, along with the Distagon 2.8/28 T* and Planar 1.7/50 T*. With these three lenses, you can handle almost any occasion. Friends who want to play with traditional film cameras can go to the second-hand market to find them. It is definitely worth the money.
這次帶了 Canon EOS 30D + Carl Zeiss Sonnar 2.8/135 T* (換算135片幅焦距為216mm)用來拍攝廟頂的裝飾和內殿護欄上的獅子木雕。Carl Zeiss Sonnar 2.8/135 T* 這顆鏡頭是CONTAX單眼相機系列裡最平價的一顆望遠鏡頭，和Distagon 2.8/28 T*，Planar 1.7/50 T* 同列為三顆入門鏡頭，有這三顆鏡頭幾乎可以應付所有的場合，想玩傳統底片相機的同好可以到二手市場找找看，絕對是物超所值。
Photo 1: Image of Twin Dragons Fighting for the Pearl at Sanxia Tzu-shih Temple 三峽祖師廟雙龍搶珠
Photo 2: Image of Lion Carvings on the Inner Hall Railing of Sanxia Tzu-shih Temple 三峽祖師廟內殿護欄上的祥獅木雕
Other photos can be found in the Sanxia Tzu-shih Temple album.
其他照片請參考 三峽祖師廟 相簿。
