Vincent Chong[1] (formerly known as Vincent561967 as his channel name), is an lift filmer from Hong Kong. Other than being an lift enthusiast, he is also a bus enthusiast. He is currently working in a printing workshop in the weekday[2].
History[]
He opened his YouTube channel on September 28, 2006. The first video uploaded on his channel was a 4-minutes bus video, after that, he began uploading lift videos. His first lift video uploaded was a Toshiba elevator video in 2007. Most of his early videos were recorded using his mobile phone but later he got a camera to film them. In early 2013, he replaced his old camera to a new one which can record videos in Full HD (1080p). In early 2014, he used his mobile phone which also can record it HD (720p or 1080p)
Elevator Tour[]
- On June 21, 2016, he made his first elevator tour which consists of elevator videos recorded in Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong[3]. His first elevator tour video at Taikoo Place was inspired from vief86mo's elevator tour video of the same location[4].
- One month, he made his second elevator tour video which consists of elevator videos recorded in Yau Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong[5]. These videos were recorded in industrial buildings and public housings.
- Three months after, he made his third elevator tour video which consists of elevator videos recorded in one of Industrial Building in Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong[6]. These videos were recorded Fiam elevators in same of industrial building.
- On November 2016, he made his fourth elevator tour video which consists of elevator videos recorded in Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre[7], but these video which took in November 2014.
Camera history[]
- Kodak EasyShare (Nov 2005 - December 2007)
- Samsung Digimax S800 (Dec 2007 - June 2010)
- Samsung ES65 (July 2010 - December 2012)
- Nikon Coolpix P310 (December 2012 - December 2013)
Mobile Phone history[]
- Nokia 6230i (Jun 2007 - November 2009)
- Sony Ericsson C510 (November 2009 - August 2012)
- Samsung Galaxy S II I9100 (August 2012 - December 2013)
- Samsung GALAXY Note II LTE N7105 (December 2013 - December 2016)
- SONY Xperia Z5 Premium (December 2016 - October 2019)
- SONY Xperia 5 (October 2019 - Present)
Trivia[]
- His channel is the largest lift channel in Hong Kong.
- He is the lift filmer in Hong Kong who has the most number of destination dispatch lift videos (mostly Schindler Miconic 10).
- He is the first person in the lift community to discover and film Mitsubishi DOAS system in Glouchester Tower (The Landmark, Central), Hong Kong.
- He is also the first person outside Thailand to film Hitachi DFRS elevators at St. Paul Hospital Block B, Hong Kong.[8]
- He is also have the most numbers of the Public Housing Estate lifts filmed in Hong Kong.
- He sometimes films elevator video in Macau and Mainland China.
- He has filming lifts with several lift photographers such as:
- CH Chan (formerly hz6761, 2008)
- Chiu Hey Mak (formerly GeorgeMak23081993, 2013 and 2014)
- ChickenNg18 (2013 and 2014)
- IDLift3000 (2016[9])
- Lift Wong (2016[10] [11] - 2024)
- Heritage Elevators (2016 and 2017[12])
- 香港機研頻道 HKBFC (2017[13])
- SC098 (formerly SC Miles, 2018 and 2019)
- Snorkitty (2018[14])
- NingSama (2018[15])
- JimLiElevators (2019[16])
- HJ2127 (2019)
- Finn & Jake Production (2019 - 2024)
- LEVCKS (2024) (formerly known with EVTT, 2020)
- Buddy Lift Channel (2022 and 2023)
- He is also a contributor as well as a forum member of the Hong Kong-based lift and information site, hkelev.com.
- He is the third lift filmer reported by local major media (just after the DieselDucy and RailCarADDE)[17][2][18].
- He is also being a member of "Hong Kong Lift Research Page".
External links[]
- ↑ Example: hkelev - Destination Dispatch system
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 【恐怖𨋢系列(三)之老爺𨋢】90後電梯迷遊盡全港升降機 (Chinese only), (The breaking news section of Apple Daily, Hong Kong, China. May 14, 2018).
- ↑ 升降機遊覽：鰂魚涌太古坊 (第一集) Elevator Tour In TaiKoo Place (1)
- ↑ Elevator Tour at Taikoo Place Hong Kong
- ↑ Random elevators in Yau Tong 油塘升降機影片 ( 隨機)
- ↑ Fiam Elevator Tour
- ↑ Elevators @ Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre
- ↑ 銅鑼灣聖保祿醫院B座日立升降機
- ↑ 2 Vintage Mitsubishi Elevators - Kimberley Plaza, HK
- ↑ 佐敦百達大廈Felift升降機
- ↑ 榮華工業大廈東芝拉閘貨用升降機
- ↑ 1982 Toshiba high-rise traction freight elevator @ Vigor Industrial Building, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong
- ↑ 葵涌金發工業大廈第二期TOSHIBA拉閘貨用升降機
- ↑ (With Vincent Chong) Former vintage Schindler elevator at a building in Hong Kong
- ↑ 2016 Guangri Traction Lift/Elevator @ Wah May House Block A, Hong Kong w/Vincent Chong and SC Miles
- ↑ The vintage elevators in Hong Kong that JimLiElevators filmed with Vincent Chong
- ↑ 香港最窄𨋢門廿吋闊 (Chinese only), (Apple Daily, Hong Kong, China. July 22, 2013).
- ↑ 【恐怖電梯系列(三) 】狂迷拍片記錄升降機 20吋窄門你入唔入到？