In those days, a camera was considered an extravagance, and both film and developing were expensive. "When I was young, the neighboring dads thought I was a bad son who only wasted the family's money," recalls Pan. But his father never regarded him this way.
在當時，照相被視為奢侈的花費，買膠卷、沖底片又昂貴，「年輕時我是鄰居叔叔伯伯眼中只會花錢的敗家子」，潘智敏說，但父親卻從不這樣看他。