
Shooting with a 21-Year-Old Camera: The Fujifilm S1 Pro
I find it incredibly fun to use older, especially unique, digital cameras both as a challenge and for sheer enjoyment.
Matt Williams is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker, currently residing outside of Nashville, TN. He is passionate about the science, art, and history of photography. He is a fan of Paul Newman, Ingmar Bergman films, rare and unique lenses, fruit (not raspberries), and telling people on the Internet they’re wrong. Some of his favorite photographers are Saul Leiter, Berenice Abbott, Gregory Crewdson, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, and William Eggleston. Someday he’d like to work for Zeiss or Leica and promises to learn German if that happens. He is working on several photo projects and might finish them someday.
I find it incredibly fun to use older, especially unique, digital cameras both as a challenge and for sheer enjoyment.
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