Well, it was only a matter of time before I went out and bought a new camera, having invested so much in lenses over the past couple of months. I bought myself a used Fuji S2 Pro on eBay, which should complement our D70s nicely. Though it’s an older camera, it does wonderful things for skin tones and shoots with very low noise at high ISOs — so it will allow me to take nicer pictures of people indoors, in other words. Since people indoors make up about 50% of my photography, I hope that it’s a worthwhile investment.

My “new” Fuji S2 Pro

As always, there is a learning curve to the new technology. And for most of the morning, I didn’t realise that the camera defaults into ‘Preview’ mode — displaying each photograph on the screen, but not saving any unless so actively press “record”. So I spent all morning shooting photos of my friends only to discover that none of them had been saved and I had an empty memory card. I did take a few pictures — both outside and inside — and so far am very pleased with the quality. Like anything else, practice and familiarity should improve the quality of my results.

The Merchant Store

A low-light photograph at ISO800 inside the Goods Shed.