Matt Sampson
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Matt Sampson
@theuntrainedlens.bsky.social
Okinawa/US based digital and film photographer.
🎞 1990 Pentax LX
📷 Fujifilm XT-4

IG: https://www.instagram.com/the_untrained_lens?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Remember the gal I told you about who has like five of them?
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Oh no, one of the guys casually mentioned that I am one of the few regular customers buying film who isn't shooting on a leica. Pretty much all their Japanese customers have those.
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I assume some sort of laminate. I couldn't get close enough to see
February 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Actually I lied, the first frame is Ektar
February 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Nah man, thats how it goes. "F8 and be there"
February 9, 2026 at 11:44 AM
And yes, their photos reflect. Are my bad photos bad because I'm not very good at photography, or do I just need to go and blow $10,000 on a Leica?
February 9, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Thanks!
February 9, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Some people say it was designed to be digitally scanned, which if true, might explain why the uncorrected, density-unadjusted negative scans look terrific off rip.
February 9, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Its the side of this building from my velvia shots.
February 9, 2026 at 6:40 AM
In real life, the difference in color is much more subdued. I'm not sure why the film Emulsion interprets it that way, but I think it has something to do with the fact that outside is lit with fluorescent lights, and the inside is lit with incandescent lights
February 9, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Oh I meant your battery gunny
February 9, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Is he Puerto rican, because that would be even better
February 9, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Fuck it, typos. Oh well. I just woke up
February 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Gonna call it "Yoippari" because Nighthawks in Japan.
February 9, 2026 at 12:11 AM
I like the 135, but the 50 that I have is apparently infamously bad in terms of sharpness and I should go find the 50 mm 1.8
February 8, 2026 at 12:22 AM