Jeff’s back from the Caribbean island of St. Barth’s with a report on his new favorite beach camera, while out in the West, Gabe’s renewed camera collection continues to burgeon... as does the enmity of one listener each time Jeff mentions the Pentax 17. Find out why in the latest un-dour, un-flaccid episode of I Dream of Cameras, because provocation is our forte!Gabe shot his Kiev 60 and the Bronica ETR-Siand is eyeing:black Leicaflex SL35mm f4 Schneider lens for Leicaflexand Mamiya Universalmeanwhile, Jeff is eyeing:Pentax MXWeltron 2007Atari 4-Player FootballAlpa Si 3000Nikkor FJeff's St. Barth's report: the Ona Union Street camera bag was idealof course he brought the Hasselblad XPan, but at the last minute subbed in the Canon EOS Rebel 2000 for the Olympus XA4, and it was the perfect beach-party nighttime-flash trash camerahe shot mostly Portra 160 and 400, but also tried some Santacolor 100 and Film Washi X, which it turns out are the same thing! Kodak Aerocolor IVno hand-check madness on this trip - Sint Maarten, Saint Barthélemy, all security personnel were totally obliging - once again we credit the Sissi Lu DO NOT X-RAY bag, now available at a camera store near yougood travel buddies: Zeiss lens wipes and a rocket air blowerlet’s help Lina Bessonova and handcheckfilm.com! when you travel, send a report to her contact page so she can keep this valuable resource up to dateGabe recommends Graination in Toronto, a coffee shop and film labwe stick our snouts deep into the Prodigious Mailbag™, where a listener savagely upbraids Jeff for calling the Pentax 17 by its proper name (here’s proof)finally, look for our appearance on an obscure podcast called Camerosity, talkin’ Alpas
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Episode 88 • Jeff Spills Half a Coffee
Gabe spills the tea — about the cameras he’s hunting for as he rapidly rebuilds his collection — while Jeff spills the coffee. That’s it. He spills it. Then recounts a whirlwind European trip featuring a phantasmagoria of phenomenal photographica. New York, London, Paris, dry-dock — everybody talk about pop IDOC!Jeff bought a camera bag! okay, he found a used Ona Union Street at B&H, but whaaaaat????… then he went to London …got an odd little book at The Photographer's Gallery on Analog Photographyvisited Camera City, said hi to Pany, did not buy a Bronica RF645visited Aperture Photographic, gaped at the amazing inventory, talked with Simon about photography with a Pentax Stereo Adapter, did not buy an absurd Contax Previewvisited Mr Cad, kibitzed with the legendary Alex Falk, did not buy a rare and tantalizing Wrayflex, once again got the book instead… then on to Paris …visited Photo-Vincent, met the man himself, drooled over a black Alpa 6c and the 30mm lens for the XPanthere was zero hand-check madness on this trip! we credit the Sissi Lu DO NOT X-RAY bagthe sainted John-Michael Mendizza sent Gabe a Rolleiflex 2.8c and Jeff a Zeiss Taxonahow’s Gabe getting on with his half-a-cookie Olympus Pen FT? he’s on frame 56…the viewfinder’s a bit dim, so Jeff unfortunately altered him to the existence of the Pen FVGabe’s up to twenty cameras of his planned thirty-camera collection, and here are the items on his hit list:Mamiya RZ67Kiev 60 with Volna-3 lensMamiya C330black Leicaflex SLPentax MX (he’s already got the 40mm pancake!)a brassed black Nikon Fand the 35mm Sigma art lens for the Canon EOS 3Gabe got a Yashicamat LM and a Minolta SRT-101 from Maria Elena Rodriguezopened the time capsule camera bag, went back to the Palisades house with Brandon, and unearthed more camerasJeff has a final book recommendation: Tight Heads by Candy Clarkwe finally voyage to the very bottom of our Prodigious Mailbag™ and end with a challenge: write lyrics for our theme song! you could win fabulous prizes!
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Episode 87 • Gabe Eats Half a Cookie
A long-awaited catch-up in which Gabe reviews the events of the past month. The biggest news: he bought a half-frame camera! WHAT IS UP WITH THIS DUDE? Tune in for the rollicking debrief!how’s Gabe doing? well, he:took some trips to the Palisades house with Brandonfound the remains of many cameras, including Rolleiflexeswas interviewed by National Geographic reporter Gideon Mendel, who documents such thingsand has returned to shooting! with the Rolleiflex 3.5E, Nikon FE, Leica M6…...but not the cameras in the bag he grabbed on the day of the fire Trev Lee thoughtfully returned the Rolleiflex Gabe had traded him for his Leica M5Gabe went to the LA Camera Expo, which is shaping up greatwhile in LA, Jeff shot with:Rolleiflex SL350 — sublime!Canon F-1 Lake Placid Olympics edition — underrated!Rollei C35 — ridiculous!FujiFilm GA645 — confounding!upon departure, he removed all batteries from idle cameras ‘cause he’s compulsiveand he swapped Alpas! the 11si and 50mm Kern-Macro-Switar came east, while the 10s and 24mm Angenieux stayed west!shocking half-a-cookie news! Gabe bought an Olympus Pen FT!while Jeff failed to snag a Zeiss Tenax II, so he bought the book by Wes Loder insteadand he received a cool Lego Retro Camera as a gift from Todd and Mistiemay we draw your attention to Andy Gray’s amazing IDOC-inspired Pentax MF mod pagea rare treat! Jeff dined with Sunny 16’s Clare Marie Bailey and her brilliant musician friend Gwenno at the storied Chelsea Hotelwe take an emotional dip into our Prodigious Mailbag™and finally, we urge you to see Bob Trevino Likes It, starring our friends Barbie Ferreira and French Stewart
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Episode 86 • Marie, You Win
Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 8:11 a.m. PST. Text from Gabe Sachs:“Well, all I can say is… I bet I have culled my camera collection faster than anyone else in history.”In this episode, Gabe recounts his experience during the Palisades Fire, which destroyed over a hundred Rolleiflex TLRs.Tune in for all the details.
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Episode 85 • “He looks like that fella in the movies… you know… Ralph Bellamy”
I Dream of Cameras kicks off the new year with another blockbuster XL episode! Jeff chillingly limns the hundred-degree delta between Jamaica and Iceland, and how the Fuji GA645 and Hasselblad XPan fared in each. Gabe exhumes some old warhorses from the back of the camera cabinet. And they top it all off with some STRONG OPINIONS about a new film-camera book. Tune in for all the fireworks!a scant 13 days after returning from a beach vacation in Jamaica, Jeff jetted off to Iceland for New Year’s, toting along the Fujifilm GA645 Professional and the Hasselblad XPan — how did they fare?Gabe recounts a recent photo shoot with the lovely Lyliana Wray, featuring the Nikon D700, Canon Sure Shot Owl and Jeff’s beloved Olympus 35 RCin the course of reorganizing, Gabe unearthed a few long-neglected cameras he wants to shoot with:Exakta VX IIaZeiss Ikon Super IkontaPentacon Six TLand the mighty Graflex Super Dat Jeff’s behest, the heroes at Ausgeknipst made a PX450 adapter for the Alpa 10 serieswelcome to another edition of Jeff’s deeply nerdy “Nobody Cares” Corner! this time he does a lengthy exegesis of camera serial numbers — there’s so much you can learn! some examples:FujifilmHasselblad, using the VHPICTURES codeKodak, using the CAMEROSITY codeKonica, using the MY BEST KONICA codeLeicaPolaroid SX-70Rollei 35Jeff reviews Ralph Bellamy a.k.a. Bellamy Hunt a.k.a. Japan Camera Hunter's new book Film Camera Zen. shots fired!! come at me, Ralph!and finally, we take a graceful swan-dive into our Prodigious Mailbag™
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