I Dream of Cameras

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Episode 5 • Fight Us Feb 13, 2021

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it’s a new year, check your batteries! How to replace the obsolete PX625: the MR-9 adapter, the Weincell, the 675 + paulbg ring, etc.

wrongly valued cameras (Minoltas, Konicas and Mirandas are treated like trash; Mamiya/Sekor is garbage while Mamiya is a treasure; Pentax K1000 overvalued while ME Super is undervalued; Canon AE-1 over, EF and A-1 under; Olympus OM-1 way under, etc.)

autofocus / point and shoot - is it real photography?

does handheld metering make you more of a photographer?

plastic / toy / Lomo cameras

Polaroid, Instax, One Instant (a disaster), Polaroid Chocolate

expired film - what’s so great?

bulk loading

Spotlight: the cameras we each irrationally and indefensibly love (Hasselblad 553ELX, Canon EF)

Episode 4 • The Unwanted Jan 29, 2021

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Thank-yous: Fred Coury for the music, Keith Greenstein for the logos, mention launch of website and associated IDOC swag

Do you lend? Cameras you borrowed, then bought?

Cameras others love but you're just not interested in

Highly hyped, tried, didn't like

Fear of a large format

Falling in and out of love with cameras - it's like a romcom, how do you decide when to ditch?

The most beautiful but horrible/unusable cameras (Pentacon Six, Kodak Medalist II, Kodak Bantam Special)

Spotlight: your most despised camera you’ll never get rid of… or one you’re about to unload (Polaroid 195, Bronica SQ, Kodak Bantam Special, Robot Royal 24)

Episode 3 • The Other Stuff Jan 13, 2021

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Lens collecting: is it exciting?

Flashes, pro and con

Camera bags, pro and con

Caps and straps and such - Jeff is anti neck straps and lens caps, pro wrist straps, belt clips and skylight filters

Ephemera: manuals, brochures, magazines, books

What are the best books on cameras?

Cameras in TV and movies: people hold them wrong, they make the wrong noises, there’s a flash when there’s no flash on the camera, etc.

Camera spotlight: Gabe’s choice (Zeiss Contarex Bullseye)

Camera spotlight: Jeff’s choice (Alpa 11si)

Episode 2 • The Hunt Dec 31, 2020

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how does the bug bite you

researching

where do you look for 'em

online retailers (KEH etc.)

eBay strategy (evaluating from pictures, sniping)

camera shows (evaluating in person)

thrift stores

yard sales

friends (incl. the Widelux)

returns (and bad beats)

impulse buys

Gabe’s great acquisition story (the Leica M4) + review

Jeff’s great acquisition story (the Nikon SP) + review

Xmas gift ideas

Episode 1 • The Pilot Nov 20, 2020

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about Jeff and Gabe, who we are, what we do, how we met

what was your first camera and how did you get it

when did collecting take hold and why

how many cameras do you currently have (...do you actually know how many?)

35mm, medium format, Polaroid, 110 — whaddya like?

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