He wouldn’t…. Now that the long-raging and ill-advisedly-ignited Vivian Maier debate has finally died down, Jeff wouldn’t throw gasoline on those embers by expressing a Strong Opinion about some recent Viv-related news, would he? Well, you’ll just have to tune in to find out. Also discussed: the boys swap cities, Gabe in New York and Jeff in Los Angeles; recent shooting adventures with a slew of cameras both old and new; and the proper way to express your love of our smash hit podcast: through lavish gifts! we had a tremendous response to the last episode — clearly 69 is something people reall ..read more

It’s an xlent xlerated xtralarge xtravaganza as Gabe and Jeff hack and slash their way to the bottom of the Prodigious Mailbag™, which features a slew of emails penned by celebrities under the pseudonym “Alan Peres.” Also discussed: cameras of ’55, cameras of ’24, Dune 2, SB2, SL3, FP4, HP5, Number Six and Zippora Seven! Tune in as we run the numbers! Cameras in Focus 1955: Olympus Wide Rolleiflex 2.8D the Nikon SP was in development (which prompts a reprise of Jeff’s astonishing SP acquisition story) Pentaflex Graflex Stereo Graphic a 1955 survey of 35mm cameras by price range Jeff briefly ac ..read more

The centerpiece of this episode is a delightful interview with motorcycle-ridin’ L.A. photographer Talya Adams. But first! Gabe’s bare-bones kit for his upcoming Canada trip: Leica M4 and M10 The Nikonos V is nice-konos! - let’s hear from Nikonos shooters! the mailbag, featuring: more talk of travel gear do you have cute names for your cameras? homebrew copystands the mysterious allure of the 40mm focal length (Summicron, Hexanon, Pentax, Zuiko, Ultron, etc.) Talya Adams interview: how she got into film photography her thrift-store Rollei 35 S and the Rollei B 35 that replaced it her LA shop o ..read more

an extravagant mailbag, featuring talk of Canons and bulk-loading 3D-printable leader-trimmers from Thingiverse: One for normal film: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4557581/files ABLON style, for Leica bottom-loaders: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1951048 Gabe went to the Morrison Hotel Gallery show and met legendary rock photographers Bob Gruen and Henry Diltz Jeff made a pilgrimage to the KEH brick-and-mortar store in Atlanta and came away with a Konica Auto S3 rangefinder and a 28mm Nikonos superwide lens which can only be used underwater he also got a lovely Canonflex R2000 on eBay ..read more

Mailbag — which is way too male! Thoughts on rising film prices HUGE news: the Leica wristwatches are out Gabe stumbles upon a concert by Turkish pop singer Zeynep Bastik at the end of his block and is pressed into service as event photographer — it’s the dream! Gabe goes spelunking for camera gear in the Laurel Canyon lair of legendary rock photographer Jimmy Steinfeldt… ...and emerges with a Minolta XG1 Jeff's newest acquisition: a Voigtländer Perkeo I — so cheap, so good Why don't we talk about folders? Gabe dusted off his Contarex Bullseye — gorgeous, with amazing lenses, yet expensive and ..read more

It’s our third anniversary episode, featuring celebrations galore and talk of cameras past, present and future. Plus the return of our Prodigious Mailbag™, featuring NO PRAISE! Tune in for all the merriment! Cameras of 1960: Nikkorex 35 Nikon S3M the original Canonflex Pentax Spotmatic shown at Photokina Rolleiflex 2.8F Rolleiflex Rollei Magic Zeiss Contarex Special Yashica 35M Leica R5 Gabe and Jeff got great birthday gifts! the original Kodak Instamatic Kodak Retina IIIC Lego Rolleiflex Leica IXMOO A golden Minolta P’s Gabe’s been trawling eBay for early LIFE magazines Please tell Jeff he d ..read more

Gabe goes to a celebrity wedding; Jeff appears in Vogue Portugal. Gabe has a birthday; Jeff has a breakdown. And all the while, they scour the globe in search of the world’s finest vintage camera shops. Tune in for pulled pork and wienerschnitzel and much, much more! Cameras of ’61: Olympus Pen EE Canon 7 Rolleiflex wide-angle Pentax H1/S1 A vintage Hasselblad 500c ad: What could possibly make a camera worth $550? Gabe had a birthday and received a photo-themed gift: Life Magazine and the Power of Photography, featuring his beloved Gordon Parks Our corporate retreat in Austin, Texas featured ..read more

If loving Kai is Wong, we don't wanna be right! The centerpiece of this episode is our interview with Kai Wong, a YouTube mainstay for 15 years and author of the excellent new book Old School Photography. But first! the bulging mailbag, featuring listener feedback about depth-of-field preview, keeping the other eye open, soft releases, macro vs. telephoto... lucky limerick-contest winner David Van Sluis got a $150 gift card (instead of $50) from The Darkroom! check out Ethan Moses's Kickstarter - he's bringing his homemade 20x24 instant camera to Los Angeles what's with Linda McCartney's weird ..read more

“Pablo Larraín, the film’s Chilean director, felt [Jackie] Kennedy’s love of beauty was so integral to her character that he requested [Natalie] Portman utter ‘I love beauty’ at some point during the shooting of every scene.” This is absurd, but not as absurd as Episode № 67 of I Dream of Cameras, “Your Extra Time and Your Kiss,” in which we discuss cameras called Beauty and Kiss and Super. Tune in for all the mayhem! Jeff made yet another math error! 64 is 2 to the fifth Gabe presents… Cameras in Focus, 1956: Canon VT Pentacon FB / Contax FB Mamiyaflex Automat BII Beauty 35 Super(“I love bea ..read more

It’s a voyage to the bottom of the Prodigious Mailbag™ on our Smash Hit Podcast™, but before that there’s talk of the year in photography 1957, the revived Southern California camera show, Jeff’s trip to the Caribbean with a sexy Swede and also his girlfriend, eBay execs sending pig fetuses to their critics, and so much more! Jeff made yet another major math error! 64 is 2 cubed Sorry, but Parenting Hell is not a smash hit podcast Gabe presents The Year in Focus 1957: Nikon SP Ilford Sportsman Hasselblad 500C Kodak Retina Reflex Concava Tessina watch camera TLR Leica M2 (for real) which when ..read more