Episode 101 • Today Is Her Birthday, They're Smoking Cigars

What this episode covers

It’s P’s birthday, but she’s working, leaving Jeff languishing at home with nothing but his vapid glad-hand for company. Perfect time to summon up Gabe on the ol’ Zoom-o-Matic and pump out an episode! In this one, we speak of acquisitions both big (huge honkin’ Pentax zoom) and small (stealthy Casio wristcam). Also discussed: being mocked for your puny glass by a bird photographer with a 600mm, many upcoming LA photo meetups, and a deep dive into our Prodigious Mailbag™! * Gabe snapped up a big-ass Pentax 6x7 zoom lens * and had his beloved Leica M6 CLA’d by our trusty-dusty camera repair guy * shout-out to the Film Fridge app — it’s better than a spreadsheet! * Jeff speaks of his millennial obsession with the Casio WQV-3 watch camera, how he used it to surreptitiously photograph Will & Grace guest stars, and his late frustration with a recently acquired top-of-the-line WQV-10 * also, he’s just returned from photographing sandhill cranes and prairie chickens in Kearney, Nebraska with the XPan, which was apparently the wrong camera to bring, because other large-lensed photographers mocked him * Wilber, Nebraska is the Czech Capital of the US! * Dave Grohl laments option paralysis, something we camera collectors know all too well * there are plenty of upcoming photo meetups in LA — check out LA Film Camera and Analog Con * Jo Geier of Mint and Rare is torturing us all on Instagram * ever heard of the Ricoh 500RF? * we rifle through an exceptionally Prodigious Mailbag™ * and speaking of watches and photography, check out the crowdfunded wristwatch light meter from Increment Labs LTD