Episode 24 • Yippee Kai Yay (A Christmas Episode)

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 Angeleswhat's with Linda McCartney's weird grip on her Nikon F in Get Back?follow-up to our Olympus episode: we forgot the rare & desirable Pen W! check out Daido Moriyama’s NY 71 to see what this lovely machine can doKai Wong interview:who are your primary comedic influences?this week marks five years of your YouTube channel - how’s it going?what made you wanna write this book? and why film photography?the two halves of the book: first technical, then artistictip #94: buy flight tickets, not geartalk about your first camera, the Pentax MZ-M - what other cameras have you held onto?street photography in Hong Kong, London, Los Angeleswhat's your shooting ratio for YouTube videos?neck strap, wrist strap or no strap?do you use a camera bag?do you use depth-of-field preview?do you keep the other eye open?is it more fun reviewing a bad camera?would you pay $3,600 for a Nikon FM2/T Year of the Dog camera?end-of-year thoughtscheck out our merch page for excellent holiday gifts!thanks to Fred Coury and Keith Greenstein - the whole team will be assembling for an IDOC corporate retreat this weekendto wrap up a glorious year, Gabe suggests everyone remind Jeff how much he’s wrong