Episode 32 • We Gotcha Covid

Happy birthday to our patient patron Graeme!Gabe’s COVID ordealA magical mailbag!Gabe’s recent shooting adventures: a daylong shoot with actor Brenton Thwaites, and Retta’s pink partyJeff’s been a-travelin’, so let’s talk about the travel-camera conundrum. His favorite is the Olympus XA4 Macro — what's yours?Visits to two great camera shops: Unique Photo in Philadelphia and B&H in New YorkIn a stunning development, Gabe got a half-frame camera, a Canon Sure Shot Multi Tele — how does half a cookie taste?copy stands are insanely expensive, so after much searching Jeff found a Durst F30 on Craigslist — it's the enlarger he learned on, and now the world’s cheapest copy standWe regret to inform you that Polaroid is at it again, with wildly overpriced Saint Laurent cameras and film — damn you!!Clare Marie Bailey gave Jeff a print of her exquisite photo “Memories of Summer” - print and hang your stuff, swap with other photographers, physical media is nice!Looking for an inexpensive way to shoot Nikon glass? Don’t sleep on the Nikonos!