Episode 59 • Friends Was a Fun Job

“So no one told you life was gonna be this way / Your Nikon’s in the shop, your XPan’s D.O.A....” Join Jeff and Gabe in Noo Yawk Cit-tay for a very special episode, featuring a schmear and a Dr. Brown’s and the most underrated Canon SLR of the modern era. We’ll be there for you! Cameras of 1964:the O.G. Leicaflexthe elusive Canon FXthe wildly undervalued Pentax SVthe freakish Nikkorex Auto 35the large and unwieldy Koni-Omega RapidGabe’s NYC photo walk with the great Sissi LuThe team’s visit to B&H Photo (and Russ & Daughters) with Chris ChuJeff bought a Canon F-1 Lake Placid Olympics edition, the only classic-era Canon SLR he’s never ownedComparing the XPan with the Minolta P’s: field of view and aspect ratio are quite similar!Another roll-the-dice segment! Adapting this lens for that camera, and the worst camera we’ve ever used — fight us!Plus a dip halfway down our prodigious mailbag!