Episode 80 • So Good

What this episode covers

Our blockbuster eightieth episode includes talk of wedding shoots and model shoots, German Rolleis and Swiss Alpas, plastic Pentaxes and Pano Portrait Snobs. Tune in for all the badinage! * Eighty episodes — even the hosts can’t remember the highlights! So which three episodes would you recommend to the uninitiated? * Gabe went to a Cameras & Coffee meetup at the Culver Steps… * …where he drooled over an Olympus OM-4Ti and a Mamiyaflex * He also brought five cameras to a shoot with Claire Hinkley: * the rare and coveted Tele-Rolleiflex lent to him by the sainted John-Michael Mendizza * the old faithfuls: Rolleiflex 2.8E2 and Leica M4 * the mighty Nikon FM3a * and a long-languishing Hasselblad 500C * When Jeff and his siblings met up in Philadelphia for their yearly Fourphans™ Weekend, the Canon EOS Rebel 2000 with 40mm lens was his faithful plastic companion * He also went to Unique Photo and gaped at some rare Alpas, including the freakish 8b, which is both an SLR and a rangefinder * Which cameras did he use to cover his girlfriend’s son’s wedding? * Canon EOS Rebel 2000 for pre-wedding prep * Olympus XA4 with A11 flash for the rehearsal dinner * and of course the Hasselblad XPan for rooftop beauty shots of the betrothed * Yearning to get some new gear, Jeff grabbed an 24mm Angenieux lens for the Alpa at KEH… only to return it because it was not Alpa mount, but Exakta * He also handled a Pentax 17 and recoiled from its icky extruded body * And despite his devotion to the XPan, he bombed at the Epson Pano Awards — could he be a victim of the pano portrait snobs? * As requested by faithful listener Gaetan Cormier, may we present the “So good” t-shirt, a loving tribute to Gabe’s catchphrase * And finally: a deep dive into our Prodigious Mailbag™