Episode 88 • Jeff Spills Half a Coffee

What this episode covers

Gabe spills the tea — about the cameras he’s hunting for as he rapidly rebuilds his collection — while Jeff spills the coffee. That’s it. He spills it. Then recounts a whirlwind European trip featuring a phantasmagoria of phenomenal photographica. New York, London, Paris, dry-dock — everybody talk about pop IDOC! * Jeff bought a camera bag! okay, he found a used Ona Union Street at B&H, but whaaaaat???? * … then he went to London … * got an odd little book at The Photographer's Gallery on Analog Photography * visited Camera City, said hi to Pany, did not buy a Bronica RF645 * visited Aperture Photographic, gaped at the amazing inventory, talked with Simon about photography with a Pentax Stereo Adapter, did not buy an absurd Contax Preview * visited Mr Cad, kibitzed with the legendary Alex Falk, did not buy a rare and tantalizing Wrayflex, once again got the book instead * … then on to Paris … * visited Photo-Vincent, met the man himself, drooled over a black Alpa 6c and the 30mm lens for the XPan * there was zero hand-check madness on this trip! we credit the Sissi Lu DO NOT X-RAY bag * the sainted John-Michael Mendizza sent Gabe a Rolleiflex 2.8c and Jeff a Zeiss Taxona * how’s Gabe getting on with his half-a-cookie Olympus Pen FT? he’s on frame 56… * the viewfinder’s a bit dim, so Jeff unfortunately altered him to the existence of the Pen FV * Gabe’s up to twenty cameras of his planned thirty-camera collection, and here are the items on his hit list: * Mamiya RZ67 * Kiev 60 with Volna-3 lens * Mamiya C330 * black Leicaflex SL * Pentax MX (he’s already got the 40mm pancake!) * a brassed black Nikon F * and the 35mm Sigma art lens for the Canon EOS 3 * Gabe got a Yashicamat LM and a Minolta SRT-101 from Maria Elena Rodriguez * opened the time capsule camera bag, went back to the Palisades house with Brandon, and unearthed more cameras * Jeff has a final book recommendation: Tight Heads by Candy Clark * we finally voyage to the very bottom of our Prodigious Mailbag™ * and end with a challenge: write lyrics for our theme song! you could win fabulous prizes!