Episode 91 • Prague Rock

What this episode covers

Once again I Dream of Cameras spans the globe, with Jeff in Prague and Gabe in Los Angeles, and not even a nine-hour time difference can slow us down! In fact, one might say we are utterly devoid of camera viscosity, or “camerosity” for short. In this supersized episode… Jeff unknowingly chatted up Danny Clinch about his Leica Q2 at the Trombone Shorty Soho Session, and the acclaimed photographer was faintly dismissive for the next two months Jeff’s in Prague, where the camera shops (FotoŠkoda, Jan Pazdera) are far too alluring he’s been eyeing a lovely Zeiss Tenax II, a flawed Olympus 35SPn, and a beautifully brassed black Canonflex RM before departure, Jeff did the unthinkable: snagged a bargain-basement half-frame Alpa 10s on the ‘Bay - it’s half a Swiss cookie and the realization of a lifelong dream! talking Leicas with Dave Tada, Gabe realized he needs a 35mm lens for his Leica III - he already has the 50mm Serenar, so any suggestions? Gabe went to the Fujifilm event for their bizarre new half-a-cookie digital - what did he learn about the elusive x100vi? Gabe has gone half-cookie INSANE with his Olympus Pen FT, so now our friend Sissi Lu has enticed him to give the Pentax One Seven one more try - what will he grab next, the chunky plastic Pentax or the mighty meterless Olympus Pen FV? he’s got a portrait shoot coming up, and plans to use the Kiev 60, the Leica III and the Mamiya RZ67 as for replenishing his collection, he’s up to 27 of a planned 30 cameras  Jeff was shooting around Prague when Sudden Fujifilm Battery Death struck again! Fuji’s battery displays in both the XPan and GA645 are pure fiction Gabe’s also been rebuilding his book collection with Duane Michals Portraits and volumes by Sarah Moon and Clifford Coffin let us now praise John Wade’s Retro Cameras, which is what Ralph Bellamy’s book should have been once again we make it halfway down the depths of our Prodigious Mailbag™ Gabe unleashes a raft of thank-yous and adds a final postscript: nature is healing and he’s back in the bag business, welcoming a new Nomatic Luma McKinnon