Episode 101: Mike Eckman Man of Mystery

About this episode

In this episode, Mike Eckman shares his journey in the vintage camera world, answering questions from various guests about his experiences and insights.

When it came time to decide what to follow up our 100th episode, the guys made a comment that we should interview a prominent podcaster and blogger in the vintage camera realm. With a long list of guests already, we thought hard about who we've missed, who is one person who has helped grow GAS as much as any one single person can? Anthony spoke up and said, "Hey, it should be Mike"! While I had my doubts about how interesting a whole episode about me could be, I thought that I do like to tell stories, why why not?! Joining Anthony, Paul, Stephen, Theo, and Mike this, our 101st episode are returning callers A.J. Gentile, David Palumbo, Fernando Villava, Ira Cohen, Mark Faulkner, Pat Casey, Rob Lattimer, William Ponder, and Will Pinkham. Over the course of the episode, I field a variety of questions from how I got started, what is my while whale camera, what cameras never clicked for me, what was an example of a camera that I felt overwhelmed trying to shoot. Paul gets me to revisit my 2023 trip to Los Angeles when I went through the collection of Kurt Ingham and what it was like going through such a large collection. We get into camera accessories, especially how difficult it is…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Eckman

Guests: A.J. Gentile, David Palumbo, Fernando Villava, Ira Cohen, Mark Faulkner, Pat Casey, Rob Lattimer, William Ponder, Will Pinkham

Topics covered

• vintage cameras
• podcasting
• camera accessories
• collecting
• storytelling

Keywords

• vintage cameras
• podcasting
• camera accessories
• collecting
• Kilfitt lenses
• Los Angeles
• Rear Window
• GAS
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kilfitt

Books & works: Rear Window

Places: Los Angeles

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