Episode 103: Don't Snort Your Lenses

About this episode

The episode features a lively discussion on various topics including vintage cameras and the dangers of radioactive lenses.

In what turned out to be one of the more unhinged episodes of the Camerosity Podcast, for Episode 103 the gang didn't get the show announcement out until the day of the recording, but that resulted in a near record number of participants, and without a dedicated topic to discuss, we ran the gamut of topics from Theo's recent acquisition of a local lab's Fuji Frontier Scanner, to a very lively discussion about radioactive lenses and why you should not grind up lens glass and snort it. Joining Anthony, Paul, Stephen, Theo, and Mike on this episode were A.J. Gentile, Dan Cuny, Doug Doyle, Fernando Villava, Greg McCreash, Ira Cohen, Jeremy Scott, Mario Piper, Norris Liu, Pat Casey, Ron Gee, Vlad Kern, Will Pinkham, plus a few others who didn't say anything. The show starts off with Theo telling the tale of how a Frontier scanner is coming to him and that turned into a very lively discussion about all scanning options from using professional scanners, flatbed scanners, and then eventually to digitizing with a digital camera. Returning guest Dan Cuny shares some vintage digital cameras he's been working on reviews for including the 0.3 megapixel Canon PowerShot 350 and the floppy disc…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike Eckman, Anthony, Paul, Stephen, Theo

Guests: A.J. Gentile, Dan Cuny, Doug Doyle, Fernando Villava, Greg McCreash, Ira Cohen, Jeremy Scott, Mario Piper, Norris Liu, Pat Casey, Ron Gee, Vlad Kern, Will Pinkham

Topics covered

• vintage cameras
• film scanning
• radioactive lenses
• digital photography
• camera reviews

Keywords

• Camerosity Podcast
• vintage digital cameras
• Fuji Frontier Scanner
• radioactive lenses
• camera reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Fuji Frontier Scanner, Canon PowerShot 350, Sony Mavica, Minolta RD-175

Places: Ukraine

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