Episode 101 • Today Is Her Birthday, They're Smoking Cigars
About this episode
The hosts discuss P's birthday, camera acquisitions, and various photography-related topics while Jeff shares personal experiences.
It’s P’s birthday, but she’s working, leaving Jeff languishing at home with nothing but his vapid glad-hand for company. Perfect time to summon up Gabe on the ol’ Zoom-o-Matic and pump out an episode! In this one, we speak of acquisitions both big (huge honkin’ Pentax zoom) and small (stealthy Casio wristcam). Also discussed: being mocked for your puny glass by a bird photographer with a 600mm, many upcoming LA photo meetups, and a deep dive into our Prodigious Mailbag™! Gabe snapped up a big-ass Pentax 6x7 zoom lens and had his beloved Leica M6 CLA’d by our trusty-dusty camera repair guy shout-out to the Film Fridge app — it’s better than a spreadsheet! Jeff speaks of his millennial obsession with the Casio WQV-3 watch camera , how he used it to surreptitiously photograph Will & Grace guest stars , and his late frustration with a recently acquired top-of-the-line WQV-10 also, he’s just returned from photographing sandhill cranes and prairie chickens in Kearney, Nebraska with the XPan , which was apparently the wrong camera to bring, because other large-lensed photographers mocked him Wilber, Nebraska is the Czech Capital of the US! Dave Grohl laments option paralysis…
Topics covered
- photography
- camera equipment
- photo meetups
- camera repair
- personal anecdotes
- mailbag discussions
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