A weekly podcast about photography with modern and classic manual focus lenses
So, after a summer break, it's time again to brush up on your 2nd Grade classical history and moderately-sized furry mammal knowledge as it will be required to get the most out of this episode. Off topic we discuss the Fujinon 55mm f/2.2 and a potential clone, the new Voigtlander (is it a) Heliar 50mm f/1.5 (how can it be if it's f/1.5 and six elements!), and how to manage a house move with a large camera collection. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher TAGS #CLP145 #VoigtlanderHeliar #Raccoonz #Rangefinderz #Fuji55mm #aphantasia SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens MERCHANDISE Official Classic Lenses Podcast Swag FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry Ge Website | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company | Kodak Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago Media Production J.D. Wagner Rodmaker Official CLP Rodmaker & Rodman Filterfind.net Photographic Filters Resource
The Final Chapter of the Cocaine & Waffles Podcast Experiment Starring: Mike Eckman Johnny Sisson Theo Panagopoulos Anthony Rue Mark Faulkner Rick Oleson Daniel Hausman Vadislav Kern Rob Jamieson Check out the The Ohio Camera Collector's Society Annual Camera Auction
A slew of Vivitar purchases by Simon is the inspiration for a Vivitar special show where we give something of a potted history of the once great American lens brand. Whilst Vivitar has always been at the value end of the lens market, many of their lenses punched well beyond their weight. We discuss our collective experiences (well Johnny and Simon do...) of Vivitar lenses and pick our favourites and bargain buys. LINKS Vivitar T2 lenses Vivitar T4 Lenses Vivitar Lenses on Apotelyt Vivitar Wiki Vivitar Lenses on Cameraquest The Great Vivitar 28mm 28mm Bestiary The Vivitar PN2011 35mm Camera Vivitar Maniacs on Flickr LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher TAGS #CLP144 #vivitar SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens MERCHANDISE Official Classic Lenses Podcast Swag FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry Ge Website | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company | Kodak Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago Media Production J.D. Wagner Rodmaker Official CLP Rodmaker & Rodman Filterfind.net Photographic Filters Resource
The Cocaine & Waffles Podcast Experiment Starring: Mike Eckman Johnny Sisson Cheyenne Morrison Perry Ge Mike Novak Anthony Rue Eric Enrico Jason Theo Panagopoulos
In July, 2019 (Episode #77), we thoroughly enjoyed having the rare talent that is Isabel Curdes on the show, so we are delighted to able to maroon her on our desert island with 4 special lenses and two cameras (one is a big digital camera with a stupid shutter speed dial (if you're Simon and have weird issues with shutter speed dials.)) Isabel's picks are pretty stellar, which is not surprising seeing how many lenses she's gone through over the years. As well as getting to know Isabel's lenses better, we also have a quick chat about the automated mounted slide "scanning" device, the Cameradactyl BoopBoop Trigger and give definitive advice to Graeme Jago in his hunt for a new Cheap Shot Challenge camera... ISABEL CURDES Website | Twitter | Instagram LINKS Mamiya 80mm f/1.9 SMC Pentax 67 105mm f/2.4 Hermagis Eidoscope Fuji GFX 50R Graflex Speed Graphic Sunny 16 Podcast I dream Of Cameras Podcast Cameradactyl BoopBoop Trigger LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher TAGS #CLP143 #IsabelCurdes #DesertIslandLenses SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens MERCHANDISE Official Classic Lenses Podcast Swag FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry Ge Website | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company | Kodak Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago Media Production J.D. Wagner Rodmaker Official CLP Rodmaker & Rodman Filterfind.net Photographic Filters Resource
There's something in the air, it's almost tangible... that's right it's pent up GAS, and we've just released it! Perry finally (and properly) breaks his No Nut November pledge from last October, Simon meets one of his hero lenses, and Johnny has extreme Leica satisfaction. Plenty of lens talk on adapting projection lenses, adapting the Contax G 35mm/2 Planar to Leica M, and some sharp practice by an auction house. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher TAGS #CLP142 #LeicaMP #LeicaIIIa #LeicaIII #Voigtlander #35mmUltron #35mmPlanar #85mmPlanar #Contax #GAS SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens MERCHANDISE Official Classic Lenses Podcast Swag FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry Ge Website | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company | Kodak Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago Media Production J.D. Wagner Rodmaker Official CLP Rodmaker & Rodman Filterfind.net Photographic Filters Resource
It appears that taking a month off has not helped with the intelligence and lens knowledge of the three hosts. Perry struggles with cleaning marks, Simon struggles with the Minolta Rokkor VFC 24mm f/2.8 and Johnny struggles with the "focus bubble" of the Russar MR-2. If you have any knowledge of the three subject above, beware listening will be painful... LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher TAGS #CLP141 #fullretard #Russarmr2 #Minolta24mmVFC SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens MERCHANDISE Official Classic Lenses Podcast Swag FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry Ge Website | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company | Kodak Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago Media Production J.D. Wagner Rodmaker Official CLP Rodmaker & Rodman Filterfind.net Photographic Filters Resource
Anil’s back and he’s brought his Unusual Eye with him. It’s just as well that we had Anil booked as Johnny had a Red Dot course to attend and could not be with us. As well as chatting about Anil’s excellent new photo book, which you can win a copy of it by entering our exciting new completion… This week’s podcast turned into a marathon session as we took the opportunity to (almost) finish off our latest backlog of emails. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher Anil MistryTwitter | Instagram | Facebook | City By The Sea TAGS#CLP140 #AnilMistry #CityByTheSea #UnusualEye SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens MERCHANDISEOfficial Classic Lenses Podcast Swag FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company | Kodak Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp BE LIKE KARLKarl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago Media ProductionJ.D. Wagner Rodmaker Official CLP Rodmaker & RodmanFilterfind.net Photographic Filters ResourceMullet On The Go Mullet Lifestyle Resource
We're back and winter lockdown boredom is playing havoc with our minds. What else could explain our desire to talk about early digital point and shoots, DSLRs, and a particular Canon EF lens that causes Johnny to have an almost Indiana-level meltdown? We also catch up on the new Sony 7C, the now extinct Fuji 400H, and the Mamiya Press 100mm f2.8. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher NOTES Canon EF 50mm f1.4 Overly Kind Lukewarm ReviewCanon 5D 2005 ReviewCanon 20D 2004 ReviewNikon D70 2004 ReviewSony A7C ReviewSony Cybershot DSC-P150 2004 ReviewFujifilm FinePix S3 Pro 2005 ReviewFujifilm PRO 400H Officially DiscontinuedMamiya Press System TAGS#CLP139 #Sony #Canon #Mamiya #Nikon #Fujifilm SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens MERCHANDISEOfficial Classic Lenses Podcast Swag FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company | Kodak Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp BE LIKE KARLKarl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago Media ProductionJ.D. Wagner Rodmaker Official CLP Rodmaker & RodmanFilterfind.net Photographic Filters Resource
Vlad Kern returns this week for another deep dive into the photographic world of the Former Soviet Union. We cover an extensive list of topics, including rare Soviet camera, export models, and espionage cameras. Comrade Vlad has many great stories to share again this time, including a few that didn't make it past the censors! LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher NOTES ussrphoto.comussrphoto on InstagramVinage Camera Collectors on Facebook TAGS#CLP138 #Vlad #VCC #sovietcameras #Zenit #Fed #Kalimar #TSVVS SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens MERCHANDISEOfficial Classic Lenses Podcast Swag FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company | Kodak Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp BE LIKE KARLKarl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago Media ProductionJ.D. Wagner Rodmaker Official CLP Rodmaker & RodmanFilterfind.net Photographic Filters Resource
Following a lengthy discussion on stray Australian marsupials, we dive into a host of more pressing questions this week. Will Perry succumb to Rodenstock GAS? What is Johnny's perfect TLR accessory? Is Simon hoarding Tessars? Plus chat about vintage cameras in Netflix shows, whether gear should be sold for "grail" purchases, and super telephoto lenses for birding. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher NOTES DeKalb Daily Chronicle - Wallaroo chase in PeruABC7 News Chicago - Wallaroo on the loose in Peru, IllinoisPhantom KangaroosWashington Post - Canada Goose parkas are winter’s ‘it’ coat — particularly for robbers in ChicagoMamiya C330 Mamiya C330 Manual Rollei Practical AccessoriesReflex & Magnifying Finders for MF & LF Cameras Konica Hexar AF TAGS#CLP137 #wallaroo #rodenstock #mamiyac330 #rolleiflex SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens MERCHANDISEOfficial Classic Lenses Podcast Swag FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company | Kodak Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp BE LIKE KARLKarl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago Media ProductionJ.D. Wagner Rodmaker Official CLP Rodmaker & RodmanFilterfind.net Photographic Filters Resource
Just when you thought that we could not keep it up for two weeks on the trot, another show turns up like a bad penny. The week sees us reach the finale of our listener emails trilogy and includes a special section where we hear from supporters of the much maligned Mike "it's all my fault" Gutterman. Having got the obligatory Leica talk out of the way, we cover some great topics including non-vanilla Pentax lenses, why a Nikon DSLR is rarely the answer to anything, and classic lens webcams. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ NOTES Takumar Lenses Leica MP Pentax FA Limited Lenses Bokeh Trees ________ TAGS#CLP136 #Pentax #Takumar #LeicaMP #Bokeh ________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens MERCHANDISEOfficial Classic Lenses Podcast Swag ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company | Kodak Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago Media ProductionJ.D. Wagner Rodmaker Official CLP Rodmaker & RodmanFilterfind.net Photographic Filters Resource
A short catch up this week along with a superficial comparison between the Pentax 50mm f/1.2 and the Konica 57mm f/1.2. The main event being part two of our catch up of listener emails and an official complaint. We become uplifted by La Résistance, delve into the Borg psyche of the Classic Lenses Podcast hosts and then there's the Gutterman... ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ NOTES Camera Geekery: MS Optics Aporia 24mm f2 M mountPentax SMC 50mm 1.2Konica Hexanon AR 57 mm / F1.2Used LensesThe Freudian Trio in FilmThe BorgNegative Positives Podcast ________ TAGS#CLP135 #Pentax #MSOptical #Konica #Borg #Freud #NegativePositivesPodcast #Gutterman ________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens MERCHANDISEOfficial Classic Lenses Podcast Swag ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company | Kodak Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago Media ProductionJ.D. Wagner Rodmaker Official CLP Rodmaker / RodmanFilterfind.net Photographic Filters Resource
Well we’ve had a three week break and it’s done us the world of good. We’re more relaxed and less opinionated than ever. A mountain of quality emails helps us to gently ease ourselves back into the swing of things with topics including Speed Panchros, Summarits, fake sharpness, a zoom lens, Jeremy North on the Mamiya C330 and other things. On another note, if you’re a thin-skinned Missourian, Hoosier, Wisconsinite or French, you may want to skip this week’s show. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ NOTES Beauty Camera Company Here's why you'll never find Chinese takeout boxes in China Frito Pie Rivals on all borders of Badger State You Know You're From Michigan When... Kladiana Missouri: The Show Me State Wisconsin: Racist by Default French people ________ TAGS#CLP134 #Biokar #BeautyCameraCo #FritoPie #ChopSuey #Klandiana #Cheeseheads #Frogs ________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens MERCHANDISEOfficial Classic Lenses Podcast Swag ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company | Kodak Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago Media ProductionJ.D. Wagner Rodmaker Official CLP RodmakerFilterfind.net Photographic Filters Resource
The much anticipated Frozen Pizza Episode is now here. SPOILER ALERT! Chicago Deep Dish Pizza is garbage (according to Simon). Trans Am Mullet Man Sex In A Fiero Pro Pizza Guy Mike Gutterman brings his expertise to present a balanced pizza episode and weighs in on the debate. Pentax and Leica R lenses are also briefly discussed, along with classic American muscle cars, classic American Lenses, and classic American cassette tape decks. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ MIKE GUTTERMANThe Negative Positives Podcast | Neg Pos Podcast Merch | Instagam________ TAGS#CLP133 #Gutterman #ClassicPizzaPodcast #Pentax #LeicaR #Fiero #TransAm #NegativePositivesPodcast ________ LINKSChicago Town Pizza Reviews DiGiorno Rising Crust Pizza California Pizza Kitchen BBQ Recipe Chicken Little Caesar’s Pizza Little Caesar's - I taught my dog to say I love you Beastie Boys - Sure Shot Lou Malnati’s Pizza Pequods’s Pizza Jensen Audio Pontiac Trans Am Pontiac Fiero Holga Cameras Pentax Lenses SMC Pentax KY Lube Leica R8 R9 Kodak Medalist History of lens coatings Wollensak Lenses ________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company | Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago Media ProductionJ.D. Wagner Rodmaker Official CLP RodmakerFilterfind.net Photographic Filters ResourceMullet On The Go Pizza Delivery Dude Headwear
Simon strikes gold with a great haul of interesting lenses, Perry gives up buying cameras and lenses for the rest of 2020, (there are caveats…) and Johnny has been drinking the Rodinal again. Johnny’s questionable habits may explain why he has no idea who is sending him film or a 6x12 camera in the mail. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ NOTES SMC Pentax 50mm 1.2 Porst 135mm f1.8 Taylor-Hobson Mamiya Universal Press Mamiya Universal Press Mamiya Press System Overview MAMIYA Sekor 100mm f2.8 Totarev FT-2 Industar 50mm f5 Zodiak-8B KRAKEN 612 South Park ________ TAGS#CLP132 #TaylorHobsonAviar #Porst #Tokatev #Zodiak8B #NoNutNovember #Cooke #Mamiya #Biotar #FT2 #Porst #Pentax #helios33 #Kraken612 ________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens MERCHANDISEOfficial Classic Lenses Podcast Swag ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company | Kodak Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago Media ProductionJ.D. Wagner Rodmaker Official CLP RodmakerFilterfind.net Photographic Filters Resource
Just when Simon thought that Johnny and Perry would be done talking about rangefinders after last week’s great show with Dan Tamarkin, he was proven to be wrong. Simon was also wrong about the Mongoose by Ethan “Cameradactyl” Moses, which already met its funding target after just one day. Talking of Ethan, he skydives into the show and regales us with Pro stories that are Pro. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ ETHAN MOSES CAMERADACTYL CAMERAS | CAMERADACTYL MONGOOSE Kickstarter | Homemade Camera Podcast | Instagram ________ TAGS#CLP131 #EthanMoses #Cameradactyl #Mongoose #VoigtlanderBessa SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens MERCHANDISEOfficial Classic Lenses Podcast Swag ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company | Kodak Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago Media ProductionJ.D. Wagner Rodmaker Official CLP RodmakerFilterfind.net Photographic Filters Resource
Johnny and Perry's wildest dreams comes true! We are joined by none other than Dan Tamarkin of Tamarkin Camera in Chicago, America's Premiere Leica Specialist. We take a deep-dive into rangefinder photography and all things Leica. Dan is an amazing conversationalist and storyteller, and even Simon manages to enjoy this complete immersion into the fascinating world of the Red Dot! ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ DAN TAMARKINTamarkin Camera America’s Premiere Leica Specialisthttp://www.tamarkin.com | (800) BUY-LEICA | info@tamarkin.comTamarkin Auctions | Tamarkin Camera on YouTube Tamarkin on Instagram:dan_tamarkin | Tamarkinchicago | LeicashopchicagoThe International Leica Societyhttp://leica-camera.com ________ TAGS#CLP130 #Leica #TamarkinCamera #TamarkinAuctions #LHSA #DanTamarkin SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company | Kodak Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago media production
Mike Eckman makes an overdue reappearance and we catch up on some of the things he’s been up to recently with his classic camera review website, www.mikeeckman.com. It turns out that Mike has been writing articles about cameras with bad names, and if taking about cameras such as the Trumpfreflex is not enough, Mike accepts the challenge to take part in the second Classic Lenses Podcast Pub Quiz. Will Mike follow is namesake, Mike Novak in annihilating Johnny and Simon? ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ MIKE ECKMANMike Eckman Dot Com ________ LINKS Nikonos III AGFA Karat 36 v1.5 Alpa Alnea Model 7 Foth Derby Type 2 Futura S Konica AiBORG Petri 1.9 Color Corrected Super Zeiss-Ikon Contax II Eleven Unfortunately Named CamerasAires 35V Custom Fitted Focusing Screens Official Website of the Rams - Derby County UK Volkswagen Derby Wollensak Stereo 10 Kodak Retina Lens & Shutter Combos ________ TAGS#CLP129 #CLPPubQuiz #MikeEckman SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company | Kodak Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago media production
Simon did not get the chance to do an update on his latest gear related activity last week, so he more than makes up for it this week. Pleanty of Mamiya C330, Yashica YF & Yashinon 5cm f/1.8, Pentacon Six & 120mm f/2.8 Biometar, Large Format projection lenses, an EXA to MD adapter that was made in heaven and an equally (not quite) wonderful Kodak Retina Reflex III & Xenon 50mm f/1.9. Oh, and an odd thing that sticks on top of a camera. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ LINKS Yashica YF Yashica Super Yashinon 5cm f1.8 Pentacon 6 Pentacon 6 Lenses Pentacon 6 Lens Tests Minolta x500 Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 75mm f/1.5 by Cheyenne Morrison Mamiya C330 Lens Adapting Voigtlander Kontur Finder Micro-Press Introduction to Medium Format Photography by Ken Rockwell (Rollei vs. Mamiya TLR) My 3 Favorite Vintage Cameras by Jason Schneider (Rollei vs. Mamiya TLR) Mamiya C330 vs. Rolleiflex 2.8E Exploring the Modulor, Le Corbusier Die Hard: Nakatomi Tower Explosion Money Shot Towering Inferno: Elevator Money Shot Towering Inferno: Body Count Cut HSBC Building, Hong KongLloyd's Building, London Archigram Exoskeleton Skyscrapers Simon’s pixl-latr Slide Insert Simon’s Mounted Slide Insert For Pixl-latr Princess Bride: Battle of the Wits The Fall: Paranoia Man in Cheap Sh*t Room The Fall: ServiceKodak Bantam Special Looks Like a Pimp ________ TAGS#CLP128 SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago media production
Version 1: After two weeks of having guests on the show, Perry is bursting at the seams to tell us what he’s acquired. Although we finally get a show devoid of mathematics (that’s why it’s called maths and not math), however we can’t leave TLRs completely alone as we discuss the intricacies of square format photography. All this and quite a but of love for Schneider and a few DKL lenses, but no love for Kodak Retina camera bodies. Finally, don’t do an internet search for that phrase you will hear, you have been warned…Version 2: Perry brings his Goatsecx wrecking ball to episode 127 (yes, it’s so bad we can’t use the word or our podcast RSS will get flagged as p*rn. You have been double warned!) A scattershot of topics, everything from Retina DKL to Takumars, the merits and challenges of square format composition, and we even squeeze in a couple of listener emails (we didn’t think it would all fit.) A math-free (why add an extra 'S' if you're abbreviating?) episode with just a hint of Euclidean geometry. All this and more from the photography podcast that is “much bigger than other podcasts”... ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ LINKS Kodak Reflex Retinas My Favourite Lenses Series – Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon 50mm f1.9 DKL Asahi SMC Takumar 28mm f3.5 Bellows-Takumar 100mm f4 Square Format Compsition Golden Ratio of the Square Golden Ratio of the Square with extra math(s) Time Magazine’s Tribute to Goatse.cx Cover A New Guide to Rollei Photography By Fritz Henle Fritz Henle: Photographs Don Henley: All She Wants To Do Is Dance Don Henley: Dirty Laundry (Global TV Toronto version) Links from Nick Marshall Super-Multi-Coated Macro-Takumar 100mm F4 Macro Bellows-Takumar/Super-Multi-Coated Bellows Takumar 100mm F4 SMC Pentax 100mm F4 Macro SMC Pentax 100mm F4 Bellows SMC Pentax-M 100mm F4 Macro SMC Pentax-A 100mm F4 Macro Mamiya RB67 180mm f4.5 Mamiya RB67 C 180mm f4.5 Mamiya TLR C330/C220 System ________ TAGS#CLP127 #goatsecx #BellowsTakumar #KodakRetina #Curtagon #TeleArton #SchneiderLens #Mastadonosaurus SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört The Goatsecx of Liquors Fuckyoswag Chicago media production
UK camera and lens repair guy, Lyndon Booth of Londinium Cameras dropped in for a chat and to answer listener emails. We had a great time with Lyndon on his first appearance back in February 2019 and his latest visit does not disappoint either. As you may expect, there’s talk of early Britons, (possibly relatives of Lyndon), Einstein, and camera bugs (the living kind that go out on family trips). ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ Lyndon Booth Website | Twitter | Facebook ________ EPISODE 126 LINKS Learn Camera RepairWho was Cheddar Man?Wallace And Gromit - A Grand Day OutHanker for a Hunka CheeseI Never Work Out - Chedda CheeseChedda Cheese feat. Chills - YoshiAmericans try ~REAL~ Cheddar Cheese and British FoodCheddar Cheeses from Wisconsin | State of CheeseWhat Is American Cheese Really Made Of? ________ EPISODE 126 TAGS#CLP126 #LondiniumCameras #CameraBugs #Cheddarman #CameraRepair SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine hand sanitizerFuckyoswag Chicago media production
Regular listeners will recognis(z)e the name Mike Epstein as he's a friend of Perry's and also starred in a video we have on our YouTube channel. Mike and Perry give each other a lot of GAS and this partially explains Mike's vast camera and lens collection. We also hear about Mike's home made kaleidoscope filter that has a hole where one might expect to see beads. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ MIKE EPSTEINFrame Focus Foto ________ EPISODE 125 LINKS SMC Pentax-M 50mm f1.7 NIKKOR-S 5cm f1.4 Voigtlander Bessa R3M And 50mm f2 Heliar Classic Pentax 645 Yashica 6x6 TLRsVoigtlander Bessa R2S & R2C Rangefinders Voigtlander Bessa R3M And 50mm f2 Heliar Classic Amazon Best Sellers Make a Kaleidoscope ________ EPISODE 125 TAGS#CLP125 #Kaleidoscope #PentaxK #SMCPentaxM #NikonS #Pentax645 #Hasselblad #YashicaTLR #Analbeads SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine hand sanitizerFuckyoswag Chicago media production
On last week’s show, Perry got big Rolleiflex GAS, so big that he was forced to buy one. SPOILER ALERT! However, Perry’s path to Xenotar enlightenment was not as flat and true as it should have been, and his Rolleiflex dream was crushed. Fear not, for Simon now has Rolleiflex GAS and Perry’s not done with the iconic TLR just yet. Step in Johnny to fan the flames of their new desire…________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 124 LINKS Rolleiflex Buying Guide Rolleiflex 2.8 Series Six Months with the Rolleiflex 2.8 D The Digital Analog Collective Ultra Low ISO Club Podcast Harry Fleenor’s Rolleiflex TLR Serial Number Guide ________ EPISODE 124 TAGS#CLP124 #Rolleicord #Rolleiflex #TLR SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine hand sanitizerFuckyoswag Chicago media production
Having tried and failed at math(s) last week, this week you can listen us decipher cryptic numbers and pictograms from the mid-20th Century. If that sounds odd, then things get worse, but at least there are some sane listener emails and along with some Dame Judy Dench lust.________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 123 LINKS Contax AX Ten Classic East German Cameras Rollei VB Ancient Exposure Guides flilterfind.net Roger Waters - Amused to Death Ricky Gervais - AfterLife ________ EPISODE 120 TAGS#CLP123 #ContaxAX #Rolleicord #RogerWaters #RickyGervais #MarkZuckerbergPedo #35mmElmar #Xenar SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine hand sanitizerFuckyoswag Chicago media production
We’ve been doing it wrong all the time: Perry explains why we should be relying on math(s) to help use choose which lenses to take with us on a photography trip. Put your faith in percentage differences he says. Hmm. We plough/plow through listener email(s) and explain why we missed a show last week.________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 122 LINKS Kobalux/Avenon 28mm f3.5 Voigtlander 28mm f/3.5 Color-Skopar Yashica YE Fujifilm Instax WideField of View Calculator https://usedlens.co.uk/ Take a Scroll Through Malört's History Laphroig Medicinal Alcohol ________ EPISODE 120 TAGS#CLP122 #Malort #Laphroig #Instax #YashicaYE #Kobalux28mm SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine hand sanitizerFuckyoswag Chicago media production
Nick Lyle, our guest from Show #61 (and the Homemade Camera Podcast), makes a triumphant return this week. Nick helps us out with a range of topics including how lens blooming led to modern lens coatings and selecting lenses to suit certain film types. Whilst most of us adapt lenses to a camera, Nick makes prefers to make a camera to suit a lens...________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ NICK LYLE Homemade Camera Podcast | Flickr | Instagram | Whitesavage & Lyle________ EPISODE 121 TAGS#CLP121 #NickLyle #BronicaS2 #Petri SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine hand sanitizerFuckyoswag Chicago media production
Simon's newly acquired Minolta X-500 appears to melting his stone cold heart when it comes to all things Rokkor, but don't get too excited, it's more of a light thaw than a flash flood of Himalayan melt water. Perry bashes Zeiss optics in the topsy turvy new world, but fortunately Johnny's keeping us grounded with his unvarnished opinions. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 120 LINKS Series 6 FiltersFilterfind.net Vivitar 28mm f2.8 Leitz Summar 50mm f2 Icarex 35CS 58mm Biotar f2 Jena Minolta X500 Minolta ‘Glow’ 15mm Voigtlander Finder Classic Lenses Podcast T-Shirts Exakta to Minolta AdaptersFundraiser to rebuild Central CameraCentral Camera Company T-shirts________ EPISODE 120 TAGS#CLP129 #Minolta #Rokkor #Vivitar #Summar #Icarex35 #Biotar #Viewfinders #Adapters SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine hand sanitizerFuckyoswag Chicago media production
After throwing knobs in #89, Perry returns to the subject this week with an in depth discussion of his favorite appendage as well as his lockdown GAS buying spree. Johnny talks about some bargain yet suspiciously familiar camera equipment that is showing up for sale in Chicago as well as delivering buying advice to Simon's about his dream Exakta RTL 1000.________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 119 LINKS Voigtlander Viewfinders Voigtlander Lenses with Focusing Stick Kobalux / Avenon 28mm f3.5 Topcon R Topcon RE Exakta RTL 1000 Kodak Medalist Zeiss Ikon Contaflex I (861/24) Large Format Photography Podcast:#30 Great Reciprocity With Clyde Butcher Bronica S2A Type II Tilt/Shift Bellows LEICA M10 Monochrom ________ EPISODE 119 TAGS#CLP119 #Voigtlander #FocusTabs #Topcon #Exakta #KodakMedalist #BronicaS2 #LFPP #LeicaM10Monochrom________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine hand sanitizerFuckyoswag Chicago media production
A short episode about current events that strike close to home. Johnny provides local insights the destruction of Central Camera Company in Chicago as a result of the unrest sweeping the US following the murder of George Floyd. Warning: politics are discussed. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 118 LINKS Central Camera Company blog regarding the destructionCBS2 Chicago Live interview with Don Flesch, owner of Central Camera Radio interview with Don Flesch about Central Camera Chicago Tribune story about Central CameraFundraiser to rebuild Central CameraCentral Camera Company T-shirts Organizations working for justice and accountability:George Floyd Memorial FundChicago Community Bond Fund 360 Nation Chicago Know Your Rights CampThe Bail ProjectThe National Bail Fund NetworkNAACP Legal Defense Fund Communities United Against Police BrutalityMinnesota Freedom FundBlack Visions CollectiveReclaim The Block________ EPISODE 118 TAGS#CLP118 #GeorgeFloyd #BLM #CentralCamera #since1899 #wedofilm ________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine hand sanitizerFuckyoswag Chicago media production
Back from the defeat by Mike Novak on last week’s Pub Quiz show, we’re handling it well, or at least two of us are. This week Simon opens his lens cupboard door and invites Johnny and Perry to direct his hands into its dark depths. What will he pull out? ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 117 LINKSVivitar Lenses The DKL Lens Thread Yeenon DKL to M42 Lens Mount AdapterSchneider-Kreuznach Xenar 45mm f2.8 DKL Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Curtagon 35mm f2.8 DKL Carl Zeiss Distagon 28mm f2.8 T* Contax/Yashica Petri Penta M4235mmc: Mamiya RZ67 Lenses & Accessories ________ EPISODE 117 TAGS#CLP117 #Bokakkeh #CupboardLenses #Macro #PetriPenta #SchneiderKreuznach #Vivitar #MamiyaRZ67 #Distagon #ContaxYashica #CarlZeiss________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine hand sanitizerFuckyoswag Chicago media production
So you think you know about lenses? Come and have a go at the Classic Lenses Podcast Pub Quiz! Quizmaster Perry Ge puts hosts Johnny & Simon against each other and the might of uber photo gnome, Mike Novak. Who will take the gold? More importantly, who's going home with a sad silver medal face?MIKE NOVAKflickr | Instagram | Beautiful Grainy Mush________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ CLASSIC LENSES PODCAST PUB QUIZ #1 ROUND 1:GENERAL LENS KNOWLEDGE1. Which camera company made Sekor lenses?2. What is the significance of the following 3 places: Midland, Solms, Wetzlar? 3. How many elements are there in the original Petzval lens? 4. What do the following lenses all have in common? Zeiss 50mm f1.4 Planar, Super Takumar 55mm f1.8, Canon 35mm f2 LTM, Olympus Pen 38mm f1.8, Leica 50mm Summicron 5. The Canonet QL17 is one of world’s most beloved fixed lens rangefinders. What do the QL and 17 stand for? (Need both) 6. Who was Ludwig Bertele? 7. Taylor Hobson & Cooke, in all their brand iterations, are as we know legendary British lens manufacturers. Name two other relatively prominent British lens manufacturers (not camera) that were not part of the Taylor Hobson/Cooke companies. 8. Which lens design was reportedly so admired by Japanese Emperor Hirohito that he would only allow his picture to be taken with lenses of that design? 9. Which lens brand/rebrand was sold by the American camera company Ritz Camera? 10. What is the lens on the Yashica MAT-124G? 11. Ernst Ludwig made a 50mm Meritar lens for Exakta and M42 mount. What is the maximum aperture of that lens? 12. How many different max apertures were there of 50mm Minolta MD lenses? 13. What was the only LTM lens made by Olympus. 14: Which French company is widely credited with making the first wide angle retrofocus lens? 15. This lens is an extremely fast medium format normal lens made for a Japanese medium format SLR. In the USA, the camera was sold co-branded with a legendary maker of large format cameras. Name the camera and lens. 16. This ultra-rare monstrously huge lens is one of the rarest and most expensive lenses ever made. Introduced in 1972, it has a 220 degree angle of view, weighs 5.2 kilos, and produces a circular image on a standard 135 film negative. 17. This lens manufacturer was one of many that produced lenses for the Vivitar brand. Vivitar lenses made by this company had 37 as the first two digits of their serial number. It still exists today. 18. (4 points) Soviet lens factories - in which city is their factory located?a) LOMO b) Arsenal c) KMZ d) FED ROUND 2:CATEGORIES 1. German lens manufacturers. 2. Which Nikkor lenses were made natively in Nikonos Mount? ROUND 3:LINKS 1. Which Japanese beer shares a name with a lens and camera company? 2. Which camera company shares a name with a type of Apple? 3. Which famous astrophysicist shares a first name with a famous German lens manufacturer? 4. Which UN weapons inspector shares a name with a film development chemical? 5. Laika was a famous dog that shared a name, phonetically at least, with the camera company. Why was Laika the dog famous? BONUS ROUND 1. This Japanese lens manufacturer was purchased by Yashica in 1968 and became part of the Kyocera group in 1983 after the merger of Kyocera and Yashica. 2. Sears sold a rebranded TLR called the Trumpfreflex. What camera was this a copy of? 3. Who was the designer of the Bolex Camera and Alpa-Reflex Camera? 4. What is the focal length and aperture of the Helios 65 lens? 5. What was the lens on the original Zeiss Ikon Nettar 510 folder?________ EPISODE 116 LINKS Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down Raspberry Pi Asian Pears A Pencil of Rays Laika the Cosmonaut Dog Carl Sagan Snoop Dogg Nails Plinko Wheel of Fortune Best Spin Ever Miss Teen USA South Carolina OMFG Silver Medal Face: The saddest-looking second-place finishers in Olympic history________ EPISODE 116 TAGS#CLP116 #ClassicLensesPubQuiz #AsianPears #Laika #Novakian #SadSilverMedalFace________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine hand sanitizerFuckyoswag Chicago media production
Johnny has been allowed back into our own Facebook group and his ban seems to have done him and everybody else a world of good. The sun has been shining, and even Simon has taken a photo (plural, in fact!) Perry is deep in the Cooke Panchro zone. Added to this unnaturally good mood, Someone's knockin' at the door Somebody's ringin' the bell...________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 115 LINKS Arsenal Mir 24-H Vivitar Series 1 90mm f2.5 VMC 1:2 Macro "Bokakkehkina” Kuribayashi C.C. Petri Orikkor 50mm f2 Rolleiflex 2.8c Xenotar KMZ FT-2 Rollei 35 RF M-Rokkor 40mm f2 CLE FOMAPAN 200 Creative Filmed with Cooke Lenses Cooke Speed Panchro Cinematography ‘The Spy’ Cinematography Moraine Hills State Park, McHenry, Illinois Great Egret Sandhill Crane Beer Direct, Stoke-On-Trent It’s not a Takoomah! BokakkehCouto Camera Company on eBay________ EPISODE 115 PLAYLIST Let 'Em In - Paul McCartney & Wings Wings - The Fall Broken Wings - Mr. Mister Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix________ EPISODE 115 TAGS#CLP115 #Bokakkeh #Rolleiflex #Rollei35RF #ArsenalMir24H #Vivitar90mmVMC #Bokina #PetriOrikkor50mmf2 #KMZFT2 #M-Rokkor40mmf2 #Fomapan200 #CookePanchro #TheSpy #MoraineHillsStatePark #GreatEgret #SandhillCrane #Takoomah #BluebellWoods #RobbieJ #Wings________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine hand sanitizerFuckyoswag Chicago media production
Something of a quickie this week, but we managed to unload plenty of lens talk as well as discuss Chris Holland’s lens buying guide and introduce a luscious new word. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 114 LINKS Kiev 88 Tair-33 300mm f4.5 Zeiss-Opton Biogon 35mm f2.8 Polaroid 195 Classic Lens Buying Guide and 10-Point ChecklistRolleiflex 2.8c BokakkehCouto Camera Company on eBay________ EPISODE 114 TAGS#CLP114 #Bokakkeh #Bukakke #Buttcrack #WetOnWet #Polaroid195 #Tair33 #Kiev88 #ZeissOptonBiogon35mm #Rolleiflex #RolleiRF35________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine hand sanitizerFuckyoswag Chicago media production
Dr Karl Havens left us a year ago this week and we still miss him dearly. To mark his passing, we take Karl’s memory to our desert island and do our best to work out what cameras and lenses he might have taken with him. So please come and take a trip that Karl would have loved and hated in equal measure as we agonize over what he may have picked. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 113 LINKS Karl’s Desert Island Selections:Sony A7IIVoigtländer Bessa R3AFuji X-E2Voigtländer Nokton SC 40mm f1.4Canon 50mm 1.4 LTM (Top Mint+++++ No Worms)Voigtländer 15mm f4.5 Super Wide Heliar LTM Honorable Mentions:Leica IIIaOlympus Pen EEsOlympus Pen F G.Zuiko Auto-S 40mm f1.4 Olympus OM 180 f2.8Voigtländer 21mm Color-SkoparVoigtländer Color Heliar 75mm f2.5Asahi Takumar 58mm 2.4 HeliarNippon Kogaku Nikkor-P 10.5cm f2.5Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-P 85mm f2Nikon Nikkor-S 55mm f1.2 NON-AINikon 24mm f2.8 AI-sLester A. Dine 105mm f2.8Helios 44 50mm f2 M39 (‘Triple Zed’ Politburo Special Edition)KMZ Mir 1-B 37mm f2.8Helios-103 53mm f1.8Ultimate 3d Pop Dream Lenses:Voigtlander 50mm f3.5 VM Heliar ZEISS C Sonnar T* 50mm f1.5 ZMZEISS Distagon T* 35 f1.4 ZMZEISS Biogon T* 35mm f2 ZM ________ EPISODE 113 TAGS#CLP113 #DesertIslandLenses #KarlHavens________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine hand sanitizerFuckyoswag Chicago media production
Johnny could not be with us this week, he’s felling a little better but he has other pressing concerns, so Perry and Simon man up and take on the mammoth task of responding to your emails. In the last podcast, Simon asked listeners for feedback on what they wished to hear in future shows and boy did you tell us! So sit back in safe isolation and hopefully enjoy the show.________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 112 LINKS Sebastião Salgado: Genesis Abstract: The Art of Design — Platon Classic Lens Buying Guide and 10-Point Checklist Adapt projector lenses to Pantax 67 A Guide to Cinelux Lenses Carl ZEISS 28mm f/2.8 Biogon T* Enna München Lithagon 35mm f3.5 Enna München Tele-Ennalyt 90mm f2.8 Contax G to Leica M Lens Conversions LEICA 90mm f2.8 ELMARIT 'Unknown Spain', forward by Simon Forster Serengeti & Kenny Segal’s New Album 'Ajai' ________ EPISODE 112 TAGS#CLP112 #Pentax67 #SebastiãoSalgado #Cinelux #ZeissBiogon28mm #EnnaLithagon35mm #EnnaTeleEnnalyt90mm #Elmarit90mm________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine hand sanitizerFuckyoswag Chicago media production
We're back after another two week lockdown lay-off and it seems that few things have changed. None of us has gone outside to shoot, Perry is digging LTM lenses, Simon's making lens caps and Johnny.... let's say that he's still under doctor's care and that's the best explanation for his flat field focus lecture.________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 111 LINKS Spiratone 75mm Flat Field Macro Lens Flektogon 35mm 2.8 Mir 37mm f2.8 Chiyoko Super Rokkor 5cm f2 Petri Color Corrected Super 4.5cm f1.9 Malort Hand Sanitizer Jeppson’s… Bourbon? Curved Field And Flat Field Lenses Process CameraPeter Defty Process Camera Portraits Circumscribe a Square Around a Circle Circle of Confusion Olympus Microscopy Resource Center General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11________ EPISODE 111 TAGS#CLP111 #FlatField #Covid19 #Malort #ChiyokoSuperRokkor5cm #Mir37mm #Flektogon35mm #SquareCircle #CircleOfConfusion #SigueSigueSputnik________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine hand sanitizerFuckyoswag Chicago media production
Oh boy... The world has changed a little in the two weeks since our last recording, but thankfully Perry wants to talk about Exakta and Topcon lenses. The elephant that calls itself Covid-19 makes it's presence known and we talk through the different experiences that the we have encountered and how it is affecting our photographic worlds. Not all the bleeping is Johnny swearing. On a more positive note, Simon launches his new range of lens caps so that your more obscure lenses can be protected from scratches and contagion.________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 110 LINKS AkArette CameraTopcon RE SuperThere's a stink bug on my microphone Nut Milking________ EPISODE 110 TAGS#CLP110 #Exakta #Topcon #Covid19 #Bleeping________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine bitter Swedish liquorFuckyoswag Chicago media production
It’s finally here: we’ve made the long-awaited Digitization Special! In this episode we are joined by two titans of the digitization world, Hamish Gill of Pixl-latr (and other stuff) and Nate Johnson, the man behind the brilliant Negative Lab Pro plugin for Lightroom. We cover as many bases as possible, going through the pros and cons of different digitization methods, and Hamish throws in a couple of rants for good measure.________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 109 GUESTS Hamish Gill pixl-latr (new website coming soon) Nathan JohnsonNegative Lab Pro | X-Chrome ________ EPISODE 109 LINKS Adobe Creative Cloud Scanner Types Comparison Understanding Dynamic Range Photo Scanner Technology Explained ________ EPISODE 109 TAGS#CLP109 #HamishGill #NathanJohnson #pixllatr #NegativeLabPro #XChrome #Digitizing #Scanning________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's fine bitter Swedish liquorFuckyoswag Chicago media production
It's Pulaski Day in Chicago, and we're celebrating by talking about adapting lenses. We lose Simon part way through the episode, but Perry and Johnny continue on. The guys talk about a number of unique classic lenses ideal for adapting, and take a deep dive into the techniques for fitting them to film and digital cameras. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 108 LINKS Yeenon eBay Shop Extreme Macro – Focusing Helicoids Fujitar P.C 35mm F2.5 Asahiflex Lens Test Canon 25mm f/3.5 LTM Little Garden in Hong Kong 35mmc – That Time I Shot an 18-55mm APS-C Digital Lens on a 35mm Pentax Film Camera Cameraquest – Voigtlander Vitessa L: Most Elegant 35 Folder Wollensak Fastax 16mm High Speed Camera "McCloud" TV Intro Polish Museum of America – Pulaski Day Chicago Sun-Times – What Casimir Pulaski Day means to Chicago WBEZ Curious City – The Rise of Casimir Pulaski DayVPK-X Photography on Facebook Pulaski Day Playlist Kidd Russell – Pulaski Day Sufjan Stevens – Casimir Pulaski Day Big Black – Kasimir S. Pulaski Day________ EPISODE 108 TAGS#CLP108 #CasimirPulaskiDay #AdaptingLenses #Helicoids #Fastax________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's very own fine bitter Swedish liquorFuckyoswag Chicago media production, Fuckin Swag since 2013
The dust has only just settled from the fallout from last week’s show, as we had a record number of comments made about it in our small but perfectly formed Facebook group. Calm has now been restored with some serial number serendipity and Perry’s new acquisitions, one of which uses similar letters to a lens that Simon loves. Also, how to photograph a pimp whilst maintaining his annonyminity. All in all, plenty of Rodenstock and Schneider-Kreuznach lens action along with the classic lens powerhouse camera, the Agfa ePhoto 780. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 107 LINKS A History of the Xenon Lens by Cheyenne Morrison Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon 50mm f2 by M42 Mount Spiral Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon 50 mm f2 at Allphotolenses Agfa ePhoto 780 Wolverhampton Camera Fair Simon’s awesome New Exakta Rear Lens Caps!________ EPISODE 107 TAGS#CLP107 #Exakta #Xenon #Rodenstock #SchneiderKreuznach #AgfaePhoto780 #AnilMistry________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's very own fine bitter Swedish liquorFuckyoswag Chicago media production, Fuckin Swag since 2013
Anil Mistry makes a very welcome return to CLP Towers this week and there’s not a Leica or RF lens in sight, much to the relief to those aspiring street photographers that don’t dig rangefinders. Anil presides over a Fuji vs. Sony fight in which three of the four people on the podcast think that Fuji being a camera company automatically means he should buy a Fuji over a Sony. All this nonsense and loads of lens talk, Japanese Helios, the joy of (digital) printing, and an inexplicable decent into hip-hop. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ ANIL MISTRY Website | Twitter | Instagram ________ EPISODE 106 LINKS Pentax ME Super Cosina CT1 Super Voigtlander Bessaflex TM Ricoh KR-10 MIR-1 37mm f2.8 MIR-1 37mm f2.8 Minolta MC Rokkor PG 50mm f1.4 Meyer-Optik Görlitz Lydith 30mm f3.5 Industar-50 50mm f3.5 Helios Auto Wide Angle 35mm f2.8 Rubinar 500mm f5.6 mirror Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 135mm f2.8 (C/Y) Lomography Neptune Convertible Art Lens System Contaflex SLR SMC Pentax-M 40mm f2.8 Voigtlander 40mm f2 Ultron SLII Fujifilm X-T2 vs Sony A7R II Signs and Wonders: The Photographs of John Beasley Greene - the Art Institute of Chicago Early and Unknown: Photographs from the Archive of Joseph Sterling - Stephen Daiter Gallery Great Sea restaurant in Chicago - Eater Chicago Korea’s Black Day: When Sad, Single People Get Together And Eat Black Food - Smithsonian Magazine ________ EPISODE 106 TAGS#CLP106 #anilmistry #FujivsSony ________ EPISODE 106 SHOUTOUTSHong Joon Lee | Ron Wightman | Patrick Vennari________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's very own fine bitter Swedish liquorFuckyoswag Chicago media production, Fuckin Swag since 2013
This week, Perry discusses life and photography in Hong Kong on Coronavirus lockdown, Simon attempts to survive the Great Stone-on-Trent Snowpocalypse of 2020, and Johnny risk life and limb in Chicago for hotdogs. The guys also discuss different flavours of Canon 35mm LTM lenses, photo-free photo walks, and life as a Leicaman. Emails and shoutouts as well. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 105 LINKS Mike Walker on InstagramKen Rockwell - The LEICAMAN (aka Ricardo Bayon) Canon Camera Museum - S Lenses Fup Duck Photography - Angle of view Hasselblad - ‘Equivalent' 35 mm format (24x36 mm) focal lengths DSLR Bodies - Making Sense of Nikon Lens Abbreviations Viewfinder Vikings, Episode 22 - Free Film! Homemade Camera Podcast FuckYoSwag.com - Promotion, Music and Video Production No bond for man who shot himself in penis whilst robbing hot dog stand on Halloween ________ EPISODE 105 PLAYLIST The Fall - Hit The North Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow The Corona Virus Song 2020 - Joshua vlogs Coronavirus Song - Bob Fred III Coronavirus Song - Stephen Paul Taylor Coronavirus Song - Jake Sing Coronavirus Song - Sound of Silence Parody by Alvin Oon Grinderman - No Pussy Blues (Live on Later) Serengeti - Dennehy Jack McBrayer & Triumph Visit Chicago's Weiner's Circle - CONAN on TBS ________ EPISODE 105 TAGS#CLP105 #coronavirus #snowpocalypse #ContaxG2 #LeicaM3 #CanonTLMlenses #fuckyoswag #hotdogstand________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by:Jeppson's Malört Chicago's very own fine bitter Swedish liquorFuckyoswag Chicago media production, Fuckin Swag since 2013
Johnny’s back and he’s got a new toy, Perry has moved on from shooting riots to shooting the Zombie Apocalypse that is Coronavirus Hong Kong, and Simon is utterly confused as to whether familiarity with equipment is the road to photography enlightenment or whether it’s just great gear or both and neither. Also this show we get through a backlog of great emails from listeners. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ #104 LINKS Sunny 16 Podcast episode 187 with Perry GeSunny 16 branch Photo Meetup and Stroll Japan Exposures: Converted Contax G Lenses for Leica MPhotoethnography.com's Classic Camera DB: Leica M3 johanniels.com: Leica M3 35mmc: Double Stroke vs. Single Stroke (Leica M3) 35mmc: Palubel Makina 67Ken Rockwell: Nikon 13mm f5.6Ken Rockwell: Voigtländer 40mm f/2 Cameraquest.com: Voigtlander SL 12/5.6 and SL 15/4.5 for Nikon FDAG Camera: Static electricity on M3 glass pressure plate________ EPISODE 104 TAGS#CLP104 #FringePinching #FunnyRainbows #ContaxG2 #LeicaM3 #Coronavirus________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's very own fine bitter Swedish liquor
Ethan Moses, esteemed podcast tart of Cameradactyl, Homemade Camera Podcast, and guest on every other podcast ever fame, joins us to talk about lenses, lots and lots of lenses. Mamiya Press lenses, his favourite Nikon and rangefinder glass, and medium format Russian lenses. For listeners of a nervous disposition, Ethan does not treat his lenses with tender loving care. Also Johnny was feeling under the weather this week, so Perry talks too much about RF lenses to Ethan instead. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ Ethan Moses CAMERADACTYL CAMERAS | BRANCOPAN Kickstarter | Homemade Camera Podcast | Instagram________ #103 LINKS Mamiya Press System One Shot: Inchindown Nikon EM Canon Canonette 1965 TV Commercial Kiev 60 / Pentacon Six Standard Lens Test Kiev 60 Jupiter-8 50mm f2 Jupiter-3 50mm f1.5 ________ EPISODE 103 TAGS#CLP103 #CAMERADACTYL #BRANCOPAN #HomemadeCameraPodcast________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's very own fine bitter Swedish liquor
Not content to bring one special lens to the party, Perry brings three absolute stunners with him, while Simon’s back shooting his Sony. We also catch up on Johnny in the darkroom (yes he did say he was done with that), and catch up on the emails we ran out of time to discuss last week. A show packed to the gills with lens talk in an attempt hold on to those listeners we alienated in show #100… So buckle up for some serious Zeiss, Pentax, Petzval, Industar, Taylor Hobson and Olympus action! ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ #102 LINKS Industar-22 New Petzval 58 Bokeh Control Art Lens Leitz 9cm f4 Elmar The Bokeh Factory - Palecwnosie Taylor, Taylor & Hobson Cooke Ivotal Anastigmat 1 inch f/1.4 Made (C-Mount) Converted Contax G Lenses Early Takumar Lenses in M42 Basic Photographic Sensitometry Intro by Kodak Characteristic Curve by NFSA ________ EPISODE 101 TAGS#CLP102 #Industar22 #NewPetzval58mm #9cmElmar #BokehFactory #CookeIvotalAnastigmat1inch #ContaxGConverted #Takumar83mm #ContactPrints #CharacteristicCurve #Sensitometry________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's very own fine bitter Swedish liquor
So, after our almost universally acclaimed and made for YouTube extravaganza better known as #100, we’re back on the radio/podcast. Normal service is resumed with Johnny & Perry going on about scale focusing issues that could easily be dealt with by adapting to digital or just shooting an SLR camera, and we still love our panorama cameras. We have some excellent emails this week leading to plenty of lens and camera talk, plus we launch our latest lens giveaway. Be warned attempting to win the lens will come at a heavy price… ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ #101 LINKS Rolleicord Vb Rolleiflex 3.5f Mamiya 6 Moe Mamiya 6 Agfa Record III Zenza Bronice ETRsi Zenza Bronica S2A Topcor 50mm f3.5 Depth of Field Moody Bible Institute Compact Bible Magnifier Sheets Some guy named Edward Weston makes a contact print Scientists put 3D glasses on cuttlefish________ EPISODE 101 TAGS#CLP101 #MediumFormat #6x6 #6x9 #6x4.5 #Rolleiflex________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's very own fine bitter Swedish liquor
Our second anniversary and our 100th show. To mark the occasion professional lens designer, Jason Lane has returned and this time you get to see the software that Karl, Johnny and Simon were raving about in Karl’s final show, Episode #64. So here’s something of a first for us, a podcast designed to be watched on Youtube, rather than just listened to as an audio file. Having moved away from highly technical shows, here’s one for those people that want to get down and dirty at the lens element scale as Jason gives an insight into the world of lens design. Watch Episode 100 on YouTube ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ Jason Lane Pictoriographica, home of J. Lane Dry Plates | Instagram #100 LINKS Photographic Lens Design Photographic Dry Plates Dioptrique Photographique Zemax OpticStudio College of Optical Sciences, The University of Arizona________ EPISODE 100 TAGS#CLP100 #JasonLane #LensDesign #Zemax #Pictoriographica________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's very own fine bitter Swedish liquor
So having done a Christmas show, the CLP has now completely sold out and done an awards show. So sit back and listen to a list of the usual winning names such as the Nikon D90 etc... ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 99: LENSES OF THE YEAR PERRYMVP (Lens of the Year): Leica 35mm Summicron Version IV "King of Bokeh"Duo of the Year (Best Camera-Lens Combo): Hasselblad XPan + 45mm f4 Rookie of the Year (Best Newcomer): Fujinon 5cm f2.8 LTM Sports Personality of the Year (Best Character): Canon 50mm f1.5 LTM Special Mention (Best Non-Rangefinder Lens): Olympus Pen F 38mm f1.8 SIMONLens of My Year: Helios/Cyclop 100mm f2Simon's Cyclop on eBay Lens of My Year Runner-Up: Schneider Curtagon 35mm f4 PA Camera of My Year: Horizon 202 Camera of My Year Runner-Up: Contax AX Lifetime Achievement Award: Carl Zeiss 50mm f1.4 Planar C/Y mount Brancopan Kickstarter JOHNNYLens, Camera, and Film of the Year: Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4 LTM with Voigtlander Bessa L + Minolta Panorama Adapter on Ilford XP2 Super Best Supporting Lens: Canon LTM 35mm f2 + Bessa R (special edition blue, aka the ’Batman Bessa’) Best New (to me) Lens: Minolta M-Rokkor 40mm f2 + Rollei 35 RF Medium Format Camera of the Year: Voigtlander Bessa I Skopar 6x9 Digital Camera of the Year: Fuji X100s with Fujinon Super EBC 23mm f2 Point and Shoot Panorama of the Year: Minolta Riva Panorama with 24mm 4.5 lens Best Soviet Panorama Camera by a Weapons Designer: KMZ FT-2 with Industar-50 f3.5 lens by Fedor Vasilievich Tokarev Rant-Inspiring Camera of the Year: Nikon D90, and the cheap bastards still using them (in a good way!)________ EPISODE 99 TAGS#CLP99 #Lensesoftheyear #TheKarls #yearofthepano________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's very own fine bitter Swedish liquor
The CLP breaks with tradition and actually does a Christmas show this year! So what lenses and cameras do Perry, Johnny and Simon want for Christmas? To make it easier/harder the wish list of gear that they want Santa to acquire for them is broken down into price based categories. So that will be a Cameradactyl Brancopan, Voigtlander, Olympus, Canon, Leica, Dallmeyer, KMZ, Mamiya and many more... ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 98 LINKS & REFERENCESCAMERADACTYL Brancopan Canon F1N Zuiko Auto-Macro Lens 50mm f2 The Sony a7R IV Mamiya-Sekor 50 mm f2 Dallmeyer Super-Six 50mm f1.9Elcan 50mm f2 Rare Earth Glass Leica Lenses Voigtlander Bessa R4M Canon Rangefinder 25mm f3.5 Kodak Cine Ektar 25mm f1.9 Olympus OM-D E-M10 M a la CarteKrasnogorsk FT-1. FT-2, FT3 Krasnogorsk FT-2 RHEINBLICKE Panorama FT-2 LEICA IIIa Leitz Elmar 3,5cm f3.5 Optical scheme of elmar 3,5 cm Voigtlander Bessa III 667W Voigtlander Bessa III Wide 667 Rangefinder Fuji GF670 / Voigtlander Bessa III Minolta Panorama Adapter Super Chonk Johanniels.com: 7 favorite lenses for screw mount Leicas What is the Panorama format and which cameras have it?The U.S. Minicam Boom, By Fortune Editors: October 1, 1936 EPISODE 98 XMAS PLAYLISTDirty Jingle Bells Who put the Stump up my Rump? Chipmunks Roasting On An Open Fire Father Christmas Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis Hark The Herald Angels Sing Santa Doesn't Cop Out On Dope Space Christmas Hooray for Santa Claus Black Christmas The Christmas Song The Hanukkah Song All I want for Christmas is Baby Yoda________ EPISODE 98 TAGS#CLP98 #CLPXMAS2019________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's very own fine bitter Swedish liquor
Perry is taking a tough break in Bali, so this week we go back to Karl Haven's favourite coffee, tea & chocolate shop: Volta Coffee, Tea & Chocolate! We chatted with Anthony back in February 2019, and Anthony's collection has not diminished at all. He joins us for a relaxed chat covering some of his latest toys. We also read a few emails from around the world with extra care taken regarding name pronunciations... ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ ANTHONY RUEVolta Coffee, Tea & Chocolate | Halcyon Dive Systems ________ EPISODE 97 LINKS & REFERENCESThe Karl Havens Excellence EndowmentMore about the Fund Online Auction of Karl’s ArtworkSupport the Karl Havens Excellence Endowment Voigtländer Bessa Folders Voigtländer Perko Agfa Super Isolette Certo Six'The Sunnies' 4th Annual Sunny 16 Podcast Awards: Place your votes!Homemadecamera.comAudubon Christmas Bird Count The Guy Who Over-Pronounces Foreign WordsSNL ‘Enchilada’ 11/10/90 ________ EPISODE 97 TAGS #CLP97 #AnthonyRue #VoltaCoffee #KarlHavens #VoigtlanderFolders #AudubonChristmasBirdCount #Enchilada #AudubonSociety #TheSunnies2019________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate on Ko-fi ________ CONTACT Send ideas & questions for the podcast EMAIL LIST Sign-up to receive an email when each podcast goes live INSTAGRAM BestVintageLens | #classiclenses | #bestvintagelens ________ FOLLOW THE HOSTS Simon Forster Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LFPP Perry GeWebsite | Flickr | Instagram Johnny Sisson Instagram | Central Camera Company ________ BE LIKE KARL Karl Havens The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment | Flickr | Instagram ________ PODCAST THEME Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod ________ Classic Lenses Podcast is (not) Sponsored by Jeppson's Malört Chicago's very own fine bitter Swedish liquor