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Allan Weitz had little idea of the grand photographic adventures in store when he signed on as host of the B&H Photography Podcast shortly before the show's debut in October 2015. As a self-described big mouth, and with more than 40 years as a working pro fueling his curiosity about all things photographic, Allan quickly honed his chops to become the voice of the show. Today's episode marks a crossroads, as Allan passes his hosting mic to the show's incoming host, Derek Fahsbender, producer and host of the B&H Event Space. During a lively chat, we celebrate Allan's long and successful career, both on assignment and at the helm of the podcast, with some never before told stories and audio clips from memorable interactions with guests. A few of the many topics we cover include, how a kid from Sheepshead Bay made a name for himself photographing classic yachts, the ways in which Allan's time behind a New Jersey deli counter enhanced his ability to engage with people on a human level—among other benefits to career reinvention—and how his shift into podcasting taught him to use his voice as an instrument. As Allan aptly summarized for attendees of the podcast team's 2018 presentation of Podcasting 101: “It's not always what you say, but how you say it.” Guest: Allan Weitz Episode Timeline 3:38: Allan's B&H Event Space segment from Podcasting 101. 8:35: The back story to Allan's one-word podcast intro “Greetings!” 10:44: Allan's chat with digital camera inventor Steve Sasson about their shared Brooklyn roots. 13:56: Allan's hosting skills as a court jester—or Tummler in Yiddish. 16:12: Gear talk, and a clip from Allan's chat with Bellamy Hunt of The Japan Camera Hunter. 21:19: Allan waxes poetic about his love for the Hasselblad Superwide, plus his early adoption of digital gear. 28:24: Branching out from commercial assignments to tech writing and other things. 38:18: Episode break 39:27: Memorable stories and life lessons from Allan's assignment career. 44:22: Allan's entrée to the world of yachting photography and portfolio tips. 50:44: Allan's career evolution in the rarified 1980s photography landscape. 57:31: The art of the interview and the value of collaboration among the podcast team. 59:53: Getting beyond difficult pictures during an interview with Bruce Gilden 1:03:50: Upcoming plans and Allan's Kodachrome book project. 1:10:31: Allan offers listeners his Tusen Takks for their trust in his time behind the mic. Guest Bio: Allan Weitz started taking pictures when digital meant doing something with your fingers. A graduate of New York City's High School of Art and Design and the School of Visual Arts, Allan is the founding host of the B&H Photography Podcast, one of the highest-rated photography podcasts in Apple's Creative Arts category. For more than 50 years, Allan's photographs have graced the covers and inside pages of dozens of publications, including New York magazine, Esquire, GQ, Yachting, and Nautical Quarterly. Many of these images have won him awards from the New York, Philadelphia, and New Jersey Art Directors Clubs, the Graphic Artists Guild, Art Direction Magazine, Print, and Graphis, among others. More recently, Allan has had great success exhibiting—and winning awards for—his photos as fine art prints, as well as dabbling with artificial intelligence using the traditional photos from his vast image library as source material. Stay Connected: Allan Weitz Website: https://www.allanweitz.com/ Allan Weitz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allanweitz/ Allan Weitz articles on the B&H Explora Blog: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/users/allan-weitz Podcasting 101 with the B&H Photography Podcast Team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd2KDaNSjGI Steve Sasson Podcast Episode: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/invention-of-digital-camera Japan Camera Hunter Podcast Episode: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/podcast-the-japan-camera-hunter Graham Nash Podcast Episode: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/graham-nash-ace-photographer-digital-printing-pioneer-music-legend-the-bh Bruce Gilden Podcast Episode: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/closer-look-bruce-gilden End Credits: Founding Host: Allan Weitz Incoming Host: Derek Fahsbender Senior Creative Producer: Jill Waterman Senior Technical Producer: Mike Weinstein Executive Producer: Richard Stevens
I Dream of Cameras kicks off the new year with another blockbuster XL episode! Jeff chillingly limns the hundred-degree delta between Jamaica and Iceland, and how the Fuji GA645 and Hasselblad XPan fared in each. Gabe exhumes some old warhorses from the back of the camera cabinet. And they top it all off with some STRONG OPINIONS about a new film-camera book. Tune in for all the fireworks!a scant 13 days after returning from a beach vacation in Jamaica, Jeff jetted off to Iceland for New Year's, toting along the Fujifilm GA645 Professional and the Hasselblad XPan — how did they fare?Gabe recounts a recent photo shoot with the lovely Lyliana Wray, featuring the Nikon D700, Canon Sure Shot Owl and Jeff's beloved Olympus 35 RCin the course of reorganizing, Gabe unearthed a few long-neglected cameras he wants to shoot with:Exakta VX IIaZeiss Ikon Super IkontaPentacon Six TLand the mighty Graflex Super Dat Jeff's behest, the heroes at Ausgeknipst made a PX450 adapter for the Alpa 10 serieswelcome to another edition of Jeff's deeply nerdy “Nobody Cares” Corner! this time he does a lengthy exegesis of camera serial numbers — there's so much you can learn! some examples:FujifilmHasselblad, using the VHPICTURES codeKodak, using the CAMEROSITY codeKonica, using the MY BEST KONICA codeLeicaPolaroid SX-70Rollei 35Jeff reviews Ralph Bellamy a.k.a. Bellamy Hunt a.k.a. Japan Camera Hunter's new book Film Camera Zen. shots fired!! come at me, Ralph!and finally, we take a graceful swan-dive into our Prodigious Mailbag™
Episode № 84 is a special rush-released super-sized Christmas / Hanukkah episode — unwrap it and enjoy!Gabe's been shooting with the Polaroid Big Swinger, Rolleiflex 2.8E2, Nikon F2, Leica M4…he had a lab mishap! they made it right, but it still shakes your confidencePolaroid peel-apart camera rollers vs. bladesGabe went to Alcove Café with Rafael Hernandez and Dave Tada, members of the elite Fuji X100VI club, and now he's lusting for onesubmitted for your approval: the mighty Fujifilm GF670 Professionalwhen was the last time Jeff shot with the Leica M6 TTL? August 2021… so we're both culling our collections! message us!is there a camera that's too perfect? that you shoot too quickly with? like the Canon EOS Rebel 2000 or Canon 5D?Jeff didn't shoot much in Jamaica, and here's why: he wanted no barriers between him and the experience - do you sympathize?the Fujifilm GA645 Professional gave Jeff a scare - as with the XPan, Fuji's battery indicators are wildly deceptiveare CR123 and CR123a the same battery? maybe!final reckoning: which cameras will Jeff bring to Iceland? meanwhile, Ollie's bringing a Kodak Medalist!expired 220 film is super-intriguing!Gabe feels he can always count on his Rolleiflex - what are the cameras you rely on?our Prodigious Mailbag™ is bigger than Santa's bag of toysnext episode, Jeff reviews Bellamy Hunt a.k.a. Japan Camera Hunter's new book Film Camera Zen - tune in for the tea!
Recently I was thrilled to talk to one of the most well known personalities in the film photography community, Mr Bellamy Hunt aka Japan Camera Hunter! In this interview we chat about lots of topics including: The cameras Bellamy gets asked about time and time again Point and shoot cameras such as the Minolta TC-1, Contax T3 and the Konica Genba Kantoku The Seitz Round Shot camera currently in the JCH shop Repairing old film cameras Best places to visit in Tokyo for photographers Best Tokyo neighbourhoods to visit for old school charm Fugu Film - is it harder to make a 400 speed colour transparency film rather than a 100 speed film? Bellamy's favourite cricketer! Huge thank you to Bellamy and his team for their time! You can find out more about the cameras we talk about as well as lots of blogs and articles about cameras at japancamerahunter.com Buy Matt a coffee! Support the show by donating to my Ko-Fi page! https://ko-fi.com/mattlovescameras Matt Loves Cameras on YouTube I would love your support for my YouTube channel! My new photography newsletter Sign up for my free photography newsletter: mattlovescameras.substack.com MATT LOVES CAMERAS Web: https://mattlovescameras.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mattlovescameras Podcast: https://mattlovescameras.podbean.com/ Email: mattlovescameras@gmail.com Lomography: https://www.lomography.com/homes/mattlovescameras Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattlovescameras Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattlovescameras
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Allan Weitz as happy as he was during our recording of this episode and, if you are into vintage cameras, lenses, and all things film photography, just sit back and enjoy our conversation with Bellamy Hunt, aka the Japan Camera Hunter. The palpable enthusiasm between these two camera lovers cannot be feigned, and they talked like old friends about Nikon SP, Canon rangefinders, Hasselblad, and anything with a red dot. We also learn how an Englishman arrived in Japan, worked for a camera company, became a camera hunter, and eventually developed a business that not only sources vintage and rare cameras, but sells film, custom-paints cameras, and writes and shares his love for photography on his the “JCH” site. In addition to talking about cameras, we discuss the photography culture of Japan, camera shops of Tokyo, and the renaissance of film photography. Join us for this pleasurable conversation. Guest: Bellamy Hunt (First published in August, 2017)
On today's podcast I speak with photographer Bellamy Hunt who is also known online as “Japan Camera Hunter.” Bellamy runs his business Japan Camera Hunter where he sources high quality film cameras and photographic equipment for photographers and camera collectors around the world. In this interview I speak to Bellamy about growing up in the UK and how he first discovered photography. I also speak to Bellamy about what drew him to Tokyo,Japan where he has lived and worked for over 10 years now. Bellamy is someone who has an immense amount of knowledge/ respect for both the craft and history of photography which he showcases on both his popular Instagram page and YouTube channel so I was really excited to get a chance to speak with him about his unique path in the photo industry. I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening! www.japancaerahunter.com @japancamerahunter https://www.youtube.com/user/japancamerahunter
Continuing our diversification towards becoming a podcast run by photographers rather than a photography podcast, Hamish and I caught up with Bellamy Hunt of JCH about his recent SIBO diagnosis (it's not a made-up acronym) and how it's affecting his life. Hamish finds five minutes to talk about photography before getting distracted and I talk about squirrels sitting on custom-made garden furniture. Apologies for the audio, we had to record a Skype conversation, so the levels are a bit all over the place. Thanks to Negative Positives / C-41 Studio / Sunny 16 for the use of their respective intro music.
For episode 74 we bring you the man behind Japan Camera Hunter, yes its Bellamy Hunt. Bellamy is at the forefront for those in search of their dream cameras. In fact, his business works around this idea of sourcing cameras in high-end condition. But this isn’t all that Bellamy is know for. Of course, there is his own 35mm film too! Called JCH Streetpan. He’s been around the analogue photography scene a long time as a blogger too, with reviews and articles on current news. In fact, you might know him from his writing skills and honesty. In this episode we talk about: The industry of sourcing camera Japanese customs Blogging Amazon Confidentiality Trends & travelling Of course a hint of a few rare cameras For the random questions, we discuss horse riding and the UK. As usual, check out the website for links and sign up for the newsletter, that way you will always know about the latest work and podcast episodes. LINKS Website - https://www.japancamerahunter.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/japancamerahunter/ PAY IT FORWARD Bellamy wants to recommend - http://www.tamarkin.com/blog --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/photography-insights/message
It's that time of the year for one of our favourite Seasonal traditions; the gathering together of three of the finest wise men of the web to look back over 2019, chat about the year that was and speculate on the year to come. Our three wise men are of course EM from Emulsive.org, Hamish Gill from 35mmc.com, and Bellamy Hunt from Japancamerahunter.com. Sadly no Rachel this week, just us Graeme and Ade in the mix, so good luck trying to pick out which British middle class voice is which! To help, if you hear someone risking life and limb in busy traffic, it's EM, if you hear someone making Sausage rolls it's Bellamy, and if you hear someone who sounds like they've just woken up...well, that could be Ade or Hamish! DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR VOTES IN FOR THE SUNNIES 2019! Find the form and share your thoughts and feelings on what's great right here: https://forms.gle/CEEYCRkodXu3bud87
Hamish and EM finally sit down with Japan Camera Hunter, Bellamy Hunt. We talk about internet trolls, the value of clear photographic intent, updates from Japan AND updates on Bellamy's new premium compact camera. 76% insight, 13% rambling, 24% misunderstanding, 117.4% worth a listen. Thanks to Negative Positives / C-41 Studio / Sunny 16 for the use of their respective intro music.
On this weeks show Ade and Graeme are joined from the other side of the world by Bellamy Hunt of Japan Camera Hunter to hear his take on the used camera market, what he's been up to since we last spoke, and whether or not attempting to develop a new 35mm camera has driven him insane yet. You can find Bellamy here: https://www.japancamerahunter.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/jpncamerahunter Instagram: http://instagram.com/japancamerahunter Website: https://sunny16podcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/sunny16podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sunny16podcast/ Facebook @sunny16podcast Email us - sunny16podcast@gmail.com You can buy us a cup of Tea over at https://www.ko-fi.com/sunny16podcast Music from ‘Promises I Should Have Kept’ by Roja on Spotify, Amazon or iTunes
M9 host Amir Ebrahimi interviews Bellamy Hunt also known as the Japan Camera Hunter. Amir sits down with Bellamy in his Tokyo office to discuss the how the Englishman made his home in Japan, how he runs his amazing camera hunting business and why he doesn't share any of his photography. You can quickly tell Amir is fascinated with Japan and took the opportunity to explore the realities of a foreigner making his home in homologous Japan.
Steven, John, and Bill get together for a photo news packed episode! There's a lot of photo news, so buckle your seatbelts, especially if you're driving in the car! Show Notes Website version of the show notes with pretty pictures! Kodachrome Movie Trailer Starring Jason Seidukis, Ed Harris, Elizabeth Olsen https://youtu.be/g3IvVejktJE Another great podcast called, “First Person Shooter,” by Wes Bowker talks about the big takeaway from the movie. Don’t neglect the people around you with your photography; find that balance between family and photography. FujiFilm Officially Kills NeoPan Acros 100 It's official. FujiFilm has announced the discontinuation of Acros 100. Written on a previous post, we believe that FujiFilm got out of the film game before the resurgence. Because of the filmgrain.es article and connections to FujiFilm in addition to Doc Kaps meeting with FujiFilm execs to save FP-100C, we believe this to be enough evidence to think the machinery is long gone. Street Candy Film We recap Bill's 'One-on-One' interview with Vincent Moschetti. You can listen to the podcast episode here. Kodak T-MAX P3200: My First Roll Steven’s report on shooting P3200. He shares his experience shooting the film and shows us pretty pictures! Kodak Announces Ektachrome E100 in 16mm Let's get it out of the way. There's another pushback on the timeline. It is now slated for late summer/early fall 2018. It's okay though. The gap is getting smaller and smaller it's important that Kodak has a successful launch for Ektachrome. When the article was posted, 35mm was not mentioned and people started to get concerned. We tweeted Matt Stoffel at Kodak and has confirmed that 35mm is on the same timelines as Super 8 and 16mm. https://twitter.com/StoffelMatt/status/982369815443771394 We believe the announcement of 16mm format is the result of a survey Kodak put out about the super 8 camera in early February. Tim Gander After the podcast episode, Tim Gander submitted an article sharing his experience switching to a digital camera and beating his competition to print who were still shooting on film. Read up on the article here and listen to his 'One-on-One' interview with Bill here. Adorama On April 4, 2018, Adorama Learning Center writer, Mason Resnick, posted an article called, “5 reasons why I am never going back to Film Photography.” We posted a Google cache link since all articles by Mr. Resnick have been taken down. The REAL reason why photographers got angry is because it's another "Film vs. Digital" article. We get it, every point Resnick writes is accurate. But everybody has their own reason for shooting film. Things went from bad to worse really quick when photographer, Mike Fraser, discovered the image of a Leica M3 is identical to the image of a Leica M3 on Ken Rockwell's website. Fraser questioned Resnick of the similarities. Resnicks response, "We must have identical Leicas." When that comment did not pass muster, the comment was deleted and ultimately sent the article into viral mode among the photography community. The watermark is in a very difficult spot to crop out. Ken places it where you really have to intentionally remove it. On 4/6 Adorama issues an article titled We Are Sorry in response to the fallout. The article acknowledges the improper use of Ken Rockwell's image and offered compensation. According to PetaPixel the amount is $1,000. Now that Adorama is on the radar, people began to audit Resnick's previous writings and discovered an article posted prior to the Ken Rockwell incident. Images from Bellamy Hunt's article, 'Camera Historica: The Sean Flynn Leica M2' details the story war photojournalist and his Leica M2. The same images in Bellamy's article were used without his approval on Adorama's blog (Google cached link). As a result, all articles written by Resnick have been taken down. MiNT MiNT gives an update on the RF-70. Bring up price and new features – Internal Flash and External flash port – Excited because this really takes instant film to a new level in analog photography. Price – Slightly more expensive than SLR670-S which comes in at $729. Photowalk Website Photographer, Martin Smith, has built a website tailored for photowalks and photo meetups. There are disadvantages to big sites like Meetup.com and Eventbrite that don't always fit the needs of a photowalk. It is quite popular in Europe and we want to help him make this a popular tool for the photo community around the world. Upcoming Interview with Emulsive coming up on one-on-one interview episode Next Photo Challenge – Leading Lines The winner gets a propack of film! Use #shootsomefilmdangit Music Credit: Johan Lilja - The Improv http://bit.ly/2ueQlK1
For the B&H Photography Podcast, 2017 has been a wonderful year. We published our 100th episode, surpassed one million downloads, and reached #1 on the iTunes podcast chart in the Visual Arts category. Achievements aside, we are simply pleased with the remarkable guests we have hosted on our show, the variety of subjects we have covered, and the consistently entertaining and intelligent conversations we have published. And honestly, we are proud to have maintained our production output—week in week out—and to still really enjoy what we do. With this in mind and with gratitude to our listeners, guests, co-workers, and the management at B&H, we have cobbled together a 2017 year-in-review episode in which we discuss our favorite shows from 2017 and play a few clips of the most interesting moments from these episodes. The highlights were many and hard to narrow down, but Allan Weitz chose our episode with photographer Lynn Goldsmith as his favorite, with a close second being our talk with Bellamy Hunt, aka the Japan Camera Hunter. He also mentioned our talks with Richard Drew on his photograph, referred to as “Falling Man,” and our episodes with photojournalists (and husband and wife) Ben Lowy and Marvi Lacar. As for Jason Tables, he pointed to History of Hip-Hop Photography and Night Photography—From Film into Digital, as his favorites. My list included a few of those mentioned above, as well as an episode on social documentary projects, but the clip I chose was from our serial segment, “Dispatch” with Adriane Ohanesian, in which she recounts the story of a fatal attack she endured while covering a story in Congo. We discuss several more episodes during this end-of-year extravaganza and hope that the clips pique your interest and inspire you to subscribe to our show and check out programs from our catalog, which now includes more than 100 episodes. Thank you and happy New Year from Allan, Jason, and John. Guests: Lynn Goldsmith, Bellamy Hunt, Richard Drew, Ben Lowy, Marvi Lacar, Danny Hastings, Eric Johnson, Janette Beckman, Vicky Tobak, Chris Nicholson, Lance Keimig, Adriane Ohanesian Photographs (l-r) © Janette Beckman, Robert Rodriguez Jr., Mark Maio, Christian Vizl, Jenna Martin, Adriane Ohanesian, Art Wolfe, Daniel Kordan, David Speiser, Ryan Dyar, Steve Simon, Bellamy Hunt, Leo Sang, Thomas Roma, Jide Alakija, Griselda San Martin
We've got something a little special for you this week, as a Christmas treat we're not only joined by two of our favourite people from the film community - Hamish Gill an EM, but as the icing on the analogue cake we're also joined by Bellamy Hunt!
Episode 215 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 - Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, email or RSS! Featured: B&W fine art photographer, Julia Anna Gospodarou In This Episode If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us. Show Opener: B&W fine art photographer Julia Anna Gospodarou opens the show. Thanks Julia Anna! Sponsors: - Get 20% off your order at PhottixUS.com using code PetaPixel20. More at LensShark.com/deals. - Get FreshBooks cloud accounting free for 30 days by entering PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel Stories: Vitec Group acquires two more popular brands. (#) Barely 4 months after announcing getting out of Nikon...it's back! (#) Calumet and Wex Photographic merge. (#) Bellamy Hunt of Japan Camera Hunter has a camera in the works. (#) Getty Images announces a policy change based on a new law. (#) A federal judge teaches a US city how the law works regarding drone use. (#) Outtakes A reminder about my new show with Brian Matiash, the No Name Photo Show. Connect With Us Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community. We’d love to answer your question on the show. Leave us an audio question through our voicemail widget, comment below or via social media. But audio questions are awesome! You can also cut a show opener for us to play on the show! As an example: “Hi, this is Matt Smith with Double Heart Photography in Chicago, Illinois, and you’re listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast with Sharky James!”
We interview Bellamy Hunt, also known as the Japan Camera Hunter. We talk about his JCH Streetpan 400 film released in 120 format and we rant about FujiNOTFilm. Music Credit: Johan Lilja - The Improv http://bit.ly/2ueQlK1
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Allan as happy as he was during our recording of this episode and, if you are into vintage cameras, lenses, and all things film photography, just sit back and enjoy our conversation with Bellamy Hunt, aka the Japan Camera Hunter. The palpable enthusiasm between these two camera lovers cannot be feigned, and they talked like old friends about Nikon SP, Canon rangefinders, Hasselblads, and anything with a red dot. We also learn how an Englishman arrived in Japan, worked for a camera company, became a camera hunter, and eventually developed a business that not only sources vintage and rare cameras, but sells film, custom-paints cameras, and writes and shares his love for photography on the “JCH” site. In addition to talking about cameras, we discuss the photography culture of Japan, camera shops of Tokyo, and the renaissance of film photography. Join us for this pleasurable conversation on the B&H Photography Podcast. --------- Some of the gear mentioned in this article: Artisan & Artist LMB-M3 Half Case for Leica Black Label Bag Half Case for Leica MegaGear Ever Ready Half-Bottom Leather Case for Sony Guest: Bellamy Hunt Image courtesy of Bellamy Hunt
Join Bellamy & I for a Photography discussion and photo judging, as well as news from the week. Check out Educating Tina: http://mattgranger.com/educatingtina GET THE PODCAST: http://bit.ly/TOGLIFE Get involved at: http://mattgranger.com/toglife Thanks to Bellamy for co-hosting todays show. You can check out his site at: http://www.japancamerahunter.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Japancamerah... NEWS Mass media professor fired for violating photographers rights during protest http://petapixel.com/2016/02/25/melis... Leica teaming up with Huawei to reinvent smartphone photography http://www.androidcentral.com/huawei-... Photographing police not always protected by 1st amendment. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2... Tog of the week https://www.instagram.com/mattstolzman/ Ethics statement: http://mattgranger.com/ethics SOCIAL Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mattgranger Twitter: https://twitter.com/_mattgranger Instagram: http://instagram.com/_mattgranger Official Website: http://www.mattgranger.com Google Plus: http://bit.ly/MG_Gplus
On this weeks episode of Analog Talk Chris and Timothy are joined by Bellamy Hunt AKA Japan Camera Hunter. They discuss the past, present and future of film cameras and much more!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analog-talk/exclusive-contentWant to advertise on this podcast? Go to https://redcircle.com/brands and sign up.