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In Episode 92 of the Camerosity Podcast, we needed to promote every caller to "host status" to tackle the topic of the Italian camera industry.  While a huge number of cameras were made in Germany, Japan, the United States and the Soviet Union, many were made in other countries like Italy, France, England, and Czechoslovakia yet far less is talked about these countries. We attempt to do some justice to cameras from this boot shaped peninsula, spreading some (very expensive) GAS for models like the Rectaflex, Ducati Sogno, and Gamma II.  In an episode where everyone was a host, Mike, Theo, AJ Gentile, Miles Libak, Robert Rotoloni and Will Pinkham share our thoughts on a variety of models. Mike's best reference is an out of print book called Made in Italy: Apparecchi Fotografici Italiani by Marco Antonetto and Mario Malavolti.  This 1983 book is the best reference any of us have found covering the Italian camera industry.  Featuring images and short descriptions for over 150 Italian cameras, this book, plus our assessment of a few models we're familiar with, prove that the Italian camera industry is far deeper than many realize. In addition to a whole lot of Italian GAS, we go over the many different film sizes and formats used by Bencini cameras, Robert spends some time with his favorite Italian subminiature camera, the Gami 16, Mike struggles to explain how the metering system on the Durst Automatica works, he spends a great deal of time professing his love for the Ducati Sogno, and shares with us the wild operation of the very interesting Industria Scientifica Ottica Super Duplex 120, a strange stereo camera that shoots 24mm x 24mm stereo pairs on 120 format roll film. In addition to talking about Italian cameras, we get side tracked and talk about the new upcoming Yashica FX-D digital camera and Mike shares his thoughts on these "so-called" hybrid film and digital cameras and where he thinks the film industry will be in 50 years.  Will Pinkham asks about new 3D printed cameras like the Superflex and the Alfie Tych. As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you!  Please don't feel like you have to be an expert on a specific type of camera, or have the level of knowledge on par with other people on the show.  We LOVE people who are into shooting or collecting cameras, no matter how long you've been doing it, so please don't consider your knowledge level to be a prerequisite for joining! The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. For our next episode, we are recording at a special time to allow for our European and South African listeners to join us.  We don't have a specific topic selected for this show as these "Euro Time Zone Friendly" episodes generally are open to anything, so if you've always wanted to join us, but couldn't because we recorded in the middle of the night, this is your chance to call in!  We will record Episode 93 on Tuesday, June 3rd at 1pm Central Daylight Time, 2pm Eastern Daylight Time, 7pm British Summer Time, 8pm Central European Summer Time, and at 4am Wednesday, June 4th Australian Eastern Standard Time.   In This Episode Italian Camera Book / Italy's Camera History is Deeper Than You'd Think Bencini Comet III / Bencini Koroll II and Koroll S / 127 Size Images on 120 Italy's Camera Industry is Similar to France's Ferrania Also Released Cameras / Ferrania Rondine / The Ferrania Condor is Not a Leica Copy The Rectaflex Was Very Pretty and Innovative / Rectaflex Lichtenstein Mike Apologizes for the Expensive GAS From This Episode Theo Loves His Closter Camera Durst Made Four Cameras, the Duca, Automatica, 66, and the Gil Mike Fumbles His Way Through Explaining how the Durst Automatica Works Theo Lusts Over a Gold Plated Half Frame Italian Camera SSR Ducati Sogno is a Half Frame Super Camera Gamma Officine Meccaniche de Precisione Gamma II Phototeknica Eaglet Box Camera / What if Italian Companies Still Made Cameras? Bob Heaps Praise on the Unique Gami 16 Submini ISO Super Duplex 120 / Forty-Eight 24mm x 24mm Images on a Single Roll The Italian Camera Indusry is Very Deep / Bob is All Done Writing Books Italian Cars Are Unique Too / Theo and Bob Both Owned Fiats What Ended Camera Production in Italy? / The Rise of Japanese Industry Miles is GASing for a Rectaflex / Mike's Warning About the Viewfinder Get Yourself a Camerosity Podcast T-Shirt!!! Yashica FX-D: Your First Digital Film Simulation Camera / SOC Cameras Will 3D Printed Cameras like the Superflex and Alfie Tych Ever Become Collectible? Mike Doesn't think New 3D Printed Cameras Appeal to Too Many Collectors Film Cameras Will Outlive the Production of Film Links The Camerosity Podcast is now on Discord! Join Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on our very own Discord Server. Share your GAS and photography with other listeners in the Lounge or in our dedicated forums. If you have questions for myself or the other guys, we have an “Ask the Hosts” section as well where you can get your question answered on a future show! Check it out! https://discord.gg/PZVN2VBJvm. If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group, Instagram page, or Discord server. Order Your Very Own Camerosity Podcast T-Shirt! - https://www.zazzle.com/z/tbykl0hg The Official Camerosity Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/camerositypodcast Camerosity Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/camerosity_podcast/ Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/ Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris - https://thisoldcamera.net/ Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/

Like the saying goes, "better late than never", the Camerosity Podcast is back with Episode 91, which is dedicated to cameras of the 90s.  Which 90s you prefer, 1890s or 1990s, all 90s cameras are welcome! Joining Anthony, Paul, Theo, Stephen, and Mike are returning callers, AJ Gentile, Ira Cohen, Miles Libak, Nick Marshall, Robert Rotoloni, and Will Pinkham and we cover a wide range of 1990s cameras and technologies.  Paul starts off with some stories about mini labs and how single use cameras became a big thing.  We dive into bridge cameras, including the Olympus IS-2 which Mike gave rave remarks to. We discuss a large number of point and shoot cameras including premium models by Nikon and Konica, and ponder why the Olympus Stylus Epic is so popular today.  We talk about some dead end technologies from the 90s such as Minolta's ill fated Creative Expansion and Canon's obscure barcode scanner for the EOS 10S. Not all technologies from the 1990s were failures though as the 1990s was the first decade of digital cameras.  Models like the floppy disc Sony Mavica and Nikon D1 were great cameras with a historical significance which helped prove that digital photography had arrived. We round out the discussion with why Theo loves the Mamiya 7 so much and how it compares to the Mamiya 6, Robert shares some info on the development of the Nikon S3 2000 edition, and we have a thorough discussion on Kyocera's Contax SLRs. As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you!  Please don't feel like you have to be an expert on a specific type of camera, or have the level of knowledge on par with other people on the show.  We LOVE people who are into shooting or collecting cameras, no matter how long you've been doing it, so please don't consider your knowledge level to be a prerequisite for joining! The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. For our next episode, we decided to explore the Italian camera industry as its not often discussed in camera collector circles.  While Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, and the United States were well known as makers of fine cameras, a great number of really cool cameras were made in Italy such as the Rectaflex, Ducati Sogno, Gamma II, and other models by Bencini, Durst, and Ferrania.  Join us if you're a fan of cameras from this "boot shaped" country, and see if we can manage to fill an entire episode without getting distracted!  We will record Episode 92 on Monday, May 19th at 7pm Central Daylight Time and 8pm Eastern Daylight Time. In This Episode Jeff and Gabe Can't Pronounce French Names / Alan Peres Sends Us Emails Now Sometimes Its Hard to Remember That We Like Cameras from the 1990s The 1990s Was the Decade of the MiniLab and Single Use Disposable Cameras Olympus Invested Heavily in Point and Shoots in the late 1980s In the 1990s, Olympus Gave Up on Traditional SLRs and Created the IS-Series Olympus IS-2 / In the 90s Zoom Reach was Over Valued By Novices Why Are the Olympus Stylus Epics so Expensive? / µ[mju:]-II Nikon F5 Improvements Over the F4 / Paul Really Hates the Nikon N70 The Nikon N90/F90 Was Nikons Best Semi-Pro SLR of the 1990s Broken Battery and Film Doors Were a Huge Problem Back Then The Nikon 28Ti and 35Ti Are Impressive Cameras but Terrible Investments 1990s Underwater Cameras / How Many People Kept Shooting 80s Cameras in the 90s? Contax S2 and Other 1990s Contax SLRs / Contax S2 and ST Mike Likes the Contax RTS II and the Contax RX / Large Contaxes Like the N1 and AX The Minolta Maxxum 600si/650si Has Mechanical Knobs and is Awesome / Minolta Maxxum 9xi Minolta's Horrible Creative Expansion Cards / Disabling Features on Consumer SLRs / Canon Barcode Scanning System The Canon EOS-1n RS / Pellicle Mirrors / Canon EOS A2E / Canon's Eye Control System Premium Point and Shoots / Konica Hexar AF / Canon Elph Theo Loves the Mamiya 7 / Mamiya 6 / Everyone's First 110 Camera Nikon Started Working on the S3 2000 in the 1990s / Differences Between the 2000 and Original S3 Sony Floppy Mavica Cameras / Nikon D1 Alfred C. Kemper Kombi from the 1890s / Theo's 1890s Australian Studio Cameras Advanced Photo System (APS) Film and Cameras / Kodak Advantix Preview Links The Camerosity Podcast is now on Discord! Join Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on our very own Discord Server. Share your GAS and photography with other listeners in the Lounge or in our dedicated forums. If you have questions for myself or the other guys, we have an “Ask the Hosts” section as well where you can get your question answered on a future show! Check it out! https://discord.gg/PZVN2VBJvm. If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group, Instagram page, or Discord server. The Official Camerosity Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/camerositypodcast Camerosity Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/camerosity_podcast/ Keppler's Vault 101: Advanced Photo System - https://mikeeckman.com/2022/03/kepplers-vault-101-advanced-photo-system/ Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/ Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris - https://thisoldcamera.net/ Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/

As sometimes happens in the wonderful world of social media content creation, "the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray" we had plans to record Episode 90 back in March, but a variety of unfortunate and unrelated happenstances occurred which resulted in a short hiatus for recording.  We had planned on making Episode 90 a show all about Cameras of the 90s, but we had also wanted Episode 91 to be recorded with two special guests, so we were forced to do things out of order. Thankfully, the obstacles which caused our six week break didn't interfere with us sitting down with Jeff Greenstein and Gabe Sachs from the I Dream of Cameras podcast.  For those of you who are familiar with their show, you'll know that Jeff has a fondness for Alpa cameras, so this unofficially doubles as our first and probably only Alpa episode. After some short introductions, we refer back to a fun comparison between the two podcasts written by listener John Kelly and both hosts give our reactions to some of his funny answers.  We cover a variety of cameras that we all love and shoot, along with Jeff's deep dive into why he loves the Alpa 11si so much. Gabe shares a story of how he's had to rebuild his camera collection from scratch after losing it when his home burned down in the Palisades wild fires that ravaged Los Angeles earlier this year.  We ponder why the Hasselblad XPan can't get repaired anymore and what other cameras are on the verge of being unrepairable.  Mike shares three very different Alpas in his collection and shares what he likes and doesn't like about all three, Anthony shares his thoughts on a new (to him) Fuji camera he recently bought, and Paul talks about his plans for traveling to Ireland later this spring. As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you!  Please don't feel like you have to be an expert on a specific type of camera, or have the level of knowledge on par with other people on the show.  We LOVE people who are into shooting or collecting cameras, no matter how long you've been doing it, so please don't consider your knowledge level to be a prerequisite for joining! The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. As promised two episodes ago, we still want to do a Cameras of the 90s episode, but this time it will have to be Episode 91.  Finally, Theo will get a chance to talk about his beloved Mamiya 7, but in addition to that there were many other terrific cameras from that decade like the Nikon N90s and the premium 28Ti and 35Ti point and shoots, the Contax AX, and the Olympus µ[mju:]-II.  In addition to terrific film cameras, the 1990s was the first decade with a large number of digital cameras like the Minolta RD-175 and Nikon D1.  We will record Episode 91 on Monday, May 5th at 7pm Central Daylight Time and 8pm Eastern Daylight Time. In This Episode Jeff Greenstein and Gabe Sachs from I Dream of Cameras / Episode Numbers John Kelly Compares Camerosity and IDOC Podcasts: A Rebuttal Rich Coastal Elites vs Salt of the Earth Midwesterners / So Good Camerosity Yellow and Red is the Same as Kodak Yellow and Red Mamiya 7, Alpa 10s, Pentax 17, and Hasselblad 500 Why Can't Anyone Repair the Hasselblad XPan? / Unrepairable Cameras Paul Doesn't Know what Neon Genesis Evangelion Is Anthony and Paul Trade a Leica M2 for a Rolleiflex 3.5F Gabe Talks About Losing His House and Entire Camera Collection in the LA Wild Fires Limiting a Collection to 30 Cameras / Olympus Pen FT Jeff Handles an Ilford Witness / Anthony Much Prefers the Bell & Howell Foton Is there any Alpa Heritage in Bolex Cameras? / Kern Lenses / Kilfitt Makro Kilar Lenses Mike and Jeff Both See the World in 40mm / The Konica AR 40mm f/1.8 Lens is the Best Value in 40mm The Original Alpa Reflex is a Hybrid SLR and a Rangefinder Mike Had an M42 Alpa Lens with No Body So He Bought an Alpa Si2000 / Chinon CE-II Memotron Jeff's Rhapsody for the Alpa 11si / The Weirdest Motor Drive Ever / Engraved Cameras Jeff Goes to Paris Fashion Shows / Cincinnati Camera Show Update / Sydney Show Update Anthony Picks Up a Fuji GS645W Professional / Fuji's Barcode Film System More Recap of the Cincinnati Show Stephen Gets a Pentax 110 Auto / Theo Gets a Light Meter that Measures in Foot Lamberts Jeff Wants to Get a Pentax MX / He Has a Medical Camera Called the Pentax MF Jeff Also Got a Zeiss Taxona and a Mamiya Sketch Mike Picks Up a Minolta 35 Model IIB and an Original Argus C with the F/S Switch Links The Camerosity Podcast is now on Discord! Join Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on our very own Discord Server. Share your GAS and photography with other listeners in the Lounge or in our dedicated forums. If you have questions for myself or the other guys, we have an “Ask the Hosts” section as well where you can get your question answered on a future show! Check it out! https://discord.gg/PZVN2VBJvm. If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group, Instagram page, or Discord server. The Official Camerosity Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/camerositypodcast Camerosity Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/camerosity_podcast/ Jeff Greenstein and Gabe Sachs - I Dream of Cameras - https://www.idreamofcameras.com/ Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/ Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris - https://thisoldcamera.net/ Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/

A topic that we've lightly touched upon in previous episode, but never dared devote an entire episode to is the taboo subject of repairing your own cameras.  There are those who firmly believe all repairs should be left to the capable hands of professionals, but there are others who have no problem with opening their own cameras and trying it out themselves. If you're in the latter group and are interested to hear some tips and tricks from those of us who have been brave/foolish enough to try it, Episode 89 is all about repairing your own cameras.  Joining Paul, Stephen, Theo, and Mike are returning callers A.J. Gentile, Alyssa Micha, Andrew Reynolds, Christopher Wells, John Michael Mendizza, Keir Frei, Larry Effler, Pat Casey, Rafael Espinoza, Ray Nason, Wayne Scheipers, and Will Pinkham who all share their own experiences. We cover a wide range of topics, starting with what you can and cannot repair on a Kodak Medalist and whether you can still send your Leicas to the factory in Wetzlar to get repaired.  Hear who we think makes a good set of JIS screwdrivers, lens spanners, and Mike recommends a rubber grippy tool.  We share our recommendations for cleaning cameras, getting sticky residue off film doors, replacing mirror bumpers and foam light seals, how not to clean a reflex mirror, what works on lenses and what not to use.  We even cover the taboo topic of washing your camera in the dishwasher! Although there is very little GAS in this episode, we do get into a few model specific camera repairs.  Alyssa Micha shares with us her beautiful 1903 Kodak camera which had moldy bellows and what she needed to do to replace them.  We talk about how to and how not to fix the infamous Canon Squeal of the Canon AE-1 and A-1 cameras, along with how to deal with the sticky backs of the Nikon N80 and N90, Mike talks about a product he used to mold a custom hand grip for his Minolta 650si. We talk about various cleaners, when and when not to use lighter fluid, acetone, glass cleaner, and for the love of God, please never use WD-40 on any camera!  Although this whole episode is about home repairs and cleaning, we end the show talking about how best to take care of your camera to minimize its chances of never needing to be repaired, how to deal with humidity, and whether or not to store your cameras in their original leather cases. Meet Anthony, Paul, and Mike: If you are in the vicinity of Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday, March 22nd, come to the Ohio Camera Swap at the Hilton Garden Inn Cincinnati/West Chester and say hi to us.  Who knows, maybe even some other Camerosity Podcast regulars will show up as well.  While you're there, maybe you can buy something from us! As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you!  Please don't feel like you have to be an expert on a specific type of camera, or have the level of knowledge on par with other people on the show.  We LOVE people who are into shooting or collecting cameras, no matter how long you've been doing it, so please don't consider your knowledge level to be a prerequisite for joining! The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. Our next episode will be number 90, and like we've done for episodes 70 and 80, we will be devoting the show to cameras of that decade.  For Episode 90, we will discuss cameras of the 1990s (or 1890s for that matter)!  Finally, Theo will get a chance to talk about his beloved Mamiya 7, but in addition to that there were many other terrific cameras from that decade like the Nikon N90s and the premium 28Ti and 35Ti point and shoots, the Contax AX, and the Olympus µ[mju:]-II.  In addition to terrific film cameras, the 1990s was the first decade with a large number of digital cameras like the Minolta RD-175 and Nikon D1.  We will record Episode 90 on Monday, March 24th at 7pm Central Daylight Time and 8pm Eastern Daylight Time. (Note that Daylight Savings Time started in North America on Sunday, March 9th, so be sure to check your local time if you plan on joining the show!) In This Episode Disclaimer: A Proper CLA is Always the Best Way to Get Your Camera Working / Technicians for Some Models Are Retiring You Don't Have to Use The Most Popular Technicians to Repair Leicas / Does Leitz in Wetzlar Still CLA Cameras? Larry Wants to Repair His Kodak Medalist / Mike Offers Tips on Cleaning the Medalist Rangefinder Rerolling 620 / Larry Reload 828 Film Using Unperforated 35mm Film 3D Printing Battery Holders for Nikon SLRs / 3D Printing for Analog Photography Facebook Group Cleaning Corroded Battery Compartments / Removing Stuck Pentax Spotmatic Battery Compartment Covers Eyeglass Screwdrivers Are Not Good Enough / Japanese Cameras Use JIS Screws Get Good Spanners / SK Grimes Spanners Are Very Good / Micro-Tools Mike Recommends Getting a Set of Rubber Grips for Removing Lens Rings How to Remove Stuck Filters Due to a Damaged Filter Ring How Do You Know Whether You Should Fix It or Live With It? Beware of Sellers Claiming a Camera Was CLAd If They Did It Themselves Repairing the Canon AE-1 / Canon Squeaky Shutters / Never Use WD-40! Using Ronsonol and Lighter Fluid / Naphtha Oil Use Caution When Cleaning a Reflex Mirror / What is a Front Surface Mirror? / ROR Solution Replacing Light Seals is a Good DIY Repair / Mirror Bumpers Do Not Shoot a Camera with Compromised Light Seals / Cleaning the Old Stuff Out First Are PEC Pads Recommended for Cleaning Cameras? / Kimwipes and Baby Wipes A Old Toothbrush and a Tiny Drop of Soap is Good for Cleaning Crevasses and other Tight Spots Cleaning and Conditioning Rubber Grips on Lenses / Shrinking Rubber Grips Cleaning Sticky Rubber Surfaces / The Nikon N80 and N90 Have Horribly Sticky Backs Making a Hand Grip for a Minolta 650si Using Sugru How Do You Know When a Shutter Needs to Be Serviced? Beware of Self-Timers on Old Cameras / What does "V" Mean on German Shutters? Tips for Keeping Your Camera Working / Use It / Remove the Batteries Controlling Humidity / Using Silica Gel Packets and Desiccants / Damp Rid Getting Rid of Ever Ready Cases / Are There Any Cases Worth Saving? An Easier to Remember Join Link - join.camerositypodcast.com Links The Camerosity Podcast is now on Discord! Join Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on our very own Discord Server. Share your GAS and photography with other listeners in the Lounge or in our dedicated forums. If you have questions for myself or the other guys, we have an “Ask the Hosts” section as well where you can get your question answered on a future show! Check it out! https://discord.gg/PZVN2VBJvm. If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group, Instagram page, or Discord server. The Official Camerosity Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/camerositypodcast Camerosity Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/camerosity_podcast/ Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/ Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris - https://thisoldcamera.net/ Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/

Happy Friday! It’s the 73rd day of the year. And to astronomers and a few others, it’s day 2,460,749. That’s the tally under the Julian Date system. Its starting point was more than 6700 years ago. The system was created by Joseph Scaliger, a French scholar and religious leader, in 1583. The system was named for his father, Julius. Scaliger was trying to integrate the many calendars that had been used throughout history. He picked a starting point long before any known calendar system. In the modern calendar, it was November 24th, 4714 B.C. That’s a date when long cycles of the Sun, Moon, and an ancient Roman cycle for collecting taxes all intersected. Astronomers use the Julian Date system to record observations and events. And they don’t add minutes or seconds – they convert those to decimals. That makes it easier to compare the timing of their work to observations made long ago, or under different calendar systems or time zones. They don’t have to figure out the permutations of the calendars or other details – just subtract one date from another to find the difference. A Julian day begins at noon Universal Time – 7 a.m. Central Daylight Time. So day 2,460,749 begins at 7 a.m. today, and ends 24 hours later – on the Ides of March. Script by Damond Benningfield

Way back in Episode 27, the Camerosity gang went on a three hour tour to a tropical paradise and asked everyone what would be their idea of three "desert island" cameras that they would want to be stranded with if they couldn't have anything else.  That discussion proved to be a fun one and something we had wanted to revisit again.  It would take us all the way to Episode 88 when we would finally put out the call for another Desert Island episode. Joining Anthony, Paul, Mike and our new regular host Stephen Strangways, are returning callers A.J. Gentile, Andrew and Christopher Wells, Ira Cohen, Will Pinkham, and first time caller Robin Stone. Starting with this episode, we are welcoming Stephen as one of the regular hosts to the show.  His presence and knowledge on many previous episodes has impressed us, and after considering regular scheduling conflicts with the four regular hosts, we thought it was time to add a fifth person.  Although Theo has missed the last two episodes, he is still very much apart of the show and will return soon.  With a fifth host, in the event one of the "original four" have a scheduling issue, we can continue without hesitation. On this episode, we go through a tremendous amount of GAS, covering many unexpected models including multiple Horseman cameras, a Fuji G617, Argus Brick, Nikon F2, Leica CL, Zeiss-Ikon Tenax II, and many, many others. In addition to commercially available cameras, both Andrew and Christopher Wells share with us their own home made 3D printed large format creations.  Custom cameras built to use any combination of lenses, shutters, and film backs in a million different combinations are truly one of the more fascinating aspects of this hobby.  And if 3D printing your own camera isn't cool enough, Andrew took it a step further and even made his own bellows! In addition to tropical island GAS, we answer the question of why the Nikon F mount is backwards of almost every other interchangeable lens system and the Wells brothers give us a quick update of the state of current Polaroid Originals instant film. Meet Anthony, Paul, and Mike: If you are in the vicinity of Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday, March 22nd, come to the Ohio Camera Swap at the Hilton Garden Inn Cincinnati/West Chester and say hi to us.  Who knows, maybe even some other Camerosity Podcast regulars will show up as well.  While you're there, maybe you can buy something from us! As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you!  Please don't feel like you have to be an expert on a specific type of camera, or have the level of knowledge on par with other people on the show.  We LOVE people who are into shooting or collecting cameras, no matter how long you've been doing it, so please don't consider your knowledge level to be a prerequisite for joining! The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. For our next episode, we will be discussing camera failures and home repairs.  What are some of the most common problems vintage cameras face and what can you do to get them back up and working?  While the Camerosity Podcast fully recommends professional CLAs to keep vintage cameras going as long as possible, we understand that a full service on every vintage camera is impractical, so sometimes you have to take matters in your own hands.  If you aren't afraid to go inside a camera and possibly make it worse, the next episode may be for you!  We will record Episode 89 on Monday, March 10th at 7pm Central Daylight Time and 8pm Eastern Daylight Time. (Note that Daylight Savings Time starts in North America on Sunday, March 9th, so be sure to check your local time if you plan on joining the show!) In This Episode All Aboard the Second Ever Camerosity Desert Island Cruise! Robin Starts Us Off with the Horseman VH / AJ is Bringing His Kodak Retina IIIc and Kodak Tourist Anthony Brings a Fuji G617 with an Unlimited Supply of 220 Film Ira Brings the Nikon F2 / Why is the Nikon F-Mount Backwards from Most Other SLRs? Andrew Brings a Rolleiflex SL66 / Another Horseman Makes It to the Island / Horseman Convertible Will Brings Brings A Balda Rigona 127 Camera / Mike Recommends Other Cool 127 Cameras Paul Has a Case of Cheap Plastic Pocket Cameras Mike's First Camera is the Folding Mamiya Six Stephen Brings the Nikon FM2 or Maybe the Pentax MX Pentax MZ-S / The Entire Pentax MZ-Series Had Weak Plastic Gears But They Can Be Replaced Mike Still Loves the Pentax LX / The Pentax LX Has a Geared Exposure Counter Robin Brings His Argus C3 / Andrew and Chris Wells Both 3D Printed Their Own Cameras Chris Brings the first Canon, a Canon F-1 / Ira Brings a Nikonos 4 for Underwater Fun Anthony Has Experience with Nikonos and O-Rings / More Large Format Discussion Stephen Goes Small with the Olympus XA / Anthony Goes Prewar with the Voigtländer Bergheil Paul Loves his Canon G10 / Digital Cameras with Optical Viewfinders Anthony is Bringing His Recent Favorite, the Zeiss-Ikon Tenax II Chris Suggests the Olympus 35 RC / Mike Picks the First Leica, the Leica CL / 40mm Lenses Will Pinkham Brings a Konica I Rangefinder / Minolta 24 Rapid Paul's Third Camera is the Nikon F Andrew Loves the Polaroid SX-70 So Is Bringing Some on the Boat Stephen Appreciates a compact Auto Focus SLR, the Pentax MZ-3 Minox 35 GL / Bel Air Plastic Camera / Graflex Norita 66 / Akameter / Akarex / Akarelle We Have No Clue What Episode 89 Will Be About Links The Camerosity Podcast is now on Discord! Join Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on our very own Discord Server. Share your GAS and photography with other listeners in the Lounge or in our dedicated forums. If you have questions for myself or the other guys, we have an “Ask the Hosts” section as well where you can get your question answered on a future show! Check it out! https://discord.gg/PZVN2VBJvm. The Camerosity Podcast is now on BlueSky @camerosity.bsky.social.  This modern, and clean replacement for Twitter is a nice alternative to cluttered social networks out there.  Follow us there for show announcements and other content. If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group, Instagram page, or Discord server. The Official Camerosity Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/camerositypodcast Camerosity Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/camerosity_podcast/ Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/ Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris - https://thisoldcamera.net/ Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/

On this episode of the Camerosity Podcast, the guys took a suggestion off the top of the Camerosity Suggestion Box™ and dedicated this episode to medium format SLRs.  That's right, finally, an entire episode dedicated to Bronica, Mamiya, Rolleiflex, Kiev, and Norita SLRs (but not that H-brand). Joining Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on this show are returning callers A.J. Gentile, Brian Zeman, Miles Libak, Will Pinkham, and first time callers Andrew Wells, Fernando from Germany, Henry Blanton, Robert Wawrzinek, and Tom Zoss. The show gets off to a quick start with the Bronica system, one that Mike has limited experience with, but the listeners make quick work out of recommending an accessory that Mike immediately decided he needed.  Our love for this Japanese SLR starts with the early S-series, moves into the GS, and finally ETRS series, but one is a clear favorite. Another well received SLR is the Kowa Six which Mike has been tirelessly shooting in the weeks prior to this show, ready to share his thoughts.  Anthony and Andrew both share their strong desires to own a Rolleiflex SL66, and Fernando shares his love for Soviet and East German medium format SLRs. A huge number of "less common" cameras like the KW Reflex Box, VEB WEFO Master Reflex, Fujita Six, Folmer-Graflex National Graflex, and both the horizontal and vertical versions of the Ihagee Exakta 66 get their mentions.  We point out the 6x6 SLR with the fastest medium format lens ever made, who is best to repair Mamiya SLRs, and ponder the age old question, "Why didn't anyone ever make a 6x9 SLR?" We get a little off topic, discussing John Minnick's Aero-Liberator SLRs used by Graham Burnett, Graflex's "Stove Top" SLRs, and Tom Zoss's custom Graflex XL with a very wide Rodenstock lens on it.  Plus, as an added bonus, we cover the only 16mm SLR in any of our collections, the KMZ Narciss SLR! As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you! Please don't feel like you have to be an expert on a specific type of camera, or have the level of knowledge on par with other people on the show. We LOVE people who are into shooting or collecting cameras, no matter how long you've been doing it, so please don't consider your knowledge level to be a prerequisite for joining! The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. Our next episode will be Episode 80 and we're taking the opportunity to dedicated this episode to cameras of the 80s (you get to pick the century).  The 1980s saw a huge advancement in auto focus SLRs, the use of lightweight plastics, and the beginning of the "bridge camera" era.  If you're fans of gems like the Nikon FM2, Minolta X-700, Leica M6, or the Yashica Samurai, this is the episode for you!  We will record Episode 80 on Monday, October 28th at 7pm Central Daylight Time and 8pm Eastern Daylight Time. In This Episode Mike Owns Two Bronica SLRs / Bronica S2 / Bronica GS-1 Kiev-60 SLR w/ Screw Lens Mount Adapter / ARAX Repaired and Upgraded Cameras Order Matters on the Kiev Cameras / Repairing Kiev SLRs / Kievs with Pentacon Six Mount Paul Declares the Bronica and Kowas to Be Value Leaders / Early Bronica S-Series Bronica S2 Has a Removable Helicoid Which Adds Flexibility / Adapting Other Lenses to Bronicas Mike's Early Review of the Kowa Six /  Kowa 66 Fujita 66 / Kalimar Six / Kodak Duo Six-20 John Minnick and Graham Burnett's Aero-Liberator SLR / Stove Top Graflex SLRs Mike is Working on a Review for the Folmer-Graflex National Graflex KW Reflex-Box is a Box Camera That's Also an SLR Brian GASses Mike into Buying a Winder Grip for the Bronica GS-1 Anthony's Favorite Medium Format SLR is the Rolleiflex SL66 / The Scheimpflug Effect Ihagee Exakta 66 Horizontal and Vertical Cameras Kochmann Reflex-Korelle / Master Reflex Norita 66 and Pentacon Six / The Noritar 80mm f/2 Lens is Faster than Most Medium Format SLR Lenses Repairing the Rolleiflex SL66 / Watching Watch Repair Videos on YouTube / Chris Sherlock's Camera Repair Videos Bill Rogers is a Great Resource for Mamiya SLR Repair / Mirror Stop on the Mamiya 645s How Many People Shoot Both Medium Format Rangefinders and SLRs? Nobody Made a 6x9 SLR / The Fuji 690 Rangefinder Series is as Close as You'll Get Two Huge Cameras are the Gowland Flex and Fuji GX680 What is the Difference Between the Mamiya RB67 and RZ67? KW Pilot 6 / Chinese Great Wall DF Series Tom Zoss's Custom Graflex XL with Rodenstock Wide Angle Lens Mike Likes Vignetting / Bill Rogers for Mamiya Repair / Who is Repairing Retinas Now The Only 16mm SLR We Know About / KMZ Narciss Links The Camerosity Podcast is now on Discord! Join Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on our very own Discord Server. Share your GAS and photography with other listeners in the Lounge or in our dedicated forums. If you have questions for myself or the other guys, we have an “Ask the Hosts” section as well where you can get your question answered on a future show! Check it out! https://discord.gg/PZVN2VBJvm. If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group, Instagram page, or Discord server. The Official Camerosity Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/camerositypodcast Camerosity Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/camerosity_podcast/ Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/ Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris - https://thisoldcamera.net/ Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/

One of the benefits to having four hosts is that if something comes up and someone can't be on a recording, the show can go on.  For Episode 78, we were short Anthony, so what did the guys decide to talk about while he wasn't there?  One of Anthony's favorite cameras of course!  The Zeiss-Ikon Super Ikonta 532/16 is a medium format folding camera that shoots 6cm x 6cm images and is one of the very few medium format folding cameras with both a rangefinder and fast f/2.8 lens. In addition to it being one of Anthony's favorite cameras, it is also a favorite of professional photographer Johnny Martyr who, along with a stable of vintage Leicas, shoots his Super Ikonta professionally, offering medium format prints to his clientele.  On this episode, Johnny shares with us his motivation on why he incorporated medium format into his business and why he chose this specific camera. Episode 78 was light on guests as Paul, Theo, and Mike were also joined by returning callers AJ Gentile and Miles Libak, but we made up for it with a nice discussion of GAS!  The conversation eventually moved from 6x6 folders to 4.5x6 folders and Mike gave his recommendation on one of the best Japanese 4.5x6 folding rangefinder cameras, the Konica Pearl IV.  In addition, Mike also recommended an unlikely 6x9 folding camera as a value champion that still punches above its weight with a great lens. Paul shares some recent cameras he's dug out of his crypt and Theo talks about his recent adventures with a Nikon S2 and Olympus Pen FT and how he accidentally redscaled some film without knowing it.  We briefly discuss the merits of prism based viewfinders and what would happen if you purposely loaded black and white film backwards. As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you! Please don't feel like you have to be an expert on a specific type of camera, or have the level of knowledge on par with other people on the show. We LOVE people who are into shooting or collecting cameras, no matter how long you've been doing it, so please don't consider your knowledge level to be a prerequisite for joining! The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. Episode 79 will be all about medium format SLRs.  If you're interested in Bronica, Mamiya, Kowa, Norita, Praktisix, (but hot Hasselblad) SLRs, this is the episode for you!  We will record on Monday, October 14th at 7pm Central Daylight Time and 8pm Eastern Daylight Time. In This Episode Only Three Hosts / AJ Working on His New Blog / Paul is Still Doing Long Trips for Cameras Johnny Martyr is Exploring Medium Format / Voigtländer Perkeo Inspired Him Welta Weltur / Zeiss Super Ikonta B and Fast f/2.8 Lenses Paul's Loves the Plaubel Makina 6x7 Viewfinders Made with Prisms vs Beamsplitters / Kodak Medalist has a bright viewfinder Mike Randomly Sends Cameras to Johnny / Miles Had an Ensign Selfix 820 Special  Super Ikonta 6x4.5 / Strap Lugs / Paper Thickness Can Cause Transport Issues in Some Cameras Welta Weltini is Too Complex / Semi Leotax Konica Pearl II, III, or IV Are All Great 4.5x6 Cameras The Voigtlander Bessa 66 is Nice / Gallus Delux is a French Foth Derby / Voigtländer Perkeo 127 Kodak Tourist / Voigtländer Bessa III 667 /  Fujifilm GF670 Professional / Balda Super Baldax Theo has been shooting the Nikon S2 and the Olympus Pen FT Highlight is the Robot II which accidentally used to red scale film Does anyone know what happens in putting B&W film backwards? Very Easy to Put Film Backwards in a Mamiya RB67 Mike got a Zeiss-Ikon Hexacon / Pentacon FM The Mamiya 6 is Just As Good as the Mamiya 7 Mike Wants to Shoot Cameras to Just Enjoy Them Now Miles is Testing an Uncoated Biogon on a Prewar Contax A Brief History of the Contax and Why We've Never Done a Zeiss-Ikon Episode Links The Camerosity Podcast is now on Discord! Join Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on our very own Discord Server. Share your GAS and photography with other listeners in the Lounge or in our dedicated forums. If you have questions for myself or the other guys, we have an “Ask the Hosts” section as well where you can get your question answered on a future show! Check it out! https://discord.gg/PZVN2VBJvm. If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group, Instagram page, or Discord server. The Official Camerosity Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/camerositypodcast Camerosity Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/camerosity_podcast/ Johnny Martyr - https://johnnymartyr.wordpress.com/ Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/ Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris - https://thisoldcamera.net/ Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/

In what is a record for the longest time between recording and release, Episode 77 is finally here!  Recorded more than 2 weeks ago, in this episode we follow up Episode 76 with a second episode about "stuff we know".  Before they were podcast superstars, Theo, Mike, and Paul have blogs and we wanted to share some behind the scenes secrets of the wonderful world of blogging. Joining us are fellow bloggers, Peggy Marsh, Alex Luyckx, Eric Jason, Dan Cuny, and Jim Grey who tell us their origin stories, what their process is for how they choose what to write about, and what's next for their blogs.  Joining us are non bloggers, A.J. Gentile and Will Pinkham who get inspired and consider making their own blog! As a group, we also discuss the state of blogging, has the luster of long form reviews been replaced by byte sized content from TikTok and Instagram Reels?  Alex discusses his experiences with Adox Scala and black and white reversal developers, Dan Cuny talks about his collection of vintage film negatives that he scans and posts online, and Paul reveals a guy he found in China that can modify standard Hasselblad backs, turning them into Hasselblad XPan sized panoramic backs. Because of a combination of regular delays along with a laptop crash which required this episode to be edited from beginning to end twice, Episode 78 has already been recorded before Episode 77 was ready for release.  Paul, Theo, and Mike had an intimate discussion with Johnny Martyr, A.J. Gentile, and Miles Libak about shooting medium format, Mike's favorite Japanese 4.5x6 folding camera, and how the process of professionally shooting film in the digital age has changed from before. Episode 79 will be all about medium format SLRs.  If you're interested in Bronica, Mamiya, Kowa, Norita, Praktisix, (but hot Hasselblad) SLRs, this is the episode for you!  We will record on Monday, October 14th at 7pm Central Daylight Time and 8pm Eastern Daylight Time. The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. In This Episode How Blogging Relates to This Podcast / A Private Blogger Facebook Chat Has Improve All Our Sites Will There Ever Be a Video Version of the Camerosity Podcast? Peggy Marsh from Camera Go Camera / Do Not Reverse Her Blog's Name / Argus C3 / Purma Special / Photavit 828 / Agilux Agimatic Alex Luyckx and His Origin Story / Alex Loves Seeing How Different Developers Can Change How a Film Looks Developing Adox Scala Film / Black & White Reversal Set a Realistic Time Table for New Articles to Maintain Excitement and Quality Paul Has a Blog and He Reviews One Camera Every Decade! Eric Jason from Aperture Preview / Samoca 35 II / Perfex Cameras / Radio Companies That Also Made Cameras / Clarus MS-35 Eric Works for Retrospekt Repairing Polaroids Has Blogging Lost Its Luster? / How Much Readership Is There? / TikTok and Reels Byte Sized Content / Mr. Beast Dan Cuny Gives Mike a Run for His Rare Camera Review Money / Inoca Six Stereo Camera Mike Has No Idea How Many Cameras He Has / Cornu Ontoflex TLR Dan Loves to Digitize Old Negatives and Plates / Old Images Tell A Great Story / Mike Doesn't Like Ansel Adams Jim Grey Joins the Show and Talks about Down the Road / Operation Thin the Herd Reply to Every Comment / Jim Acquires a Camera For the Purpose of Reviewing It AJ Started a Youtube Channel During the Pandemic to Stay Busy Tips For Starting a Photo Blog or Podcast / Do What You Love / Your Voice Matters / Have a Thick Skin / If You Want to Make a Blog, Do It! Perhaps the Greatest Thing About Blogging is the Content is Searchable / Sticky Content The Wayback Machine is Great for Web 1.0, But Not So Much for Current Gen Blogs Paul Found a Guy in China Who Can Modify Hasselblad Backs to Shoot XPan Format Theo's Mamiya 7 Habit is Driving Mike to Drink / Extinct Blogs Mike is Sending Anthony a Leonardo Pinhole Camera Links The Camerosity Podcast is now on Discord! Join Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on our very own Discord Server. Share your GAS and photography with other listeners in the Lounge or in our dedicated forums. If you have questions for myself or the other guys, we have an “Ask the Hosts” section as well where you can get your question answered on a future show! Check it out! https://discord.gg/PZVN2VBJvm. If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group, Instagram page, or Discord server. The Official Camerosity Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/camerositypodcast Camerosity Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/camerosity_podcast/ Peggy Marsh - Camera Go Camera - https://cameragocamera.com/ Alex Luyckx - https://www.alexluyckx.com/blog/ Eric Jason - Aperture Preview - https://www.aperturepreview.com/ Dan Cuny - https://www.dancuny.com/camera-collecting-blog Jim Grey - Down the Road - https://blog.jimgrey.net/ Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/ Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris - https://thisoldcamera.net/ Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/

In many ways, fall has already arrived. The fall term has started for schools. Football season is underway. And September 1st marks the beginning of the fall weather season. Astronomical fall catches up to them tomorrow. Autumn officially arrives at 7:44 a.m. Central Daylight Time – the moment of the fall equinox. The change in seasons occurs as the Sun crosses the equator from north to south. The Sun rises due east and sets due west as seen from the entire planet. And the length of day and night are about equal. That balance won’t last long. In the northern hemisphere, the days will grow shorter and the nights longer until we reach the winter solstice, in December. As that happens, the sunrise and sunset points will slide southward. As the season changes, so do the stars. At nightfall, Arcturus, the brightest star of summer nights, is dropping lower in the west. The signature star pattern of the season, the Summer Triangle, is moving to the western side of the sky. And the scorpion is getting ready to disappear in the southwest. In the meantime, the Great Square of Pegasus is in the east at nightfall, ready to climb high across the sky during the night. Constellations associated with the flying horse are moving into view as well. And so are the constellations of the Celestial Sea – water-related constellations like the fish, the sea goat, and the water boy – stellar sights for the longer nights of autumn. Script by Damond Benningfield

The Moon has a lot going on tonight. For one thing, it’s full. And it’s the best-known full Moon of the year – the Harvest Moon. It’ll stage a minor eclipse that’ll be visible across almost all of the United States. And a couple of giant planets lurk near by – one of them especially close. The Harvest Moon honor goes to the full Moon that’s closest to the fall equinox. The equinox is coming up on Sunday – just five days after the full Moon. The lunar eclipse begins at 7:41 p.m. Central Daylight Time. That’s when the Moon makes contact with Earth’s outer shadow. But that part of the shadow is so faint that it’s hard to tell much difference. A couple of hours later, the Moon will barely dip into the darker inner shadow. It’ll cover only a tiny fraction of the Moon, so it’ll look like something took a nibble from the disk. At least part of the eclipse will be visible from the entire United States except western Alaska. Not long after the eclipse ends, the Moon will stage its own eclipse: It’ll pass directly in front of Neptune, briefly blocking the planet from view for most American skywatchers. Neptune’s too faint to see without binoculars or a telescope, so most of us won’t even notice it. We’ll have more about Neptune tomorrow. And if all that lunar activity isn’t enough, the planet Saturn stands close to the Moon all night. It looks like a bright star – leading the Harvest Moon across the night sky. Script by Damond Benningfield

For most episodes of this show, we rely on experts to come and talk to us about a specific topic.  We value the experiences and knowledges of people who know a lot about a brand or a style of camera to teach us something that we didn't already know.  For Episode 76 however, we decided to go with something the Camerosity hosts are already experts on, which is buying and selling cameras. You don't get to have the experiences between the four hosts without access to a great deal of hardware, so we thought for this episode we would share some stories of how we all got to where we are at today.  In addition to our personal experiences, Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike share their best tips and tricks not only for buying cameras but also when it comes time to sell something. Joining us on this episode are returning callers, Mark Faulkner, Mike Litwin, Will Pinkham, and first time caller Cody Yoder.  We cover the basics of buying and selling on eBay but also ways in which we've accumulated gear through estate sales, Facebook Marketplace, and through good old human interaction.  Paul shares his thoughts on the state of buying and selling, Mike discusses one of his favorite eBay sellers and why he doesn't buy from them anymore, and Anthony shares his story for how he met one of the most eccentric camera collectors in Florida. In addition to buying and selling, Cody tells us a story about how he literally walked into a garage full of Hasselblads, Theo gives us an update on what it was like shooting and developing film while on vacation in Vietnam and Paul answers a question for how he decides how much to offer a seller when buying a large collection. For the next episode, we are sticking with topics we know well and will dedicate Episode 77 entirely to blogging.  This podcast wouldn't exist if Mike had never started mikeeckman.com and met Anthony, Paul, and Theo through his site, so if you've ever been interested into the behind the scenes of researching and reviewing cameras for a website, this is the episode for you.  In addition to Mike and Theo's thoughts, we are going to solicit some of your other favorite bloggers and get their thoughts as well.  Episode 77 will be recorded on Monday, September 16th at 7pm Central Daylight Time and 8pm Eastern Daylight Time. The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. In This Episode How is the eBay Camera Selling Market Going? / Paul Buys Cameras from Cody Yoder Cody's Camera Garage Find / Hasselblads / Paul Stays Away from Facebook Marketplace The First Wave of Vintage Cameras Have Already Been Sold By Their Original Owners The Bottom of the Box is Where the Fun Stuff Is Mike's Biggest Missed Opportunity Came When He Just First Started Collecting. Anthony's Friend's Big Rollei Haul / Rolleiflex SLX / Paul's 800 Mile Day How Do You Calculate What You'll Pay When Buying a Large Collection? Selling on eBay Sucks Right Now / Paul Got in Trouble with eBay Anthony's Perspective on Old Cameras in Florida / How Anthony Met Bernard Danenberg Kurt Ingham's Collection / Buying Used Cameras in Australia Mike Litwin Has Been Buying Several Camera Books / Larry Gubas's Zeiss Book The Current State of Camera Repairs Cameras That Often Don't Work: Pentax ES II and Konica FT-1 Motor Mark's Bad Experience Selling His Leica M3 Tips for Buying on eBay: Be Patient, Use Wishlists, Build a Network of Other Collectors, Common Misspellings Mike's Favorite eBay Seller Used to be Tictocnmore / Buying from Antique Malls Tips for Selling on eBay: Take Good Pictures, Put Effort Into Your Description, Require Signature on International Buyers Theo's Experiences Shooting and Developing Film in Vietnam Mike Still Doesn't Like Shooting 58mm Lenses Links The Camerosity Podcast is now on Discord! Join Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on our very own Discord Server. Share your GAS and photography with other listeners in the Lounge or in our dedicated forums. If you have questions for myself or the other guys, we have an “Ask the Hosts” section as well where you can get your question answered on a future show! Check it out! https://discord.gg/PZVN2VBJvm. If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group, Instagram page, or Discord server. The Official Camerosity Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/camerositypodcast Camerosity Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/camerosity_podcast/ Mike's Guide to Buying and Selling Cameras on eBay - https://mikeeckman.com/2019/04/gas-attack-buying-cameras-on-ebay/ Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/ Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/

As the world's first, number one, and only open source film photography podcast, we take pride in that in each episode you all get to influence the discussions we have.  For Episode 74, we decided to take it a step farther and dedicate the entire episode to two broad topics that listeners of this show have suggested to us.  The first is to cover the confusing and wide array of third party lenses and the second to go over some tips and tricks for home film development.  Never ones to disappoint our listeners, the gang took your suggestions to heart and turned both into a whole episode...mostly! Joining Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike was a full house of returning callers A.J. Gentile, Dan Cuny, Dan Hausman, Mario Piper, Michael Wescott (Wes) Loder, Miles Libak, Ray Nason, Robert Coates, Will Pinkham, and Mark (sorry, Mark, we didn't get your last name!) We quickly jump into a lens discussion first clarifying what exactly is considered a Third Party Lens maker?  From there the wormhole quickly opens as we bounce around with discussions regarding Asanuma, Vivitar, Kiron, and what Mike calls the "German B-List Lens Makers" like Steinheil, A.Schacht, Staeble, Enna-Werk, and many others. Wes jumps in and pivots the discussion to the vast array of lenses available for the Akarette/Akarelle and Lordomat systems, and then Mike quickly gets back on track professing his love for the Wirgin Edixa. We cover the Voigtländer Zoomar and the rash of very good Chinese lens makers like TTArtisan, 7Artisans, Light Lens Labs, and the obscure Japanese lens maker MS-Optics. For home development, we cover a whole host of hacks from doubling up on rolls of 120 on a single spool, how Mike pushes HC-110 to the absolute limit when developing black and white and Anthony chimes in with his suggestions for how to make shooting a Minox camera the most affordable way possible.  We get into other things like tips for flatbed scanning and what everyone thinks about digitizing.  It was certainly a live discussion, but I should probably stop typing here and encourage you to listen to the episode. For the next episode, we are revisiting one of our favorite brands of camera, Pentax!  Although we have dedicated multiple whole episodes to Pentax, this time we have Pentax historian Gerjan van Oosten who authored "The Ultimate Asahi Pentax Screw Mount Guide 1952 - 1977" which I consider to be one of the most definitive Pentax resources ever written.  The amount of info that Gerjan has about Pentax, Takumars, and everything relating to screw mounts is far more than we can ever hope to capture in a single episode, but we will certainly try!  To accommodate Gerjan's European time zone, Episode 75 will be recorded on Monday, August 5th at the special time of 2pm Central Daylight Time, 3pm Eastern Daylight Time, and 9pm Central European Time. The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. In This Episode Clarification on the Ricoh Singlex and the Nikon F Mount / Recommendations for PASM Manual Focus Cameras What is a Third Party Lens Maker? / Almost Every Japanese Camera Company Started Off Making Lenses Asanuma Was One of the First Good Third Party Lens Makers / Later Became Kiron Vivitar Was a Marketing Company But Was Instrumental in Developing Computer Designed Lenses Vivitar Serial Numbers / Ponder & Best / Vivitar Flash Units What are T-Mount Lenses? / T-Mount vs Adaptall How Did Sears Become Such a Big Camera Distributor? /  Focal, Photo-Quelle, Revue, Hanimex The Beginning of Zoom Lenses / Nikkor 43-86 Zoom / TV Lenses Akarelle, Akarette, and Arakrex / German "B-List" Lens Makers / Lordomat Lenses Mike Really Likes the Steinheil Quinon Lens / Wirgin Edixa SLR Lenses Are Not the Same As Regular M42 Lenses Voigtländer Zoomar 36-82mm f/2.8 Lens / The Beauty of Imperfect Lenses / Some Lenses Can Be Too Perfect Chinese Lenses / Light Lens Labs, TTArtisan, 7Artisans Lenses / MS-Optics Lenses Voigtländer Cosina Lenses / Super-Nokton 28mm f/0.8 / Paul Loves the Nikkor 58mm f/1.4 Tricks for Loading Film on Paterson Reels / Loading Robot and Photavit Cassettes Developing Your Own Film Saves a Ton of Money / High Upfront Cost to Get Started Scanning with a Flatbed vs Digitizing / Negative Lab Pro / Building a Home Development Kit Loading Two Rolls of 120 Onto the Same Reel / Mike Prefers the Unicolor C41 Kit Monobaths / Scanning vs Digitizing / Kodak TMax Kills Fixer A Flatbed Scanner is More than Adequate for 90% of Film Scanning Avoiding Newton Rings / A&R Glass / Target Photo Frames Anthony Economizes Shooting Minox Cameras By Cutting His Own Film Nikon S Rangefinder Lenses / Compatibility Between Nikon and Contax Lenses Links The Camerosity Podcast is now on Discord! Join Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on our very own Discord Server. Share your GAS and photography with other listeners in the Lounge or in our dedicated forums. If you have questions for myself or the other guys, we have an “Ask the Hosts” section as well where you can get your question answered on a future show! Check it out! https://discord.gg/PZVN2VBJvm. If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group, Instagram page, or Discord server. The Official Camerosity Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/camerositypodcast Dan Cuny - https://www.dancuny.com/camera-collecting-blog Wes Loder - https://wesloderandnikon.blogspot.com/ Camerosity Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/camerosity_podcast/ Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/ Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/

For the second episode in a row, we promise to deliver a thrilling discussion about two brands of Japanese cameras that have more in common than you might think.  Fuji and Ricoh both started making products for the photography industry right before the war, but originally started out in different industries, for Fuji, it was celluloid plastics and Ricoh (then called Riken) it was as a chemicals research company.  Each took a path making lenses and cameras, but in both instances photography was never each company's main focus.  Both Fuji and Ricoh invested heavily in the photocopier industry in the later part of the 20th century, and both successfully made the jump into the digital camera world.  Both companies continue to make new cameras today, Fuji with their excellent lineup of X-Series digital mirrorless, and Ricoh with their GR point and shoots and their ownership of the Pentax brand. In this episode, Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike are joined by Paul's personal Fuji rep, Bob Grzesiak, returning callers, Brad Swain, Howard Sandler, Mark Faulkner, Miles Libak, and first time caller, Dan Cuny. We extensively cover many of Fuji's medium format cameras from the Texas Leica, their variety of 4.5x6, 6x7, 6x8, 6x9, and even their lone 6x12 model, plus the company's mid century rangefinders, the extremely compact and very quirky Fujica Mini, their entry into SLRs with the Fujicarex, the Fuji ST-series, and the unloved Fuji AX-series.  For Ricoh, time is spent on their Auto-Half series and Hi-Color 35, along with some of Ricoh's screw mount SLRs and Mike's favorite Ricoh, the Anscomark M interchangeable lens rangefinder camera. In addition, we get to hear which of these two companies used to throw the best parties for camera dealers, a little bit of history regarding the Fuji Finepix S-Series DSLRs, a bit about the Ricoh GR-series, plus a strange digital camera that had not only interchangeable lenses, but also interchangeable sensors, plus some bonus discussion about Mamiya Prismat "bastard cameras" like the original Ricoh Singlex with the "sorta" Nikon F-mount, and a strange Tower branded camera made by Mamiya with an Ihagee Exakta lens mount and a Canon lens. This proved to be a very lively discussion, covering a huge amount of different camera models from two brands that don't get discussed nearly as often as others.  If you find that your collection is thin on cameras by either of these manufacturers, this is the episode that will surely flare up a case of GAS.  Get ready to open your wallet! For the next episode, we will be exploring the world of third party lens makers like Vivitar, Sigma, Tamron, Spiratone and many others, plus we hope to revisit a topic that started in a thread on the Camerosity Podcast Facebook group regarding home processing.  Episode 74 will be recorded on Monday, July 22nd at 7pm Central Daylight Time and 8pm Eastern Daylight Time. The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. In This Episode Fuji and Ricoh Have Remarkably Similar Histories / Roico 127 Camera Fuji Made LTM Lenses and One Nikon S-Mount Lens in the 50s Fuji Made the Hasselblad XPan / Fuji Large Format Lenses Fujica ST-801 and ST-901 / Fuji's f/1.6 and f/2.2 Lenses and 1/700 Shutter Speeds Fujica 35SE Rangefinder and Other Fixed Lens Rangefinders / Fujicarex II SLR A Change of Priorities Caused Fuji To Change Their Lineup in the Mid 1960s Rapid Cassette Fujis and the Half Frame Fujica Mini The Fujica V2 and Compact Deluxe Rangefinders Are Excellent Fuji GF670 and Other Folding Cameras / Fujicaflex Automat TLR Bob Loans a Fuji G617 to Car & Driver and They Destroy It The Fujita 66SL (Kalimar 66) is Not a Real Fuji The Fuji GX680 is Massive and Difficult to Sell Fujifilm FinePix S-Pro Series DSLRs / Super CCD Sensors Fuji Ignored Their AX SLRs / Fujica AX-5 The Ricoh TLS-401 Has a Useless Waist Level Finder Paul Used to Party Hard With the President of Ricoh / Ricoh Solar Powered Cameras Ricoh Made the Anscomark M in Exchange for Photo Copier Technology from GAF The Ricoh Singlex Uses a Variation of the Nikon F-Mount But it is Not the Same Mamiya Made Prismat Cameras That Are the Basis for the Nippon Kogaku Nikkorex, Ricoh Singlex, and Many Others Other Bastard Mamiya Cameras / Canon Canonex / Mamiya Prismat and Tower Cameras with Canon Exakta Mount Lenses Ricoh GR-Series Compact Digital Cameras / Ricoh GXR Interchangeable Sensor Cameras Ricoh Diacord / Ricoh 500 and 519M /  Ricoh Hi-Color 35 Mark Faulkner Sells his Leica M3 / The Mystique of the M3 / X-Raying Boxes at Bowling Alleys Kenneth Panda Sells Kits to Adapt Fuji Ace Instant Cameras to Use Instax Film Lightning Round: Which Cameras Do You Regret Not Taking Out More Often? Shooting IR and Full Spectrum Through Modified Digital Cameras / Sony DSC-F828 Kodak Bantam Special / The Canon 7 is Still the Best Value in LTM 35mm Rangefinders Links The Camerosity Podcast is now on Discord! Join Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on our very own Discord Server. Share your GAS and photography with other listeners in the Lounge or in our dedicated forums. If you have questions for myself or the other guys, we have an “Ask the Hosts” section as well where you can get your question answered on a future show! Check it out! https://discord.gg/PZVN2VBJvm. If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group, Instagram page, or Discord server. 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We return with the first episode with all four hosts in nearly two months with a great show.  We had plans to discuss Fuji and Ricoh on this episode, but like our reputation as the first and only open source film photography podcast, sometimes things don't go as planned. Recorded within a week of the release of the new half-frame Pentax 17 and a video preview of the upcoming Rollei 35 AF, the gang and I just knew we had to share our thoughts on these two new cameras.  But since none of us have actually seen either camera, we called someone who we knew would have some insight into what it is like to make a new camera in 2024, Marwan El Mozayen from Silvergrain Classics.  As you remember, in Episode 52, Marwan came on the show and talked about his project re-releasing the Widelux panoramic camera, along with the support of none other than Jeff Bridges. Joining Marwan, Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on this episode are returning callers AJ Gentile, Daniel Bemes, Patrick Casey, Patrick Rapps, Skip Williams, William Pinkham, and first time callers Antony Hands, John Frank, and Brad (we never did get Brad's last name!) We extensively cover the Pentax 17 and the announcement of the Rollei 35 AF with some behind the scenes thoughts on the development of both cameras, but after covering those two models, Marwan shares with us what's new with the new Widelux, where in development it is at, and possible futures for the camera. Beyond that, we discuss other swing lens cameras like the Noblex and Viscawide 16, and after that we finally manage to get into Fuji a bit, mainly with their instant film cameras, we cover models like the FP-1, the merits of Instax Wide, and even a brief mention of Fuji's Integral film, called Fuji Ace.  Antony shares with us his love for the Fuji GF670 and GF670W, and Mike promotes a new Argus book that was recently released. This was a very fun episode chock full of great discussion and interesting information.  As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you! Please don't feel like you have to be an expert on a specific type of camera, or have the level of knowledge on par with other people on the show. We LOVE people who are into shooting or collecting cameras, no matter how long you've been doing it, so please don't consider your knowledge level to be a prerequisite for joining! Silvergrain Classics Discount Code: During the show, Marwan El Mozayen mentioned that listeners of this show get a discount when ordering a copy of issue #23 of their magazine.  To receive this discount, use code: CAMERO24510 when ordering. For the next episode, since we barely scratched the surface of Fuji and never got to Ricoh like we had planned, maybe we'll do that...or maybe we'll do something else.  WHO KNOWS?!  All I can tell you is that we are back to our regular 2 week cadence of recording new episodes, so whatever we end up talking about, Episode 73 will be recorded on Monday, July 8th at 7pm Central Daylight Time and 8pm Eastern Daylight Time. The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. In This Episode Guess Who's Back? Marwan's Back! / A Brief Intro Introducing the Pentax 17 / Marwan Had an NDA Early in the Process of Making the Pentax 17 Pentax Chose Half Frame to Appeal to Those Used to Smartphones / Many Style Cues Taken from Classic Pentaxes Zone Focusing is Ideal for the Type of Lens in the Pentax 17 / What Kind of Shutter Does it Have? The Rollei 35 AF is Made By a Company More Known for Instant Film Cameras The Rollei Name Today Has Nothing to do with the Original Rolleiflex Name Antony Had to Sell Many Cameras to Afford His Leica M7 / The Leica M7 is Awesome Pentax is Planning More Cameras, Possibly a Mechanical SLR New Electronic Cameras from Pentax and Mint Restart the Clock on Failing Electronic Cameras Younger Generations Are Much More Portrait Ratio Oriented Silver Bridges is Making the Widelux-X The Original Wideluxes Were Never Completely Reliable, the Widelux-X Has to be Better Some Parts for the Widelux-X Can Be Used as Replacements for Parts in Original Wideluxes Priming the Widelux Lens Before Shooting it Can Help Reduce Uneven Exposures Electronic Noblex vs Mechanical Widelux (and Horizont) There is No Release Date for the Widelux-X, It Will Be Ready When It Is Ready The Viscawide 16 is the Ultimate Swing Lens Camera! The Fuji FP-1 Was Made in the 1980s for Peel Apart Instant Pack Film and Was Awesome! Fuji Peel Apart Film Was Everyone's Favorite Instant Film The Fuji FP-100C Color Film Survives Much Better than the FP-3000B There is Zero Chance That Fuji or Polaroid Will Ever Bring Back Peel Apart Instant Film LomoGraflok Backs / Adapting 4x5 Cameras to Shoot Instax Wide / Polaroid 110 Cameras Fuji Ace Instant Film and Cameras Was Their Version of Integral Instant Film Instax Wide / What is the Future for Instax Wide? / Instax Wide 400 Mike Wishes Fuji Had Made a Semi-Pro Instax Wide Camera Other Options for Shooting Instax Wide on Other Sheet Film Cameras Mike Promotes the new Book, Argus: Fine American Cameras by Phil Sterritt and Mike Reitsma Q&A From the Camerosity Discord / Ninja Star Bokeh / Konica Hexar AF Fuji GF670 and GF670W Folding Camera / Get the New SilverGrain Classics Issue Links The Camerosity Podcast is now on Discord! Join Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on our very own Discord Server. Share your GAS and photography with other listeners in the Lounge or in our dedicated forums. If you have questions for myself or the other guys, we have an “Ask the Hosts” section as well where you can get your question answered on a future show! Check it out! https://discord.gg/PZVN2VBJvm. If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group, Instagram page, or Discord server. Japan Camera Hunter's Live Preview of the Rollei 35 AF - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWz7A2e05Xc Argus: Fine American Cameras - https://argusinfo.net/argusbook/ArgusBookMain.htm Silvergrain Classics - https://shop.silvergrainclassics.com/detail/index/sArticle/42181/sCategory/92 The Official Camerosity Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/camerositypodcast Camerosity Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/camerosity_podcast/ Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/ Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/

In the 68 previous episodes of the Camerosity Podcast, we've had the pleasure of talking to a wide variety of fascinating guests.  We've had collectors, historians, former Kodak employees, camera repair technicians, and a variety of other bloggers and other assorted people in the industry.  Each of those people were fascinating guests, but each had a special niche where their skill and experience fit in and not every listener of this might would have known who they were. In this episode however, our special guest is Mike Butkus, someone whose name should ring a bell to anyone who has ever picked up an old camera and searched for information on it online.  It is impossible to collect cameras and never have stumbled upon the massive collection of cameras manuals at Mike's site.  His site has over 6000 high resolution scans of manuals for film and digital cameras, flashes, exposure meters, and much more, available for everyone to view and download for free.  Mike's site is not only big, but it has been around for over a quarter of a century, making it one of the oldest still operating film and digital photography sites out there. Be sure to check out Episode 69 where Anthony, Paul, Theo and Mike are joined by returning callers Ray Nason, Howard Sandler, and first time callers Brian Zeman and Jordan Berube. In addition to hearing Mike's origin story and getting a glimpse into what goes on behind the scenes at the world's largest depot of camera manuals, we venture into a wide variety of other topics, such as tips and tricks to selling a large camera collection, what is everyone's favorite 6 x 9 camera, and how heavy is a Koni-Omegaflex M TLR. Theo shares a story about a camera he bought, then returned, and may one day buy again, Mike gets yelled at by a site reader for mistaking a 2¼ x 3¼ camera for a 6 x 9 camera, and Howard asks why old folding Kodaks aren't valued by collectors. Donate to Mike Butkus: For the past 25 years, Mike Butkus has run his camera manual website by himself.  He buys all of the manuals he scans with his own money, he pays the hosting and domain registration fees with his own money, and he does all the scanning in his free time.  All of this on a site with no ads.  If you have ever found any useful information on his site, we encourage you to send him a couple bucks through PayPal. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/butkus As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you! Please don't feel like you have to be an expert on a specific type of camera, or have the level of knowledge on par with other people on the show. We LOVE people who are into shooting or collecting cameras, no matter how long you've been doing it, so please don't consider your knowledge level to be a prerequisite for joining! The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. We had originally planned on doing a "Cameras of the 1970s" episode for number 69, but with the availability of Mike Butkus, we bumped it by one episode, so for Episode 70, we are definitely getting our disco balls out and putting our bell bottoms on and will be going over the best, the worst, and everything in between from everyone's favorite film camera decade. We will record Episode 70 on Monday, April 29th at 7pm Central Daylight Time (-5 UTC), 8pm Eastern Daylight Time (-4 UTC), and Tuesday at 10am Australian Eastern Standard Time (+10 UTC). We look forward to hearing from you! In This Episode 2024 is the Year of Solar Eclipses, New Jersey Earthquakes, 17 Year Cicadas, and a US Election / Mike Has a Yashica Dental-Eye Mike Butkus's Origin Story / First Scans Were Made in 1999 of Chinon K-Mount SLRs The First Scans Were Done in Word Format Using OCR Mike Uses Google Analytics to See Which Manuals are Searched for the Most / Mike Has Over 6000 Original Manuals How Can We Help Mike? / Donate Manuals He Doesn't Have Camera Collectors are Lucky to Have Access to So Many Manuals / Preserving Mike's Website Online / Money Donations Mike Does Not Collect Cameras, He Has About 20 Cameras and That's All We Tried to Play "Stump Butkus" But Couldn't Find Enough Cameras to Stump Him Eckman's Tip on Finding a Manual On Butkus's Site Jordan Loves the Mamiya 6 But Mike Doesn't Have a Manual for the One He Has / There are Many Different Mamiya 6 Models Wooden Leicas / Mike Bought a Leica IIIa From Ray and Had it CLA'd by Allen Wade Butlus and Eckman are Both Verbs / Mike Butkus Also Has Flash and Light Meter Manuals Too Mike Eckman Wants More Camera Catalogs / A Shout Out to Pacific Rim's Reference Library Collecting Magazines, National Geographic, Modern Photography, Popular Photography Tips for Selling Off Large Collections of Cameras / The First Question is How Fast? / Dealers Selling to Other Dealers Selling Things on eBay Not as Described / Theo Returns a Telka III People Donating Cameras to Us as "The Camera Guy" What is Everyone's Favorite 6 x 9 Camera? / Century Graphic / Zeiss-Ikon Nettar / KMZ Moskva Some 6 x 9 Cameras are Actually 2¼ x 3¼ / Kodak Medalist Fujica GL690 "Texas Leica" / Fujica GSW690III / Zeiss-Ikon Super Ikonta / Voigtländer Bessa I / Plaubel Makina / Horseman Convertible Theo Bought a Red Bellows AGFA Record III From Mike / Folding Kodak 2¼ x 3¼ Cameras Mamiya Super 23 /  Kodak Monitor Six-20 / No. 1A Speed Kodak 116 Camera The Koni-Omega Users Group / Simmons Omega 120 / Koni-Omegaflex M They Shoot Kodak Hawkeye Brownies in the Amazon Show Fallout What Are the Best Bargains People Have Collected? Links The Camerosity Podcast is now on Discord! Join Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on our very own Discord Server. Share your GAS and photography with other listeners in the Lounge or in our dedicated forums. If you have questions for myself or the other guys, we have an “Ask the Hosts” section as well where you can get your question answered on a future show! Check it out! https://discord.gg/PZVN2VBJvm. If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group, Instagram page, or Discord server. The Official Camerosity Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/camerositypodcast Mike Butkus - https://butkus.org/chinon/index.html Donate to Mike Butkus - https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/butkus Camerosity Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/camerosity_podcast/ Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/ Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris and https://www.etsy.com/shop/Camerasandpictures Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/ and https://www.facebook.com/VoltaGNV/

For this, the 68th episode of the World's Number One Open Source Film Photography Podcast, the gang invited our friend and film photographer Johnny Martyr to share with us his love of Leicas.  As is the case any time the topic of cameras made by everyone's favorite Wetzlar based company is mentioned, the Force™ beckons our own resident Leica Master, Dan Tamarkin, who also joins us on our first ever April Fool's Day episode! What is real and what is fake?!  Are Johnny and Dan really here or did Mike just find a really convincing AI voice generator?!  NO ONE KNOWS! Helping Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike differentiate between reality and imagination, are returning callers Bob Rotoloni, Mark Faulkner, Patrick Casey, Raymond Nason, and first time callers Alan Peres, and Brock's Garage! Starting off the episode, Johnny talks a bit about his business, shooting film and digital with his wife and what kinds of customers would hire a film photographer.  Of all the reasons someone might want a professional photographer, there is one type of gig that people tend to favor film more, but what is it?  Johnny also talks about how when he first got started, his customers struggled to differentiate his film shots from his wife's digital shots, so he sought out ways to come up with his own style. For the second episode in a row, Leica R SLRs have captivated the Camerosity Crew, and Paul, Mike, and Dan discuss all of Leicas different SLRs, and what they like about each one.  Mike recently shot three different Leica SLRs and clearly loved one over the others, but which one was it? Have you ever struggled loading film into bottom loading Leica screw mount (and similar) cameras?  Does trimming the leader to the necessary length cause you heartache and slow you down too much?  If so, Johnny has found a new type of take up spool that works in most screw mount Leicas (and copies) that greatly simplifies loading film into these cameras without having to trim the leader.  Enter Ausgeknipst, a small German company who 3D printed a new design that both Johnny and Mike have tested. Finally, Mike shares his thoughts on a camera he thought would make a good April Fool's Discussion because of how well it "fooled" the community upon its release, but strangely, he ended up liking it way more than he thought he would.  But what was it? As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you! Please don't feel like you have to be an expert on a specific type of camera, or have the level of knowledge on par with other people on the show. We LOVE people who are into shooting or collecting cameras, no matter how long you've been doing it, so please don't consider your knowledge level to be a prerequisite for joining! The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. For our next episode, rather than discuss a certain brand or type of camera, we thought it would be fun to discuss an entire decade worth of cameras, and what better decade to start in, but the 1970s!  Get out your hair picks, put on your bell bottoms, and spin up some Kiss records and call in to share with us your favorite 1970s cameras! We will record Episode 69 on Monday, April 15th at 7pm Central Daylight Time (-5 UTC), 8pm Eastern Daylight Time (-4 UTC), and Tuesday at 10am Australian Eastern Standard Time (+10 UTC). We look forward to hearing from you! In This Episode Johnny uses a converted 1930 Leica Model C converted to a III / Mostly uses the Leica M6 TTLs for most shooting in low light Shooting the Leica M6 With and Without a Meter / Paul does not like the Leica M3 Johnny and Mike met over a Konica III article, while he got noticed on a humorous M6 article People should shoot their own way and not try and impose on others Dan subscribes to Johnny's blog / Dan and a few others do not like the M3 viewfinder Paul prefers the M6 over the M6 TTL as it has more diodes Johnny also shoots with a Nikon FM2n and F2SB, but does not like the F3 / Anthony loves his FM2n Johnny had a shoot with Bill Clinton while he was working hybrid Clients don't really care if shooting film or not, they like the photos There is a market for film shooters / Mark had hired Johnny for his wedding Johnny moved to black and white to distinguish from digital / The has been more interest in film at weddings Dan has seen more people wanting to get in film / Most people won't know a Leica from a ratty old camera Wedding photographers get nervous seeing a Leica shooter Anthony wishes Johnny had shot his wedding / Theo's wedding photographer ran out of film Alan brought his Leica IIIf to Dan to have it CLA'd The Leica R virus has spread through the Camerosity hosts / Dan rarely sells R cameras but the lenses are in demand Dan caused Paul to buy 2 M10s / The M10 might be the last great Leica Paul tested the 7Artisans lens and it surprised him in quality People should like lenses because of their “flavor” / Each of the older Leica lenses is unique Paul suggests the Leica SL2 is a good starter in the SLR range Mike has fallen in love with the SL2 in 5 hours, didn't take to the R8 Theo though thinks the R8 is his favourite SLR he shoots Dan thinks the R8 is ungainly, the R3 is good for pounding nails The R6.2 is the pinnacle of the R series / Paul got a great haul of R equipment Some people wanted the Camerosity shirts off Mike and Paul's back! Johnny and Mike Promote New 3D Printed Quick Load Spools for Bottom Loading Leicas Simple accessories can make using vintage cameras much easier Both Paul and Mike missed a rare Argus lens at the camera show Was the Yashica Y35 an April Fools Joke? / Yashica name is being used with I'm Back micro 4/3 camera We don't appreciate sometimes the technology and effort to bring a product to market Mint is doing some cool work / The panel goes 110 crazy Links The Camerosity Podcast is now on Discord! Join Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on our very own Discord Server. Share your GAS and photography with other listeners in the Lounge or in our dedicated forums. If you have questions for myself or the other guys, we have an “Ask the Hosts” section as well where you can get your question answered on a future show! Check it out! https://discord.gg/PZVN2VBJvm. If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group, Instagram page, or Discord server. The Official Camerosity Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/camerositypodcast Johnny Martyr - https://johnnymartyr.wordpress.com/ Dan Tamarkin - https://www.tamarkin.com/ Ausgeknipst Film Spools - https://petapixel.com/2024/04/01/a-new-quick-load-spool-for-barnack-leica-and-similar-cameras/ Camerosity Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/camerosity_podcast/ Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/ Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris and https://www.etsy.com/shop/Camerasandpictures Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/ and https://www.facebook.com/VoltaGNV/

There's the old saying "If you're going to shoot the king, don't miss..." In a recent episode of a rival podcast, shots were fired at the Camerosity crew, especially Mike for a perceived slight given by us.  War was declared and many casualties were sure to ensue.  Would the world's first and only open source photography podcast respond?  Of course we would! In this, the 67th episode of the Camerosity Podcast, Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike have some good natured fun at the expense of Jeff Greenstein and Gabe Sachs of the I Dream of Cameras podcast.  Throughout the episode we make repeated jabs at them, some obvious, some very subtle, can you spot them all? Of course, this IS the number one open source film photography podcast, so we did eventually get on track with the exciting return of Mr. Rick Oleson, which we haven't seen since way back in Episode 2.  Rick is a master repair technician, who most recently became well known in the film community for a line of improved Bright Screens which can be adapted to a wide variety of medium format SLR and TLR cameras. Joining Rick and the Gang are returning callers, A.J Gentile, Eric Jason, Ray Nason, and Tim Peters.  During the show we spend a great deal of time learning about Rick and his history repairing cameras and how he got into making the Bright Screens.  If you thought you knew everything there was to know about focusing screens, you really need to listen to this episode as Rick puts on his cap and gown and schools us on how focusing screens work, why the Bright Screens are better than the stock screens, why you cannot simply cut down his screens to 35mm, and why focusing screens in the auto focus era were brighter than in the past.  We talk about Fresnel patterns and the advancements made throughout the 20th century to make your viewfinders brighter, and how to install a new screen in large format cameras. In addition to everything you didn't know you needed to know about focusing screens, Rick raves about a strange camera called the Continental TXL which he was amazed both at how simple it is, yet how good it is.  Paul and Mike talk more about the upcoming Cincinnati camera show and how Mike is bringing over 13 boxes of cameras to sell and Paul has at least another 10 or so more.  Mike talks about a recent trade with a UK camera blogger, and Rick talks about restoring a classic Mercedes Benz 450SL. This was definitely an odd episode, produced during the stress of an ongoing war with another podcast, yet we managed to squeeze in a huge amount of information you won't find on any other podcast out there!  Even if learning more about focusing screens doesn't sound like a great way to spend 90+ minutes, you'd be surprised at how interesting it all is. Meet Paul and Mike: If you are in the vicinity of Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday, March 23rd, come to the Ohio Camera Swap at the Hilton Garden Inn Cincinnati/West Chester and say hi to Paul and Mike.  While you're there, maybe you can buy something from us! As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you! Please don't feel like you have to be an expert on a specific type of camera, or have the level of knowledge on par with other people on the show. We LOVE people who are into shooting or collecting cameras, no matter how long you've been doing it, so please don't consider your knowledge level to be a prerequisite for joining! The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. The next episode of the Camerosity Podcast will be recorded on April 1st, aka April Fool's Day, so if you thought episode 67 had a lot of silliness, wait until you see what we have in store for the next episode...  To be perfectly honest, we have no idea what we're going to talk about, but hey, it's a made up holiday dedicated to pranks, so we are sure to have some fun! We will record Episode 68 on Monday, April 1st at 7pm Central Daylight Time (-5 UTC), 8pm Eastern Daylight Time (-4 UTC), and Tuesday at 11am Australian Eastern Daylight Time (+11 UTC). We look forward to hearing from you! In This Episode Rick Introduces Himself / The Bright Screens Originated From a Pentacon Six Screen Rick Handed Over Production of the Screens Two Years Ago / New Improvements to the Hasselblad Screens How Do Focus Screens Work? / Why Do Fresnel Patterns Make Focusing Screens Brighter? Bright Screens Will Not Work on 35mm Cameras / Installing Screens on Large Format Cameras is Difficult Why Are SLRs from the 80s and 90s So Much Brighter Than Older SLRs? Focus Screens Were Changed in the Auto Focus Era / Bright Screens are Based off the Manual Focus Era Newer Focus Screens Maximize Brightness for Slower Lenses like Kit Zooms Manually Focusing a Fast Lens on an Auto Focus Camera is Best Done with the Lens Stopped Down Struggling to Manual Focus Fast Lenses on the Leica M10R / Fast Chinese Lenses Often Need Calibration When Will Rick's Screen Molds Need to be Replaced? /  Marking Up a Leica M8's Screen with a Wax Pencil Rick Is Currently Attempting to Restore a 50 Year old Mercedes 450SL and Learn Watch Repair / Rotary Aircraft Engines Rick's Website is Old But Still Has a Lot of Great Info / Old Camera Websites are Disappearing Online Is There a Bright Screen for the Kiev 88 with a 45 Degree Split Focus Aide? Mike and Paul are Bringing Nearly 20 Boxes of Cameras to the Cincinnati Show Premier Instrument Civilian Kardon / Konica Koniflex TLR / Many Voigtländer Brillants Mike Doubles Down on Vivian Maier Again / Mike and Paul Want to Give Rick Their Broken Cameras Kalimar Reflex / Fujita 66 Medium Format SLR / Adapting Miranda M44 Lenses to the Kalimar Theo Wants to Do a King Regula Episode Rick is Mystified by the Hong Kong Continental TXL / Fujica ST-F More Camera Shows in Montreal and Sydney Are Coming in April Mike Traded Some Cool Cameras with Cees-Jan de Hoog from CJ's Classic Cameras / Agilux Agimatic / Photavit 36 Would It Be Feasible to Make a Ground Glass with a Built In Rollei Style Bubble Level What Was the Hardest Camera Rick Ever Worked On? Links The Camerosity Podcast is now on Discord! Join Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on our very own Discord Server. Share your GAS and photography with other listeners in the Lounge or in our dedicated forums. If you have questions for myself or the other guys, we have an “Ask the Hosts” section as well where you can get your question answered on a future show! Check it out! https://discord.gg/PZVN2VBJvm. If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group, Instagram page, or Discord server. The Official Camerosity Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/camerositypodcast Camerosity Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/camerosity_podcast/ Rick Oleson's Bright Screens - https://bright-screen.com/ How a Fresnel Lens Makes a Screen Brighter - https://www.flickr.com/photos/rick_oleson/51876542662/in/album-72157706989069321/ Focusing Screen with Microlenses for AF - https://www.flickr.com/photos/rick_oleson/49279918017/in/album-72157706989069321/ Eric Jason - Aperture Preview - https://www.aperturepreview.com/ CJ's Classic Cameras - http://www.cjs-classic-cameras.co.uk/ I Dream of Cameras Podcast - https://www.idreamofcameras.com/ Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/ Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris and https://www.etsy.com/shop/Camerasandpictures Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/ and https://www.facebook.com/VoltaGNV/

The Camerosity Podcast goes full Reddit with our first ever Ask Me Anything, or more appropriately, Ask Us Anything.  Over the week prior to the recording, the guys solicited questions from our listeners through our official Facebook and Instagram sites and our Discord server.  The questions could truly be anything, so while we expected to get a lot of camera and photography related questions, nothing was off the table. Joining Anthony, Paul, Theo and Mike on this one were returning callers A.J. Gentile, Mark Faulkner, Miles Libak, Patrick Rapps, Ray Nason, and Stephen Strangways where we field questions submitted by our listeners and by the live guests on the show. If you've ever wanted to know what Anthony's favorite Elvis Presley movie is, or why Paul Rybolt had at one time one of the most notorious mugshots, or what each of our wives think of our collections, this is an episode you won't want to miss.  In addition to these compelling questions, we also hit the hard topics like what kinds of camera ephemera we have, what alternatives to eBay are there for buying and selling cameras, and what kinds of things besides cameras do we collect. As you might imagine, this was not a typical Camerosity Podcast episode.  This one was light on GAS, but heavy on discussions you won't hear anywhere else! Meet Paul and Mike: If you are in the vicinity of Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday, March 23rd, come to the Ohio Camera Swap at the Hilton Garden Inn Cincinnati/West Chester and say hi to Paul and Mike.  While you're there, maybe you can buy something from us! As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you! Please don't feel like you have to be an expert on a specific type of camera, or have the level of knowledge on par with other people on the show. We LOVE people who are into shooting or collecting cameras, no matter how long you've been doing it, so please don't consider your knowledge level to be a prerequisite for joining! The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. For our next episode, we expect to have the return of Rick Oleson.  For those of you who have been collecting cameras for a long time, you've almost certainly run across Rick's name either by his excellent repair website or through one of his very popular SLR and TLR Bright Screens.  Rick was one of this show's earliest guests, last appearing in Episode 2, so it will be great to hear what he's been up to lately. We will record Episode 67 on Monday, March 18th at 7pm Central Daylight Time (-5 UTC), 8pm Eastern Daylight Time (-4 UTC), and Tuesday at 11am Australian Eastern Daylight Time (+11 UTC). We look forward to hearing from you! In This Episode Mike Had Failed GAS and Couldn't Buy a Meopta Opema / Theo GASsed a Telka III Cameras Engraved with Names and Social Security Numbers / Brinks Security Markers Patrick is Shooting a Keystone F8 Aircraft Camera Mike, Paul, and Ray Will Be At the Cincinnati Camera Show on March 23rd / Paul's eBay Story Why Would the Lord 4D Have a Film Cutter? / What Would it be Used for? Will There Ever Be Camerosity Merch or a Patreon Page? What Does Anthony Think Was Elvis Presley's Best Movie? Tracking Movies Using Letterboxd / Mike Recommends 'The Bear' What Photography Ephemera Does Everyone Collect, and What is Our Favorite? / Mike Has a Kodak Lamp Making Lamp Shades Using Old Film Slides and Kodachrome Film If Not eBay, What Alternatives Are There for Buying and Selling Cameras? / Yahoo.jp / ZenMarket / Fred Miranda Most Collectible Cameras Are No Longer Owned by Their Original Owners What's the Deal with Paul's Prison Mugshot? What Store Brands Are Good to Look For? / Sears TLS Third Party Lens Makers / Tomioka / Komine / Hanimex What Do All of Our Wives Think About Our Camera Hobbies? When Will Dan Tamarkin Come Back on the Show? / Paul Got in Trouble on Reddit The Excitement Around Ricoh's New Half Frame Camera Who Develops Their Own Film? / Anthony's 59 Minute Photo Lab What Other Things Do You Collect Besides Cameras? / Dan Cuny Collects Glass Plates What Was Your First Camera and if You Had to Start Over, What Would You Start Over With? Name a Camera That Everyone Else Loves But You Don't Links The Camerosity Podcast is now on Discord! Join Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on our very own Discord Server. Share your GAS and photography with other listeners in the Lounge or in our dedicated forums. If you have questions for myself or the other guys, we have an “Ask the Hosts” section as well where you can get your question answered on a future show! Check it out! https://discord.gg/PZVN2VBJvm. If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group, Instagram page, or Discord server. The Official Camerosity Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/camerositypodcast Camerosity Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/camerosity_podcast/ Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/ Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris and https://www.etsy.com/shop/Camerasandpictures Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/ and https://www.facebook.com/VoltaGNV/

We're back....sorta! For the month of August, the Camerosity Gang has been on vacation, traveling all over the United States Southwest and Northern Dairylands, battling Florida storms and insect borne illnesses, and handling the stress of a new job and shopping for a new home. In a moment of spontaneous availability, the guys and I jumped on a Zoom call, hit record and just started talking.  If you've ever wanted to know what it would be like to be in a room (virtual or real) with Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike, this episode is what it's like, just four guys sitting around talking about whatever comes to mind.  In the spirit of Cocaine and Waffles, we put no effort into this, had no agenda, and just started talking. As promised at the end of Episode 53, we will return soon with Season 3, featuring (slightly) more organized and thought out episodes.  We have a ton of great ideas for topics coming up, so please keep a look out for our next show announcement soon.  If you'd like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, and right here on mikeeckman.com.  We will record our next episode on Monday, September 18th at 7pm Central Daylight Time.  Stay tuned! This Week's Episode Paul and Black Paint Leicas / Anthony is shooting the Voigtländer Perkeo, Robot Royal, and Mercury II Florida Storms / Disruptions to Business / Shooting in a Hurricane / Waffle House Index / Florida Man Konica Genba Kantoku and Other Industrial Cameras Minolta Weathermatic / Canon Aqua Snappy AS6 / Sureshot A1 / Nikon Nikonos Mike is shooting with the Rollei 35 RF with TTArtisan 50mm f/0.95 / Konica Hexar AF Nikon 35Ti and Other Compacts Which are in Danger of Electronics Failure Theo's Tale of Leica R Woe and What He Did to Solve it Theo is Also Shooting a Voigtlander Vitessa L with Ultron lens and Keks 2 Meter and Kodak 2238 Anthony's Vitessa is from the Original Importer / Voigtländer Prominent Theo is Also Shooting the Zeiss Ikoflex, Voigtländer Superb and the Zeiss Super Ikonta C Taking Panoramas with a Nikkor PC Shift Lens Paul is Overloaded With Cameras But Still Buys Leicas / 650 Boxes of Cameras Cameras with Sequential Serial Numbers Digicams Are Great for Kids to Learn Photography Theo is the Adapter King of Australia Lots of Voigtländer Brillants and Kodak Vest Pockets Have Been Found Rolleiflex with Duct Taped Polaroid Back / Leica Accessories Made in Japan Paul Did the Americana Festival and Met Patrick Rapps / Ray Nasson visited Mike Theo Bought a Canon FTb from Peter Kitchingman Without Knowing Anthony talks about John Minnicks and the Aero Liberator Anthony had his Canon IV Sb Repaired and Loves It He also Had Robot Royal, Mamiya 645 Lens and Tower 22 Repaired We Keep the Repairers Busy / Robot Royal / Anthony is Feeding Ticks Links If you would like to offer feedback or contact us with questions or ideas for future episodes, please contact us in the Comments Section below, our Camerosity Facebook Group or Instagram page, or email us at camerosity.podcast@gmail.com. The Official Camerosity Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/camerositypodcast Camerosity Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/camerosity_podcast/ Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/ Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris and https://www.etsy.com/shop/Camerasandpictures Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/ and https://www.facebook.com/VoltaGNV/

The gibbous Moon and the heart of the scorpion — the star Antares — play a game of “hide and seek” this evening. The Moon will pass in front of Antares as seen from most of the United States, hiding the bright star from view. The event is an occultation. The name comes from the Latin word “occult” which means “to hide.” Occultations happen because Antares and the Moon follow similar paths across the sky. Antares is almost atop the ecliptic — the Sun's path. The Moon stays close to the ecliptic as well. So every month, it passes close to the scorpion's bright heart. But the Moon's orbit is tilted a bit, so the Moon doesn't always cover Antares. Occultations come in series, when the Moon's orbital cycles bring it into the proper alignment. In fact, tonight's occultation is the first in a series that will continue for five years. But the circumstances of each occultation are different, so each one is visible from a different part of Earth. From the United States, we'll see only a few — with tonight's as one of the best of the bunch. The occultation gets under way at 8:20 p.m. Central Daylight Time, and continues for more than two hours. But the exact timing varies depending on location. From Kansas City, for example, Antares will disappear around 9:20 and return to view more than an hour later. Most of the U.S. will see the beginning, the end, or all of this game of celestial hide and seek. Script by Damond Benningfield Support McDonald Observatory

A beautiful sight greets early risers on the first day of summer tomorrow: a conjunction between the Moon and the planet Jupiter. Jupiter looks like a brilliant star to the upper left of the Moon. As a bonus, orange Mars is not far to their left. Summer actually arrives at just about the same time — 4:14 a.m. Central Daylight Time. That moment is the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere. The Sun is farthest north for the entire year, so it's the longest day of the year. Despite all that sunlight, the solstice is not the warmest day of the year. That usually comes in July or August for most of the hemisphere. And there are a couple of reasons for that. Since the Sun stays high in the sky long after the solstice, it continues to shine almost directly down on us. So its rays pass through a thinner layer of atmosphere than at other times of the year. That means the atmosphere doesn't filter out much of the Sun's energy, so things continue to heat up. And we still have more hours of daylight than darkness, so there's more sunlight to heat things up. It's kind of like putting a roast in the oven at a high temperature, then turning it down a bit. The roast can keep on warming up until it reaches the same temperature as the oven. In the case of the atmosphere, it reaches that point in mid to late summer — when we're thoroughly “baked” by the heat of the Sun. We'll have more about the solstice tomorrow.  Script by Damond Benningfield Today's program was made possible by Mercer Caverns, in Calaveras County in California's historic Gold Country. Support McDonald Observatory

One of nature's great spectacles will play out tonight: a total lunar eclipse. The Moon will pass through Earth's dark inner shadow, turning the Moon orange or red. All or most of the eclipse will be visible from all of the U.S. except Alaska. Lunar eclipses occur at full Moon, when the Moon aligns opposite the Sun in our sky. But the Moon's orbit around Earth is tilted a bit, so we don't see an eclipse every month. The full Moon has to be crossing the plane of the Sun's path across the sky to create an eclipse. And even then, it's not always a total eclipse. Sometimes, the Moon only dips part of the way into the shadow, creating a partial eclipse. There are at least two lunar eclipses every year, though, and sometimes more. This year we have two total eclipses. Tonight's gets under way when the Moon first touches the inner shadow, beginning the partial eclipse, at 9:28 p.m. Central Daylight Time. The Moon will be fully eclipsed an hour later. Totality will last an hour and 25 minutes. And the partial phase will end at 12:55 a.m., when the Moon leaves the shadow behind. All of that action will be visible from most of the U.S. — from Arizona to Montana and points east. Skywatchers to the west of that line — including Hawaii — will see all of the total eclipse but will miss out on the end of the partial eclipse. Alaska will miss out on the whole thing. But it's in prime position for the next eclipse, in November.  Script by Damond Benningfield Support McDonald Observatory

The sky will get a little dark over parts of South America and the southeastern Pacific Ocean tomorrow afternoon — thanks to a partial solar eclipse. The Moon will cover part of the Sun, blocking its light. Solar eclipses occur only at new Moon. That's when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun. New Moon comes about once a month, but we don't have solar eclipses that often. That's because the Moon's orbit around Earth is tilted a bit. So most months, the Moon passes a little above or below the Sun — and the Sun shines on. But if new Moon occurs when the Moon is crossing the ecliptic — the Sun's path across the sky — then, bingo! — an eclipse. If the alignment is just right, it's a total eclipse — the Moon covers the entire solar disk, and day turns to night. Otherwise, it's a partial eclipse, with the Moon covering only part of the Sun. Tomorrow's eclipse is partial. At its peak, the Moon will cover a little more than half of the Sun. So the sky will grow dark enough for people to notice it, but that's about all. The eclipse gets underway at 1:45 p.m. Central Daylight Time, when the shadow of the Moon first touches the Pacific. The shadow then will move northward, covering Chile and Argentina and parts of the adjoining countries. The eclipse reaches its peak at about 3:41, and ends a couple of hours after that. Those of us in the northern hemisphere are out of luck — we'll miss the eclipse entirely.  Script by Damond Benningfield Support McDonald Observatory

Spring arrives in the northern hemisphere today, at 10:32 a.m. Central Daylight Time. That's the moment of the vernal equinox, when the Sun crosses the celestial equator — the projection of Earth's equator on the sky — from south to north. Over the next three months, the Sun will travel ever farther northward, bringing longer, warmer days to the northern half of the planet. The word “vernal” comes from the Latin word for spring. And “equinox” means “equal nights.” Theoretically, all points on Earth should see equal amounts of daylight and darkness on the equinoxes. But for several reasons, the interval between sunrise and sunset — which should be exactly 12 hours — varies by a few minutes. The vernal equinox marks the starting point for the system that astronomers use to plot the sky. They measure the positions of astronomical objects using coordinates called right ascension and declination — the equivalent of longitude and latitude. Right ascension is measured in hours. The point where the Sun crosses the celestial equator on the vernal equinox is designated as zero hours. It's the equivalent of zero degrees longitude — the line that runs through Greenwich, England. And just as Earth's equator marks zero degrees latitude, the celestial equator is designated zero degrees declination. So at the moment of the vernal equinox, the Sun stands at celestial coordinates zero-zero — beginning a new circle through the stars.  Script by Damond Benningfield Support McDonald Observatory

Comet Swift-Tuttle was last seen a quarter of a century ago, racing toward the outer solar system. We won't see it again for a century. Yet it's left us some little reminders of its presence: grains of ice and rock that create the Perseid meteor shower, which should be at its best the next couple of nights. Swift-Tuttle has been called one of the most dangerous objects in the solar system. It orbits the Sun once every 133 years. Its orbit carries it slightly inside Earth's orbit, so there's a chance that it could hit our planet. And it's a giant among comets — about 16 miles in diameter. If it hit Earth, it would be far deadlier than the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs. We have accurate predictions of its motions for the next few millennia. We know, for example, that its next close passage will take place on August 5th, 2126, at 10:50 a.m. Central Daylight Time — give or take a minute. It'll miss Earth by about 14 million miles. But a comet can be pushed around by other planets, or by “jets” of gas from its surface. That makes it hard to project an orbit very far into the future. So we don't yet know when Swift-Tuttle might someday take dead aim at Planet Earth. For now, it's providing some smaller pyrotechnics — a meteor shower. The Perseids could produce a few dozen meteors per hour at their peak, before dawn tomorrow. We'll talk about another danger from space tomorrow.  Script by Damond Benningfield Support McDonald Observatory

Most people would argue that you can't or shouldn't try to play a character in D&D 5e that's dedicated exclusively (or almost exclusively) to healing. It's not efficient. It's not optimal. It doesn't really work. This episode is dedicated to all those who are unsatisfied with that paradigm.I'd appreciate it if you'd consider supporting the channel by becoming a member!https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jQ2IsZj_CAS0bZgA6O2pA/joinFollow us here:https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDoptimized/https://www.facebook.com/dnddeepdivehttps://twitter.com/ColbyPoulsonHere's a link to the Twitch Stream we'll be broadcasting next week's episode from if you want to tune in live, Wednesday July 21st at 8pm Central Daylight Time: https://www.twitch.tv/g33kslikeusCheck out Randall Hampton here:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Randall_HamptonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/randallhampton/Check out Matt Hilker here:Instagram: instagram.com/hilkermatt/ Twitter: twitter.com/matt_hilkerCharacter Concept:(0:00)Level 1(11:30)Levels 2-6:(24:44)Levels 7-9:(40:21)Levels 10-13:(52:59)Levels 14-17:(57:19)Final Thoughts:(1:05:49)Math/Graph for this episode: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14Z7NjSXODvBCGw6YxUecJonLl8zSrEInQPHYZpC4Kqw/edit?usp=sharingThanks to LudicSavant for the amazing DPR calculator! https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?582779-Comprehensive-DPR-Calculator-(v2-0))Music Credits:Achaidh Cheide - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100340Artist: http://incompetech.com/Angevin 120 loop by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200111Artist: http://incompetech.com/Celtic Impulse - Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100297Artist: http://incompetech.com/Fiddles McGinty by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400051Artist: http://incompetech.com/Lord of the Land by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400022Artist: http://incompetech.com/Master of the Feast by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400019Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Louis Brantmeyer has been a heart-centered entrepreneur (and no stranger to startup life) for the past 8 years and counting. Beginning with the brain supplement company BrainJuice - which he helped to birth onto the regional and national stage after the flagship product was invented and upgraded many times in his own living room in central Austin, Texas - then discovering his passion for accessing and sharing the highest potential available to humanity serving through his transformational event production company Empowering Austin Now, where he consistently created powerful experiences and training for people for more than three years, and most recently in Speak Powerfully Now, his heart-centered business development and public speaking coaching practice, where he currently helps heart-centered coaches and entrepreneurs to add six figures to their income through aligned social media marketing and live events.  Louis has an event upcoming - the Online Heart-Centered Business Mastery training on December 19 from 1pm - 6:30pm Central Daylight Time - on Zoom, to which you are all invited and he will share more about this later on.Click the link below to learn more ---> bit.ly/ohcbmdec20You can also connect with him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/louis.brantmeyer.9/

American Legion Texas Virtual Career Fair will be held on September 15, 2020 from 10 am to 4 pm Central Daylight Time. If you are not in this time zone, make the adjustments so you can join us. Since the Virtual Platform may be new to some job seekers, Veterans Leadership Program/ Veterans Employment Services will be conducting a Virtual Career Fair Prep Workshop on September 9 from 9 - 10 am Central Daylight Time. Register for both https://www.tvc.texas.gov/events/.

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What is your dream career? How do you get there from where you are now? How do you live a fulfilling life if you don’t know what your life’s dream is?In this final episode in his Evolve series of podcasts, Paul answers all of these questions and offers a number of practical techniques to set you on the path to building a career that is meaningful, sustainable and financially viable.Want to learn more about evolving yourself professionally?Join Paul for a live Instagram conversation this Saturday, April 27 at 12 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time/2 p.m. Central Daylight Time, during his appearance at Paleo f(x) in Austin.To join in the conversation, follow Paul on Instagram @paul.chek, then tune in to the live event on your mobile phone.Show NotesYour vocation is a calling of the heart. (12:37)“A business is a viable financial entity that makes money without you. Anything else is a job.” (14:07)A career is a job with a fancier title. (16:48)A legacy is what you create each day of your life. (17:40)Your legacy is a gift bringing lots of challenges that become labors of love. (23:20)It can take 35-50 years of living to find your legacy. (27:58)“Your dreams are a snapshot of your future.” (29:39)The impossibility wall concept. (37:07)Paul’s early work as a tree faller. (46:47)Paul’s lack of a college degree didn’t stop him from following his dreams and being successful (56:16)Overcoming “ant infections.” (1:02:33)Following your dream may mean doing jobs you don’t like. (1:10:02)Many people are more fearful of success than failure. (1:13:39)Our programmed beliefs limit our freedom more than anything else. (1:23:26)Myths help us understand our place in nature, our tribes and the universe. (1:30:18)Lethargy can be as powerful as fear. (1:34:07)Is being fit and healthy abnormal? (1:36:35)Study the lives of people you want to emulate. (1:43:13)“You can only take with you what you become in this lifetime.” (1:52:28)Prioritize your goals in three areas. (1:53:40)The 10 components of creating a legacy and living your dream. (1:59:55)Paul didn’t discover his dream until he started working as a trainer of the U.S. Army Boxing team. (2:01:29)What would you really do if you had no limitations? (2:06:18)If you want to be a millionaire, how much responsibility are you willing to handle? (2:21:07)Create a mind map of these 10 components to build your legacy. (2:25:35)Align your interests wisely. (2:28:54)Only 2 percent of people discover their legacy. (2:31:51)“Religion can either be very supportive to your dream or it can be very antagonistic.” (2:35:29)Understanding your dream helps you in job interviews. (2:43:41)ResourcesZen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design by Laurence BoldtJob vs. Career vs. Vocation from Shmoop.comWhat Color is Your Parachute? 2019 by Richard BollesThe Luck Factor by Brian TracyRupert Sheldrake’s morphogenic fields conceptMan’s Search for Meaning by Viktor FranklPsycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell MaltzBreaking The Habit of Being Yourself by Dr. Joe Dispenza

A triumphant return to podcasting, Central Daylight Time, and boxed wine. The Parents reflect on a recent move, wondering exactly how nobody was murdered—that we know of. Things then take a turn for the political, as the kooky far-out concept of "women's rights" or "reproductive freedom" or whatever gets some much-needed love. Before it's machine-gunned down by judges, anyhow.

Mignon Baby Cardigan, Little Shells Shawlette, and a Barred Owl comes for a visit.  Review of Handmade in the U.K. by Tincanknits. Visit the show blog for complete show notes.  www.knittingpipeline.com.  Enter a comment in the Prize Thread in our Ravelry group to be eligible for a copy of Handmade in the U.K. (by Thursday May 24 9 am Central Daylight Time) or when thread is closed. Thank you to Quince and Co for sponsoring this episode and also my Longaberger Home Business. Haste ye back!

This week,  we travel to a little town south of Rockford, Illinois, called Rochelle. The town was made famous for it's double diamond crossing of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe. ShuttletrainTed will talk with the Rochelle mayor and tourism officials on how Rochelle became the center of the universe for railfans. Shuttletrain will also talk with a representative of the newly opened passenger car manufacturing facility located in Rochelle. The Model Club of the month, Blackhawl Model Club of Oregon. Oregon, Illinois that is. Join the conversation, either by calling in at 646-716-7106 or chat in the chatroom, www.letstalktrains.com/chat.  Join us.. 12 Central Daylight Time.

This week I'll be sharing all the great information I received at the Southwestern Region of the American Music Therapy Association (SWAMTA) conference in Waco, TX. I'll also share what I learned at the Online Conference for Music Therapy a few weeks ago. If you've attended a conference recently and would like to share your experiences, you can call the show at 646-652-2850 on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 11:00 am Central Daylight Time. Once you've dialed in, press 1 to let me know you want to talk, or just listen in through your phone.

This week I'll be sharing all the great information I received at the Southwestern Region of the American Music Therapy Association (SWAMTA) conference in Waco, TX. I'll also share what I learned at the Online Conference for Music Therapy a few weeks ago. If you've attended a conference recently and would like to share your experiences, you can call the show at 646-652-2850 on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 11:00 am Central Daylight Time. Once you've dialed in, press 1 to let me know you want to talk, or just listen in through your phone.

Monday September 3rd at 2pm Central Daylight Time there will be a Yivvits and MrBubble party on Valcyn! We don't have the location picked yet so check the SWG forums or our forums at http://www.yivvitsandmrbubble.com/ for more information (we'll post the location sometime Sunday evening). This date and time is very exciting to us because it's Labor Day in America, so a lot of people will be off work, and 7pm or 8pm in Europe! Finally our European friends can be awake and coherant! (I don't know about the Dutch, though. I KEED, I KEED!!!) Please feel free to forward this to guilds or friends and lets have some fun! Your pals,Yivvits and MrBubble The following link should help you determine what time the party will be where you live. TimeAndDate.Com page for Minneapolis MN (the time zone we are located in)