Camerosity

Episode 45: Ma-Mamiya!

On Episode 45 of the Camerosity Podcast, the guys and I return to a brand specific discussion for everyone's favorite bellows-TLR, 6cm x 4.5cm medium format SLR, 35mm leaf shutter SLR, f/1.5 lens rangefinder, half frame pistol camera making company, Mamiya!  If that seems like a wild range of cameras, you're right!  As makers of pretty much every style of camera conceived, Mamiya has done it all!

Joining Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike on this episode is Bill Rogers from mamiyarepair.com who has a literally grocery store size storage room full of spare Mamiya parts acquired from the company before they went bankrupt.  Bill has experience with and can repair nearly every Mamiya camera ever made, even the compact 35mm point and shoot Mamiya U.

In addition to Bill's expertise, we also welcome current Mamiya employee Ray Nason.  Ray has many decades of experience working with Mamiya cameras, selling them for many years to professional photographers and consumers alike.  Together, both Bill and Ray offer a 1-2 punch of Massive Mamiya Madness!

Along for the ride are returning callers, Robert Rotoloni, Mark Faulkner, Nick Marshall, Cheyenne Morrison, Andrew Smith, Bob St. Cyr, Ira Cohen, Marcy Merrill, and Larry Effler, and first time callers Brian Howard, Mike Ahmadi, and Steven Lederman.

With a total of 20 participants, the most we've ever had on an episode of the podcast, we cover a HUGE array of subjects, including some history of the brand, the state of the Japanese optics industry immediately after the war, the origins of the Mamiya-Sekor name, trivia on a rare Canon lens made in the Exakta mount for Mamiya, and how Mamiya was able to use Nikon's bunny ears for the meter coupling on the lenses for the M645 cameras.  Ira shows off his half frame Mamiya Pistol camera, Marcy brings with her a very strange accessory made for the Mamiya U, and Steven Lederman shows off a totally bizarre stereo camera made with Mamiya lenses.

As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you!  We would love to hear from more listeners, especially those who are new to shooting film or collecting cameras.  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 new to shooting and are interested in having an episode dedicated to people new to the hobby, 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, 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 finally entering the digital era, with an entire discussion on film-less cameras.  Point and shoot digicams, DSLRs, digital mirrorless, vintage digital, and digital backs are all topics we may or may not get to!  If you'd like to learn more about the history of digital photography, or why Gen Z is so smitten with Japanese digicams, be sure to look out for the next show!  Episode 46 will be recorded on Monday, April 3rd.  We hope to see you there!

This Week's Episode

• Introducing Bill Rogers from mamiyarepair.com
• The History of Mamiya / First Japanese Camera Maker After WWII / Made in Occupied Japan Cameras
• Mamiya Sixes Can Be Found with Fuji, Nikkor, and Zuiko Lenses / Nikon Almost Made a TLR
• The Mamiya Six Had a Movable Film Plane and a Strange Film Pressure Plate
• In 1948 Mamiya Released Both the First Mamiyaflex and Mamiya 35mm Camera / Early Mamiyaflex and Mamiya C-Series TLRs
• Anthony Knew a Guy Who Used the Mamiya C to Shoot Crime Scenes and Dead Bodies
• Mamiya C TLRs Were Popular with Wedding Photographers
• Ray Nason Works for Mamiya and has a Couple Photos of Mamiya Prototypes
• The Koni-Omegaflex and Gowlandflex Were Two Other TLRs with Interchangeable Lenses and Shutters
• Mamiya Super 23 Press Cameras / Mamiya 645 Prisms Almost Always Have Separation
• Why Do Prisms Have Separation? / Everyone Wants Waist Level Finders Today
• The Mamiya 7 Has the Best Optics of Any Camera Mike Ahmadi and Theo Have Ever Owned
• Weak Points of the Mamiya 7 / Magnetic Interlocks
• The RB67 is a Tank / The RBs Will Be Repairable for a Long Time
• Using Graflock Backs for the RB67 and the Super 23 Press Camera
• Mamiyas's 35mm Cameras / Mamiya Magazine Has a Completely Removable Film Back / Adox 300
• Mamiya Sketch Was Japan's First and Only 24mm x 24mm Rangefinder Camera / Mamiya Myrapid
• Mamiya Prismat Leaf Shutter SLRs / Argus SLR / Nikkorex / Tower SLRs / Ricoh Singlex
• Mamiya's Other SLRs / Mamiya Auto XTL / Mamiya ZE-X
• Mamiya 16mm Cameras / Tower 10B / Rank Mamiya
• Canon Once Made a Lens with the Exakta Mount for the Mamiya Prismat / Ira Has a Mamiya Pistol Camera
• The Meter Coupling "Bunny Ears" on Mamiya 645 Lenses Was a Shared Patent by Nikon
• Insider Information: The Next Edition of McKeown's Camera Collector's Guide is Coming Any Day Now!
• You Can Use 120 Film in the Mamiya M645 Camera With the 220 Back
• Mamiya 500DTL and 1000DTL SLRs had Dual and Spot Metering
• Where Does the Name "Sekor" Come From in Mamiya-Sekor Lenses?
• Mamiya Was Game for Almost Everything / Mamiya Super Deluxe 1.7
• The Early Japanese Camera Industry Was Built Around Cooperation / Mamiya Had a Lot of Similarities to Konica
• Henry Froelich Was Responsible for Helping Konica Get Imported to the US
• Bill Rogers Can No Longer Repair the Mamiya 645AF or the Mamiya ZD Digital Camera
• Ilford Jazz CDs, Minolta Disco Records, and Mamiya Nudie T-Shirts and Fuzzy Bear Stickers
• Mamiya U Manual Focus and Auto Focus Compact 35mm Cameras / Bill Still Has Parts for Those
• Marcy Merrill Has the Coolest Accessory for the Mamiya U
• Mamiya's Demise Started Around 1983 / They Stopped Making 35mm Cameras
• What Would it Take to Make an All New 35mm or Medium Format Camera?
• The Biggest Obstacle to Someone Making a New Camera is So Many Old Cameras Still Work
• Steven Lederman's Weird 3D World Stereo Camera / Hybrid Stereo Mamiya C-Series TLR
• The Recent Cincinnati Ohio Camera Auction was Very Well Attended and Paul Wasn't There
• Nick Marshall Loves Shooting Instax Film on the RB67 and Super 23 / Marcy Promotes a Camera Show in Kent, WA
• An Update About Anthony's Voigtländer Superb He Bought from Australia

Show Notes

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/

Camerosity Twitter - https://twitter.com/CamerosityPod

Peter Dechert's SLR book, “Canon: Single Lens Reflex Cameras 1959-1991”

Bill Rogers - mamiyarepair.com - https://mamiyarepair.com/

Ray Nason - https://www.facebook.com/RayNasonMacGroup/

Cheyenne Morrison – https://www.instagram.com/bigshotphotos/

Mark Faulkner – https://thegashaus.com/

Marcy Merrill - Junk Store Cameras - https://junkstorecameras.com/

Closing Credits Audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUBC553yteo

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/

Episode 44: Auctioning Cameras with Dan Tamarkin

After a stream of back to back to back episodes covering specific brands of cameras and talking to a huge number of listeners, the guys and I decided we would take a short break from our "open source" concept to catch up on the things we all have been doing.

We thought it would be a nice change to have a smaller, more intimate discussion and invite someone we all thoroughly enjoy talking to and wanted to catch up with.

After a painstaking "Hunger Games" style of elimination rounds, the guys and I picked none other than Dan Tamarkin as our special guest host this week.  As he always does, Dan brings with him a lifetime of knowledge of Leica and camera retail experience.

With that experience, we decided it would be fun to talk about some recent auctions, including a rather infamous one that recently closed in Northern Ohio which Paul and I participated in, and a large number of our listeners did as well.  We've heard some of the stories from that auction and have a few of our own, so we talk about that, along with Tamarkin Auctions, and everything that goes into making one run smoothly, and what might make them run "not smoothly".

In addition to auctions, Anthony thought it would be fun to announce in the presence of a well-known Leica dealer that he sold every single Leica he owns, and traded it for a viewfinder camera.  What kind of viewfinder camera is equal to a perfectly working Leica M3 and a IIIf you ask?  Listen to the show.

In addition, Mike's not dead, Robot Theo is pining for his job, Human Theo bought some stuff from Paul, Paul is bringing out the bling with his golden cameras, and Mike is shooting one of those Japanese "Hit" style miniature cameras.

As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you!  We would love to hear from more listeners, especially those who are new to shooting film or collecting cameras.  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 new to shooting and are interested in having an episode dedicated to people new to the hobby, 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, 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 re-open the call-in lines and talk about Mamiya and their very diverse line up of roll film TLR and SLRs, along with their many different iterations of 35mm cameras.  Episode 45 will be recorded on Monday, March 20th.  We hope to see you there!

This Week's Episode

• Besides Leica, What is Dan's Favorite Camera to Shoot? / Fuji GS645 / Zeiss-Ikon ZM Rangefinder
• Fuji GF670 Folders / Plaubel Makina 67 and 67W
• Anthony Sells All His Leicas To Buy a Fuji G617 / Theo Sells Anthony A Voigtländer Superb and it Gets Lost / Anthony Hates the Gainesville USPS
• How Do You Properly Frame for a Panoramic Photo? / Anthony Sees Things in Panavision
• Noblex 135 S / Mamiya 7 with Pano Adapter
• What Percentage of Tamarkin Camera is Film vs Digital?
• Leica M8 and M9s Come in and Go Straight to Leica / Faulty Digital Sensors
• Mike Really Wants to Try a Leica M5 / Front Hanging Shutter Speed Dial / Canon EF
• Behind the Scenes at Tamarkin Auctions / Live Auctions vs Online Auctions
• Confusion About A Recent Large Camera Auction in Ohio / Bid Multipliers
• Shipping Items from Online Auctions / Pickup of Items at the Ohio Auction
• Dan and Paul's Stories About the Voncabbage Collection / The Most Amazing Collection
• What Other High Profile Auctions Are Out There?
• Buying Cameras from Estate Auctions / The Thrill of the Hunt / Mike Buys a Very Poorly Listed Olympus Six
• Mike's Thoughts on Using Common Sense / Reputation is Important / Stuff Begets Stuff
• The Girl in Facebook Who Inherited A Storage Locker Full of Cameras From Her Boss
• Theo Buys a Contessa 35 and ANSCO Memo from Paul and Gets a Free T-Shirt
• Theo is Shooting a Zeiss-Ikon Super Ikonta Repaired by Jess / Ricoh Auto-Half / Rollei 35 / Nikon FE
• Anthony is Shooting a Minox LX / Akarelle Loaded with Tech Pan / Nikon F with Nikkor 105/2.5 Lens
• Mike Sells an Olympus Pen F to Someone Who Was On the Last Episode
• Mike is Shooting a Sears (Ricoh) TLS with the SR "Atomic" Logo / Praktica VLC 3 / Olympus 35 SP / Toko Tone
• Paul is Shooting His Gold Summilux on Anthony's M3 / Paul Loves Gold Cameras
• Stay Tuned for Mamiya Discussion Next Time / Check us out on Instagram

Show Notes

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/

Camerosity Twitter - https://twitter.com/CamerosityPod

Dan Tamarkin – http://www.tamarkin.com/ and https://www.tamarkinauctions.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/

Episode 43: The Graflex-osity Podcast

In a first for the Camerosity Podcast, we finally dive into the wonderful world of Graflex press cameras and other 4x5 cameras.  If you thought Camerosity only meant 35mm, medium format roll film, and subminis, this is the episode that will shake up everything you know about us!

For episode 43, we had a packed house (although there was one significant omission).  Joining the gang on this show was first time caller, and owner of Graflex Parts, Graham Burnett, along with Andy Pham, Daniel Belmes, Eric J, Greg McCreash, Howard Sandler, Jess Hobbs, Marcy Merrill, Mario Piper and his wife Julianne Piper, Mark Faulkner, Nick Marshall, Patrick Casey, and Robert Rotoloni.

Together, topics ranging far and wide from the history of Folmer & Schwing, the company who made the first Graphic cameras, to differences between all the models, where to start if you've never shot a Graflex before, development tips, and all sorts of information that people who love these cameras want you to know.  In addition to discussions about Graflex press cameras, we also get into a few other 4x5 cameras like the Busch Pressman and Burke & James versions.  Greg McCreash is back to talk about his massive Combat Graflex, and we even touch upon some of the 35mm Graflex cameras.

If you've ever wanted to know something about these wonderful cameras, this is the episode you'll want to hear!

As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you!  We would love to hear from more listeners, especially those who are new to shooting film or collecting cameras.  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 new to shooting and are interested in having an episode dedicated to people new to the hobby, 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, 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 guys and I have had a great time talking about Graflex, Argus, Contax, and Pentax, and for our next episode, we are going to divert a bit from our regular format and just discuss what we've been working on lately and some topics we'd like to share with you all, so there won't be any option to dial in for the next episode.  Maybe we'll still have a special guest for you, maybe not!  You'll just need to stay tuned for that one.

We will resume our normal call in for episode 45 though, which we will record on Monday, March 20th.  We don't yet know what we'll talk about then, but be sure to stay tuned for the official announcement!

This Week's Episode

• How Paul Ended Up with a Closet Full of Graflex / The Baffling Array of Variations
• Anthony Takes the Leap Into Press Cameras with His Graflex Super Graphic
• Differences Between the Speed vs Crown Graphic
• Graham Burnett of graflexparts.com Dives Deep into the Graflex Lineage
• What Does Graflex Parts Do for the Graflex Community?
• Folmer & Schwing and the Bicycle Graphic
• The Complicated Rise of the Single Lens Reflex Graflex
• The Many Sizes of Film for Graflex / The Evolution of Graflex Film Backs
• Eric J and his F&S / Bicycle Camera Bicycle Touring with Graflex
• Andy Pham and Concert Photography with his AutoGraflex 5x7 SLR
• Luis Mendez and Graflex Street Portraits in NYC
• Keeping Pre-war Graflex Cameras Up and Running
• Howard and his Graflex Monorail Graphic View Camera
• Julianne Piper, Shooting Paper Negatives in an Array of Graflex Cameras
• The LomoGraflock vs Polaroid backs
• Advantages of Crown vs Speed Graphic as a First Graflex
• Demystifying Graflex Lens Options
• Using Projector and Brass Lenses with Graflex
• Graflex at War / The Post-war Decline of Graflex
• Other Press Cameras / Busch Pressman / Burke & James Press Cameras
• Nick Marshall and His Series D 3x4 / Shooting Speed Graphic with Instax
• Developing 4x5 at Home
• Jess Hobbs and Adventures with 4x5 with Her Intrepid / 4x5 Film Options
• Daniel B and Shooting a Graflex Super D / Enlarging Graflex as 11x14 Large Format
• Greg McCreash and the Combat Graflex
• Mario Asks is Graflex is Making a Resurgence? / What is the Appeal of Shooting Large Format?
• Eric Mathy on the Appeal of Large Format to the Tinkerer and the Artist
• Mike Eckman and the Graflex Graphic 35 Jet

Show Notes

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/

Camerosity Twitter - https://twitter.com/CamerosityPod

Graham Burnett, Graflex Parts - https://www.graflexparts.com/

Jess Hobbs - https://www.youtube.com/c/JessHobbs

Erik Mathy, All Through a Lens - https://allthroughalens.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/

Episode 42: The United States of Argus

No one has recently challenged the Camerosity Podcast as the "Nerdiest Film Photography Podcast" but that won't stop us from further proving that point by taking a trip to the USA!

No, not that USA, this time I am talking about the United States of Argus!  For Episode 42 we invite two special guests, both members of the Argus Collector's Group, Phillip Sterritt and Mike Reitsma.  Phil and Mike both have an otherworldly level of knowledge about Argus and their cameras, their history, rare versions, and what the best Arguses are to use.

Although we spend a great deal of time on Argus, in this episode, we venture into a huge number of other American cameras worth checking out, like ANSCO, Perfex, Clarus, Universal, Falcon, Detrola, Ciro-Flex, Graflex, Wollensak, Winpro, and many others!

Joining us on this episode are collectors and first time callers Eric Risse, Pat Casey, and retired US Navy Photographer Greg McCreash who at the very end of the show busts out one of the most amazing American Cameras ever made, but I don't want to spoil it for you, so you'll just have to listen to the episode (or read the show notes).  In addition to Eric, Pat, and Greg are returning guests Dan Hausman, and Robert Rotoloni.

On the episode we cover a ton of history, what is an extinction meter and how does it work, our recommendations on which American cameras you should try if you've never shot an American camera before, and Theo discovers a rare Australian Argus in his collection that he didn't even know he had!

As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you!  We would love to hear from more listeners, especially those who are new to shooting film or collecting cameras.  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 new to shooting and are interested in having an episode dedicated to people new to the hobby, 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, 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.

If you want to join us for our next episode, we will record Episode 43 on Monday, February 20th and we will talk to John Minnick about his custom built Graflexes, along with an entire Graflex and 4x5 discussion.  Be sure to stay tuned for the official announcement!

This Week's Episode

• Many Advanced American Cameras of the 40s and Early 50s Were Because You Couldn't Get Stuff from Germany / ANSCO Automatic Reflex 3.5
• Charles Verschoor and How Argus Originally Made Radios / IRC and Detrola Used Bakelite in Radios Worked Well in Cameras
• The Argus A Series / Argus B Has a German Lens and Possibly French Lens / How to Differentiate Between Argus A Cameras
• How Do Extinction Meters Work? / Mike's Favorite A-Series is the Argus A2F with the Focusing Helix
• $25 Was the Price Point for Several New American Cameras in the late 1930s
• The Argus C-Series / Argus C  / The Ontora Double Exposure Device
• Anthony's First Impressions of the Argus C3 / Enna Werk Sandmar Lenses / Changing Lenses on the Argus C3
• The "Argus Grip" / Repositioning the Cocking Lever / Argus C3 Match-Matic is the Harry Potter Camera / How the Match-Matic Meter Worked
• What are the Rarest Argus C-Series / Argus C with F/S Switch / Argus Prototype / Metric Scale Arguses / Minca Arguses
• Theo Has a Rare Australian Made Argus Seventy-Five And He Didn't Know It / Argus C4 Black Bodies
• Argus Was a Pretty Cool Company to Work For / Argus Eyes Newsletter
• Where did the Name Argus Come From? / Mythological Character with Many Eyes
• What Was the Successor to the Argus C3, the Argus C4 or the Argus C33? / Argus 21 Markfinder
• The Mythical White and Gold Argus A / Mike Reitsma 3D Printed One From Scratch
• If You Want to Try an Argus, but Not the C3, What is a Good Camera to Try? / Argus C44 and C44R
• Argoflex TLR / Rare Argoflex II with Auto Film Stop
• Wollensak Lenses Are Consistently Good to Great / Wollensak Stereo Revere Camera
• Universal Mercury Lenses / The Universal Mercury Is a Lot of Fun to Shoot
• Mike Also Like the Clarus MS-35 / The Clarus Shutter is Very Reliable / The Wescon Clarus Variant
• The Best Perfex is Not the Speed Candid! / Who Made Perfex Lenses?
• Argus was Acquired by Sylvania and then Mansfield / Argus Golden Shield
• Spartus and the Chicago Cluster / Devry QRS Camera
• Vokar and Vokar II / Vokar A and B / Wirgin Variants / Zenith Winpro 35
• Argus SLRs / The Argus SLR / Argus Cosina and Petri Variants
• Ciro Cee-ay 35 Was Originally a Perfex then Became a Graflex
• Herbert & Huesgon Tourist Multiple Had a Zeiss Lens and Shot 750 18x24mm Exposures
• Mike Loves the ANSCO and AGFA Memo Cameras
• American Cameras We Didn't Talk About / Polaroid SX-70 / Bolsey B-Series and Jubilee / Falcon / Aircraft Gun Cameras / Kardon
• The Combat Graflex Is Amazing! / Hubert Nerwin Designed the Combat Graflex
• Next Episode We Talk About Graflex and Have John Minnick Joining Us!
• Glass Brass and Chrome by Karlton C. Lahue and Joseph A. Bailey
• The Worst American Camera is the Traid Fotron / We Don't Talk about the Fotochrome Either

Show Notes

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/

Camerosity Twitter - https://twitter.com/CamerosityPod

Argus Collector's Group - https://www.arguscg.org/

Phillip Sterritt - http://argusinfo.net/

Mike Reitsma (Argus Museum) - https://argusmuseum.wordpress.com/events/

Dan Hausman - https://historiccamera.com/club/occs/

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/

Episode 41: Dr. Brandon Monroe, Contax M.D.

Please Read: As of August 2023, Brandon Monroe has disappeared from social media and no longer responds to emails or DMs.  He seems to have abandoned his Contax repair business, so the Camerosity Podcast can longer endorse his services.  I am leaving this episode available to listen to as it covers a tremendous amount of good material about the Zeiss-Ikon Contax, however.

You know what they say, 'An apple a day, keeps the doctor away...' so for those of you with broken Contaxes, you better get rid of all your apples as the doctor is here!

Okay, so maybe he hasn't quite gotten his PhD yet, but in this, the 41st episode of the Camerosity Podcast, we are happy to introduce you to Brandon Monroe, an aviation mechanics student who just so happens to really love the Zeiss-Ikon Contax rangefinders so much that he wanted to learn how to repair them himself.  Brandon reached out to other well known technicians who repair Contaxes like Henry Scherer and Mark Hansen and learned what he could from them.  For everything else, he rolled up his sleeves and got to work.  Tearing down several broken Contax rangefinders, and at least one that had been previously CLAd to see what was done, Brandon has recently become successful at full CLAs of both pre and postwar Contax IIs and IIIs.  Brandon has repaired several cameras for Paul and a few others, and according to Paul, the cameras are like new.

Listen in as Brandon tells his story of how he got started and why he fell in love with Contax rangefinders.  He discusses differences between the pre and postwar shutters, what the shutters are made of, how the rangefinders work and how they're adjusted, who makes our favorite Contax lens adapters, using Contax lenses on Nikon rangefinders, plus a huge number of other things.  Mike can't help himself and goes into the history of the camera somewhat, explaining how the Contax I came to be, and what differences are between it and the later cameras.

Joining us on this episode are returning guests Aidan Dean, Alex Dietrich, and first time callers Steve Wilcox and from all the way in Belgium, Eric Kaas Sluis, a self professed Contax addict who has one of the largest collections of working Contaxes and lenses in the world.

In addition to repair of the Contax, we talk about what makes them special, who made the original Zeiss-Ikon Contax in 1926 (Hint: His name rhymes with 'Bagel'), postwar Jena Contaxes, and why you should consider a Kiev if you cannot afford a Contax.  Amazingly, the guys somehow manage to stay on topic for most of the show, but a small amount of time is spent on a few other cameras that we just can't stop talking about.

As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are influenced by you.  We would love to hear from more listeners, especially those who are new to shooting film or collecting cameras.  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 new to shooting and are interested in having an episode dedicated to people new to the hobby, 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, 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.

If you want to join us for our next episode, we will record Episode 42 on Monday, February 6th and we will talk American cameras like Argus, Clarus, Perfex, and many other brands you may or may not have heard of!  Be sure to stay tuned for the official announcement!

This Week's Episode

• Introducing Brandon Monroe / Brandon Needs to Pressure Test His Nikonos
• Pentax Errata / The Pentax MX Does Have a Depth of Field Preview Lever and Some K1000s Do Have a Self Timer
• Of All Cameras to Fix, Why Did Brandon Want to Learn to Repair the Contax? / Brandon Talked to Henry Scherer and Mark Hansen For Help
• The Tension Screw For the Shutter Is Often Used to Over Tension the Shutter / If You Over Tension, It's Kaput
• A (Very) Brief Intro Into How the Contax Shutter Works / Where Brandon Gets Replacement Ribbons From
• The History of the Contax / The Contax I Was Released in 1932 and Had Many Revisions
• The Contax II and III Came Out in 1936, The Difference is In the Meter
• Differences Between Pre and Postwar Contaxes / The Mount is the Same, but Not All Pre-War Lenses Work on Post-War Bodies
• The Construction of the Contax Rangefinders / Brandon Also Loves the Zeiss-Ikon Contessa 35 / Adjusting the Contax Rangefinder
• Brandon Makes a Mask to Block off Fractures in Contax Rangefinders
• Paul is Brandon's Number 1 Customer / What Are Zeiss Bumps?
• Finding Contaxes in Europe Isn't Very Hard, But Getting Them Repaired Is / Eric Doesn't Like the Contax I
• How is Brandon Going to Handle the Immense Demand for People Wanting Their Contax Repaired?
• Does Brandon Intend to Train Others to Repair Contaxes? / Do Not Try to Use a Prewar Contax Without Servicing It
• What is it About the Contax That Makes Them Special?
• You Cannot Compare a CLA'd Contax to a non-CLA'd Contax, They Are So Much Better
• Zeiss Was a World Class Optics Company When They Made the First Contax, Leitz Made Microscopes
• Zeiss Cameras Were Always Solid, Even the Last Icarex SLRs / Some Early Zeiss Lenses Were Outsourced to American and British Firms
• The Very First Zeiss-Ikon Contax Was Made in 1926, What Was It, and Who Designed It?
• Anthony and Eric Both Prefer the Sonnar 50mm f/2 over the f/1.5
• Eric and Paul Recommend the Zeiss Amedeo Adapter / Can you Adapt Nikon Lenses to Contax and Vice Versa?
• The Contax Claw / There's a Correct Way to Press the Shutter Release on a Contax
• Mike Defends the Kiev, They Are Not Contax Copies, They Are a Continuation / Early Kievs Can Be Very Good
• Jena Contaxes Were Made After the War By Former Contax Technicians With Nothing to Do
• Brandon's Tips for Identifying a Kiev with a German Shutter / If You Can't Afford a Contax, There's No Shame in Buying a Kiev
• There Are Many Ukrainian and Other Former Soviet Sellers Who Are Very Reputable, You Should Not Hesitate to Buy from Them
• Brandon Loves the Contessa 35 So Much It Killed His Internet Connection
• Lightning Round: What Other Unrepairable Camera Do You Wish Could Get Repaired?
• Paul - Zeiss-Ikon Contaflex TLR, Mike - Kodak Ektra, Eric - Leicaflex SL2, Alex - Olympus Stylus Epic, Brandon - Contax I, Theo - Petris, Anthony - Folding Kodak Bellows / Kodak Monitor Six-20
• The Contax I Has a Unique Shutter from Any Other Contax / Different Ribbons / The Rangefinder is Coupled by a Cord
• Thank You to Brandon For Learning to Do This / We Need More Young People to Learn to Repair Cameras

Show Notes

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/

Camerosity Twitter - https://twitter.com/CamerosityPod

Brandon Monroe - https://www.facebook.com/mixedemulsionsbybrandon

Eric Kaas Sluis - https://www.flickr.com/photos/129242869@N03/

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/

Bonus Pentax Discussion

When recording Episode 38, we ended the discussion at the end of the M42 era and picked up with the K-mounts in Episode 40.  Although you never heard us touch upon the K-mounts in Episode 38, we actually did start talking about them, but decided to scrap that part as it was making the episode too long.

Originally, I had thought I could edit the unused K-mount audio into the next episode, but it turned out that we had enough to fill a whole episode, so the K-mount audio was not needed.  

It is clear you all REALLY like Pentax, so not wanting to deprive everyone of more of what they want, here is that unused K-mount discussion from Episode 38 from the cutting room floor.  We really only touch upon two topics, some of which we covered again in Episode 40, but if you need just a little more with your morning cup of coffee, here it is, unedited for your listening pleasure!

As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are decided by you.  We would love to hear from more listeners, especially those who are new to shooting film or collecting cameras.  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 new to shooting and are interested in having an episode dedicated to people new to the hobby, 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, and right here on mikeeckman.com.  We record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance.

If you want to join us for our next episode, we will record Episode 41 on Monday, January 16th and we will have a special guest who is fast becoming the go to repair source for the Zeiss-Ikon Contax rangefinder!  Be sure to stay tuned for the official announcement!

Show Notes

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/

Camerosity Twitter - https://twitter.com/CamerosityPod

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/

Episode 40: Pentax Part Deux

We're starting off the new year with a continuation of the Pentax discussion we started in Episode 38.  Pentax Part Deux picks up with the K-Mount SLRs produced by Asahi in the 1970s and we go through the auto focus cameras, covering Pentax point and shoots, and even the Pentax 67 and 110 cameras to round out many of the most popular models from that era.  If you are fans of the Pentax MX, LX, ME Super, 110 Auto, or even the PC35AF, this is the episode you won't want to miss!

Joining us on this episode are returning callers Mark Faulkner, Robert Rotoloni, Andrew Smith, Larry Effler, and Mario Piper, and first time callers Marcy Merrill from junkstorecameras.com, Ed Gabe, and Nate Ostroushko.

In addition to gobs of Pentax love, we cover Ricoh/Pentax's recent announcement of their intent to reintroduce film cameras, fantasizing about what we'd like to see in a new camera, and what to avoid from previous Kickstarter projects like the Reflex and Ihagee Elbaflex prototypes.  We answer the tough questions regarding M42 vs K-mount lenses, cover what seems to be everyone's favorite digicam, plus Mike gets to visit a previous guest and hold a historically significant replica.

As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are decided by you.  We would love to hear from more listeners, especially those who are new to shooting film or collecting cameras.  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 new to shooting and are interested in having an episode dedicated to people new to the hobby, 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, and right here on mikeeckman.com.  We record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance.

If you want to join us for our next episode, we will record Episode 41 on Monday, January 16th and we will have a special guest who is fast becoming the go to repair source for the Zeiss-Ikon Contax rangefinder!  Be sure to stay tuned for the official announcement!

This Week's Episode

• The First Pentax K-Mount Cameras were the KX, K2, and KM, the Pentax K1000 Came Later
• The K1000s Were Very Tough and Used as Crime Lab Cameras / The Hong Kong K1000s Use More Plastic
• Everyone Loves the Pentax MX / Seriously, Go Buy a Pentax MX / The MX is like the Olympus OM-1
• Pentax ME Super had Auto Exposure and Manual Control but Used Buttons / The Pentax MG and MV Were Horrible
• College Bookstores offered the K1000 as a Student Camera into the 2000s / The ME Super Was Featured in Stranger Things
• Is There Any Improvement Between the M42 Takumars and K-Mount SMC Takumars?
• Can you Use M42 Lenses on K-Mount Cameras?
• If You Already Have the 50mm f/2 SMC Pentax Lens, Is It Worth Upgrading?
• Was the Pentax 67 Seen as a Pro Camera? / The Pentax 67 Is Even Louder than the Bronica S2
• Marcy Merrill has the OG Camera Review Blog
• Soviet K-Mount SLRs / Almaz 103 / Later Zenits
• Did Asahi Intend for the K-Mount to Be So Universally Supported?
• The Pentax Auto 110 and 110 Super / Are the Pentax 110s the Best 110 Camera? / Canon 110ED
• Pentax LX vs the Nikon F3 / The Pentax LX is Very Good But Unreliable Today
• What About the Later MZ Pentaxes? / Mike Is 0 for 2 in Auto Focus Pentax SLRs
• Pentax Point and Shoots, Espio 140V and 150V / Theo and Mike Both Love the Pentax PC35AF
• Marcy Sells Mike a National Geographic Binocular Camera
• Pentax/Ricoh's Announcement of Making New Film Cameras / The Shutter is the Key
• How Much Money Will People Really Pay for a New SLR? / Ihagee Elbaflex SLR Kickstarter
• Mike's Idea for a New Film and Digital SLR / Reflex Interchangeable Mount Kickstarter SLR
• Fuji is An Example of a Film Company That Isn't Investing in New Film Products / Fuji Instax is For Teenagers
• New Years New GAS: FED 3 / Viscawide-16 ST-D / Keks EM-01 Light Meter / Lumix LX-3 / Ricoh RDC-7 / Brumberger 35 (Neoca S2)
• Everyone Loves the Panasonic Lumix LX-3 / Marcy's New Year Resolution is to Organize Her Collection and Build Shelves / IKEA Billy Shelves
• Mike Visits Daniel Koons and Got to Hold Steve Sasson's First Digital Camera Replica
• Paul Gets a 1940s Wollensak Lens Made for E.Leitz New York / Anthony Revisits the Canon VT Deluxe / KW Pilot
• Anthony is Going to Get a Leica IIIf / Our Next Guest Repairs Contax Rangefinders

Show Notes

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/

Camerosity Twitter - https://twitter.com/CamerosityPod

Mark Faulkner - https://thegashaus.com/

Marcy Merrill - https://www.junkstorecameras.com/

Mario Piper - https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/gen-x-photography/id1494585131

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/

Episode 39: Camerosity Trivia Challenge

Another year is in the books!  There have been 23 episodes of the Camerosity Podcast this year, and as we close out 2022, the guys and I thought it would be fun to play some trivia.  The first ever Camerosity Trivia Challenge pits the hosts against our listeners in a 25 question (actually 24) multiple choice challenge.  Follow along with us to determine who is the most knowledgeable of our listeners and hosts!  Mike created the questions, but Anthony, Paul and Theo had no unfair advantage as they didn't know the questions beforehand.  For those of you listening at home, I read out all of the questions and possible answers, so each of you can see how you would have done!

Joining us on this episode are returning callers Mark Faulker, Andrew Smith, Aiden Dean, and David Ortega, and first time caller, Atabak Taghizadeh.  Atabak is not only a long time listener of the show, but is also our first Iranian caller, expanding the reach of the podcast to a whole new country!

In addition to trivia, I make note of a Pentax rangefinder lens that we missed from the previous episode, we discuss shooting cameras in extreme cold, and our tips and tricks for traveling with cameras.  We all share our three most memorable cameras we shot from 2022, Theo shares some pickups from the Sydney Camera Show and Atabak shares with us a truly one of a kind custom panoramic Minolta XE-7 SLR that is totally wild and is sure to evoke a huge amount of GAS in everyone who listens!

As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are decided by you.  We would love to hear from more listeners, especially those who are new to shooting film or collecting cameras.  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 new to shooting and would love to have an episode dedicated to people new to the hobby, 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, and right here on mikeeckman.com.  We record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance.

If you want to join us for our next episode, we will record Episode 40 on Monday, January 2nd.  Be sure to stay tuned for the official announcement!

This Week's Episode

• Camerosity Podcast vs Classic Camera Revival: Who is the Nerdiest? / Let Mike Gutterman Know!
• Asahi Did Make a Pentax LTM M39 Rangefinder Lens, the Pentax-L 43mm f/1.9 Special
• 3 Cameras that Stood Out: Anthony - Olympus XA4, Topcon RE Super, Voigtländer Bessa II Rangefinder
• Mark - Corfield Periflex, Fujica Compact Deluxe, Nikon F2
• David - Canon SD20 and Barn Find Black Nikon SP
• Aiden - Four Graflex XLs, Olympus XA, Leica M6 / Paul's Tips for Cleaning the XA Door
• Paul - Nikon S2, Fuji G617, Plaubel 69W / Different Kinds of Plaubels
• Theo - Mamiya 7, Voigtländer Superb, Nikon Coolpix 995
• Using Nikon Coolpix 990 Series Cameras with Telescopes / Reading Old Flash Sticks
• Paul Loans a Nikon/Fujix E2Ns DSLR to Mike and He's Blown Away By It
• ++ CAMEROSITY TRIVIA CHALLENGE ++
• Mike's Tips for Traveling with Cameras is To Not Bring Twelve / Three is the Perfect Number
• Mike F**ks Up Developing 4 Rolls of Film Using Bad HC-110 / Shooting in the Cold
• Civilian vs Military Kardons / Military Kardons Still Worked at -67 Degrees
• The Kodak Signet 35 Was Designed for Military Use
• Theo Goes to the Sydney Camera Show and Picks Up an Ensign Commando
• Schneider Tele-Xenar 180mm f/5.5 M42 Lens / Canon Photura / Ricoh FF-3 / Robot II / AGFA Isomat
• Mike Got GAS From a Previous Episode and Got an Olympus IS-2 / Aiden Picks Up a Leica Ig
• Atabak's Strange and Wonderful Panoramic Minolta XE-7 / The Lens is From a Fuji GS645 Camera / Comparisons to Hasselblad XPan
• A Call Out to Beginners to the Film World, Jon Us! / Thank You All for an Amazing 2022, See You Next Year!

Show Notes

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/

Camerosity Twitter - https://twitter.com/CamerosityPod

Mark Faulkner - https://thegashaus.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/

Episode 38: Too Much Pentax for One Episode

When it comes to camera brands that we hear listeners of this show want to hear about, Pentax seems to come up more often than any other brand.  As the world's number one open source film photography podcast, the guys and I are never ones to deprive the world of what you want to hear, so for episode 38 we devote almost the entire time to everyone's favorite makers of quick return SLRs, Asahi Pentax!

Joining us on this episode are returning callers, Robert Rotoloni, Hong Joon Lee, Miles Libak, and Mario Paper, and also first time caller, Dave Roberts.  From the earliest Asahiflexes all the way to the Ricoh Digital Pentaxes...  Okay, we never actually made it that far, as it turns out there is far more Pentax talk we could fit into a single episode, so we had to stop at the end of the M42 era.  But for the hour plus we talk about Pentax, there is quite a large amount of Takumar and Pentax love!

Listen to this episode to learn about one of the coolest Pentax prototypes ever made, where did the Pentax name come from, and what the element layouts of many early Takumar lenses.

Although there is a great deal of Pentax info in this episode, we get off track at the very beginning episode talking about 127 cameras, including some of our recent 127 camera pickups and what our favorite recent shooters have been.  No worries though, we eventually pull ourselves out of the 127 rabbit hole and get back on topic.

As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are decided by you.  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, and right here on mikeeckman.com.  We record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance.

If you want to join us for our next episode, we will record Episode 39 on Monday, December 19th.  Be sure to stay tuned for the official announcement!

This Week's Episode

• Curing COVID-19 With Lens Fungus and Radioactive Takumars / Miles Picks Up a Late Double Stroke Leica M3
• Who is Shooting 127 on 127 Day? / Mario Loves the Toa Koki Gelto DIII / KW Pilot TLR / KW Pilot Six / KW Patent Etui / KW Praktina
• Can You Bulk Roll 127 Film? / Bulk 46mm Portrait Film / Zeiss-Ikon Kolibri / Vest Pocket Exakta
• Was 127 A German Film? / Kodak Created the first Vest Pocket Kodak in 1912 / 127 Eventually Became the Format for Cheap Cameras
• Pentax Never Made a Rangefinder Camera, They Started with SLRs / Asahi's Early History / They Were Primarily a Lens Maker
• Some Takane Mine Six Cameras Have Asahi Lenses / Saburo Matsumoto Created the first Asahiflex
• Quick Return vs Instant Return Mirrors / Asahiflex M37 Lenses
• Takumar 58mm f/2.4 Lens, Is It a Heliar?
• ** College Football Intermission **
• Gerjan van Oosten's Ultimate Asahi Pentax Screw Mount Guide / Other f/2 and f/2.2 Takumars
• Auto Takumars vs Super Takumars / Early Yashinon M42 Lenses are Very Similar to Takumar M42s
• The Birth of the Pentax / Asahi Had to License the name Pentax from Zeiss-Ikon
• Mike's Favorite Pentax is the Pentax K / Only the AP, S, and K Pentaxes Came in Brown Leather Cases
• Photo Books Are Hard to Find Today / The Cost of Printing is Sky High
• Differences in the Pentax S and H Models / The Spotmatics Do Not Have a Spot Meter
• \m/ The Pentax Metalica! \m/ / Coming Up with a Bayonet Mount in the M42 Era
• The Spotmatics are the Honda Accord of Cameras / You Bought a Pentax to Get the Lenses
• Anthony Loves the Pentax ES II / More Pentaxes Are Engraved with Social Security and ID Numbers Than Any Other Camera
• How Good Was the Build Quality of the Spotmatics? / Plastic vs Metal Gears
• 1963 Pentax Prices Compared to Everyone Else / Journalists Used Nikon, Sports Photographers Used Canon, and Artists Used Pentaxes
• Mike Get's Paul in Trouble and Convinces Him to Buy a Nikon S2 at 8:25am / He Then Buys a Contax IIa From the Same Seller
• Hong Doesn't Like the Contax IIa / Christopher May Gifts a Black Canon FTb and a Miranda Auto Sensorex EE to Mike
• Theo Gets a Mamiya 43mm Lens, Viewfinder, and Polarizing Filters / Mario Gets a Steky
• Use 16mm Microfilm to Bulk Load Films for 16mm Cameras

Show Notes

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/

Camerosity Twitter - https://twitter.com/CamerosityPod

Episode 12: The Pentax Episode - https://mikeeckman.com/2021/11/episode-12-the-pentax-episode/

Mario Piper – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gen-x-photography/id1494585131

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/

Episode 37: Camerosity World Cup

Whenever you think of the world's greatest open source film photography podcast, of course everyone thinks of Camerosity, but when they think of Camerosity, the second thing everyone thinks of is the World Cup!

While this exciting socc...I mean football championship is going on, what better time than for the gang and I to record our third European Time Zone friendly episode!  As we have the previous two times, we pack up our mobile recording studio and hit the road to visit our friends in the UK, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and other areas of the world where everyone is crazy for FIFA!

Theo makes a special appearance direct from Al Janoub Stadium where his beloved Australian team takes on the evil French team.  Joining Anthony, Paul, Theo and I are returning guests Alan Duncan, Wannes Scheipers, and John Michael Mendizza.  In the first time caller category, we have none other than Mr. Kosmo Foto himself, Stephen Dowling, from Turin, Italy, Frederico Quaglino, Peter from Essex, and from Canada, Mike Litwin!

In this episode we talk about flash photography, the state of color film and the film industry as a whole, Anthony's challenges shooting the NASA Artemis moon rocket, and a whole lot of other GAS sure to inspire many future purchases (fun fact, as I type this, I have already fallen victim to GAS from this very episode, listen to episode 38 to find out which camera I bought!)

As always, the topics we discuss on the Camerosity Podcast are decided by you.  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, and right here on mikeeckman.com.  We record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance.

If you want to join us for our next episode, we will record Episode 38 on Monday, December 5th.  Be sure to stay tuned for the official announcement!

This Week's Episode

• John-Michael Wants 35mm Flash Recommendations / Paul's Recommendations is Nikon 8008S w/ SB-24 Flash
• Minolta Maxxum 9 and 9xi have 1/300 Flash Sync / Using Digital to Test for Film Flash Photography
• Introducing Stephen Dowling and Kosmo Foto
• High Speed Sync and How It Works / Why Do Focal Plane Shutter Cameras Usually Have Such Slow Flash Sync?
• Hasselblad and Mamiya Medium Format SLRs Had Leaf Shutters Which Benefitted Flash / Lenses with Shutters in Them
• The Olympus Pen F Flash Syncs at Any Speed
• The Minolta Dynax/Maxxum/alpha 7 and Aperture Ring Failures / Minolta's SLR Control Cards
• Manufacturers Who Build a Camera Have No Idea How Long They'll Still Be Working
• Stephen Dowling is Selling Used Cameras Now / Praktica IV F
• Olympus Super Zoom IS-Series / Continuous vs Stepped Auto Focus / Chinon Genesis and Canon Futura
• The Olympus Trip 35 is Very Popular / Metal vs Plastic Button Trips / Date Codes
• Soviet Cameras that Punch Above Their Wright: Agat 18K / Smena 8 / Smena Symbol / Chaika II and 3
• Using Braun Paxette M39 Lenses on M39 Zenit SLRs / Flipping Front Elements
• Olympus FTL M42 G.Zuiko f/1.4 Lens / Olympus Ace Rangefinder
• Kosmo Agent Shadow Has Been a Steady Seller / Anthony Was a Beta Tester for It / Stephen Personally Mails Every Roll
• Anthony Bungles the Artemis Launch with Agent Shadow / Simon's Biggest Bungle / More About Artemis
• Shooting Rockets with Sound and Light Triggers
• The Future of Kosmo Foto and Other New Film Emulsions /  Are People Shooting Less Color Due to Prices?
• Fredrico Hopes that Ferrania Can Save Color Film / Will Film Still Be Made 100 Years From Now?
• Mike Makes an Idiocracy Joke But No One Gets It / What's Going On With ORWO and Adox?
• Recent GAS: Peter Gets a Mamiya C300 / Alan Gets an Amazing Sentex "Pseudo Camcorder" / Voigtländer Superb Alert!
• Canon Sure Shot XL / Leica M4P / Minox LX - The Highest Featured Last Minox / Ensign Selfix 8-20 Special
• Paul Gets an Aero-Ektar 178mm f/2.5 Lens / Welta Belmira / Stephen Makes a Margaret Thatcher Joke But Mike Doesn't Get It
• Zeiss-Ikon Taxona / Super Ikonta 531

Show Notes

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/

Camerosity Twitter - https://twitter.com/CamerosityPod

Keppler's Vault 97: Rocket Photography - https://mikeeckman.com/2021/07/kepplers-vault-97-rocket-photography/

Stephen Dowling - https://kosmofoto.com/

Alan Duncan – https://austerityphoto.co.uk/

John-Michael Mendizza – https://www.jmm-photos.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/jmmendizza/

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/