Camerosity

Episode 51: Kodak with the Eastman Museum’s Todd Gustavson

Hot off our 50th episode, the Camerosity Podcast goes back to the roots of our name, exploring the rich history of Eastman Kodak, one of the most influential companies in the photographic world.  You can't talk about the history of Kodak without George Eastman and what better way to explore that history than with Todd Gustavson, curator of the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, NY.

Todd has been on the show before, but in this the 51th episode, he gets center stage, talking of his role at the Eastman Museum, the origins of George Eastman and how his company got started.  In this episode, you'll learn about George Eastman making dry plates in his mother's kitchen, his motivation for making the original 1888 Kodak, where the name "Kodak" comes from, early 20th century Kodaks, prewar, postwar, and everything in between.

Also joining us on the show is the only person in the US I would trust with Kodak Retina repair, Paul Barden.  Back in 2022, long time Retina guru Chris Sherlock hung up his lens spanners and retired from Retina repair.  Not willing to leave a void in quality Retina service, Chris passed on his knowledge to Paul, who lives on the west coast of the United States.  This not only means that there is still a quality option for Retina repair, but for those of you in the US, shipping rates are much cheaper than to New Zealand!  Listen to this episode as Paul talks about his work repairing Retinas, what some of his favorite models are, and what models he does and doesn't repair.

In addition to Todd and Paul's massive amount of Kodak knowledge, we go deep into some of the best Kodak cameras ever made, the Kodaks Ektra, Medalist, Monitor, and Regent get discussed here.  We talk about Walter Dorwin Teague, Dr. August Nagel, and Hubert Nerwin.  Mike shares what his all time favorite Retina is to shoot, Anthony discusses his nomination for a medium format Retina, Todd and Mike talk about Joe Mihayli and his contributions to Kodak's legacy.

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.

Our next episode of the Camerosity Podcast will be our widest ever, as the gang discusses panorama photography and panoramic cameras.  If you've ever wanted to know what it's like to shoot a Hasselblad XPan, Soviet Horizont, Noblex, or a Widelux camera, this is the episode for you!  Episode 52 will be recorded on Friday, June 30th.  We hope to see you there!

This Week's Episode

• What is the George Eastman Museum and Why Should Anyone Go There?
• Largest Collection of Nitrate Film / Over 10,000 Cameras / Not Just Kodak Is on Display / One of Louis Daguerre's Original Cameras
• Paul Once Got Liquored Up in the George Eastman Museum / The Museum Has an Impressive Music Room
• George Eastman's Early Years / Eastman Dry Plate Company / Eastman's First Film Wasn't Actually Film
• The 1888 Kodak / Origins of the Kodak Name / Variations of the Original Box Kodaks
• George Eastman Pioneered Dental Care and Donated a Ton of Money to Local Schools
• What Caused Kodak to Move Away from Simple Box Cameras to More Complex Folding and Other Camera Designs?
• Early Color Film Was a Two Color Film / Kodachrome Was a 6 Layer Black and White Film with Color Filters
• Super Kodak Six-20 / How Many Were Made?
• Kodak's Priority Was to Manufacture World Wide / Kodak Canada and UK
• Kodak Film Was One of the Most Complicated Consumer Products Ever Made
• Was It a Coincidence that Kodak Started Producing Much More Advanced Cameras Right After Eastman Died?
• Kodak 50th Anniversary Brownie Camera Was Given Away to Children for Free
• Why Did Kodak Hire Dr. August Nagel to Make Cameras For Them?
• The Original 35mm Type 135 Cassette is Slightly Different Than the Ones Today
• Introducing Paul Barden Who Studied Under Chris Sherlock to Repair Retinas
• Paul Does Not Repair the Retina Reflexes or All the Models Chris Repaired
• Disabling Dead Meters on the Later Retinas Actually Improves their Usability As There's Less Parts to Move
• Which Retinas are the Most Dependable Shooters After Receiving a CLA?
• Mike is Working on a Review of the Retina IIIC /  Mike's Favorite Retina to Use is the Retina IB
• Not Having a Rangefinder is Not Always a Bad Thing / The Retina Accessory Lenses Aren't Very Easy to Use
• Besides the Retinas, What Other Great Kodak Cameras Were Made After the War?
• Kodak Signet 35 / Kodak Ektra / The Ektra's Focal Plane Shutter Was Like No Other
• Anthony Loves the Kodak Medalist / The Kodak Chevron is Not a Replacement for the Medalist
• How Much Influence with Walter Dorwin Teague Have on Kodak?
• Kodak Was Always a Film First Company / The Profit Margins Making Film Was 10x Higher Than Making Cameras
• Kodak Tourist and Monitor Folding Cameras / Series III Pocket Folding Kodak
• The Problem with Nearly All Folding Kodaks Are the Bellows, They All Leak Light
• Kodak Retina Bellows Usually Do Hold Up To Time and Rarely Leak Light
• The Kodak Duo Six-20 Is Like a Medium Format Retina / Kodak Regent
• Mike Summarizes Other Great Kodaks to Shoot / Kodak Signet 35
• Kodak Dated Their Lenses and Cameras Using a Code Inspired by the CAMEROSITY Podcast! / UK Lenses Used CUMBERLAND
• What Was Kodak's Motivation With Instamatics and Disc Film? / Kodak Disc Film Was Better Than People Gave it Credit For
• Hubert Nerwin, Designer of the Zeiss-Ikon Contax II and III Designed the Kodak Instamatic Type 126 Cassette
• A Kodak Designer That Doesn't Get Talked Much About is Joeseph Mihayli / Mihayli Designed the Super Kodak Six-20, Ektra, Medalist, and Much More
• What Are Some Good Kodak Reference Books Out There? / Robert Shanebrook, Brian Coe, and Douglas Collins's Books
• Kodak's Major Developments in New Apparatus / Kodak Prototypes of the 1930s / Kodak's Crazy System TLR
• Kodak Super 35 and Kodak Technar Prototypes are in the Eastman Collection
• Anthony Was Heavily Inspired by The Art of Fixing the Shadow
• Paul Barden Can Repair Your Kodak Retinas (Excluding the Retina Reflexes)
• Always RTFM Before Shooting a Retina / Also Always Check the Exposure Counter

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/

George Eastman Museum - https://www.eastman.org/

Todd Gustavson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkDCZrTKQaI

Paul Barden's Retina Repair - https://kodakretina.exposure.co/the-story-of-the-kodak-retina-camera and https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulbarden/

Episode 8: Making Kodak Film with Robert Shanebrook

Episode 25: Steve Sasson and the First Digital Camera

Keppler's Vault 42: George Eastman

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 50: Return of the Classic Lenses Podcast

In this the 50th episode of the Camerosity Podcast, the gang and I look back at the past two years of open source film photography nonsense.  A podcast created late one night on a whim has turned into one of the most popular of its kind.

This is a screenshot from the recording of the very first Cocaine and Waffles Podcast recorded on May 12, 2021.

Coming out of podcast retirement (somewhat) is original host, and former creator of the Classic Lenses Podcast, Johnny Sisson.  Dusting off his headset and microphone, Johnny updates us on what happened to his former co-hosts and reflects on what his favorite episodes were.  One of which involves Mr. Bob Rotoloni who conveniently joins us on this episode along with returning guests Rob Jamieson and podcast host himself, Andre Domingues.

On a show featuring both Bob and Johnny, we are treated to a great deal more stories about Nikon and Polaroid, along with discussion about a strange product that brought both brands together.  It wouldn't be a Camerosity Podcast episode without the discussion foraying into other topics such as the Bronica S2 and adapting Bronica lenses, Hasselblads, Diptychs, and Andre's very favorable review of the half frame Kodak H35 which we touched upon in the last episode.

In the spirit of an anniversary episode that reflects back on our origins, be sure to stay through the closing music for a look back into the very first moments of this show...Episode 0!

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 inviting back Todd Gustavson from the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York to share with us stories about Eastman Kodak, the company's history, some of the best Kodak models to look out for, more about the museum, and lots more.  If you've only ever thought of Kodak as a film company who also made cameras...well, you'd be right...but they're so much more than that.  Be sure to look out for our next show announcement.  Episode 51 will be recorded on Monday, June 12th.  We hope to see you there!

This Week's Episode

• Johnny Reminisces About His Favorite Classic Lenses Podcast Episodes
• What Happened to the CLP? / Perry Ge Has Gone Radio Silent
• Mike's Favorite Camerosity Episodes / Instagram is Our Visual Aide / We Will Never Release the Zoom Video
• Paul's First Impressions of the Podcast When He First Came On / The Four Hosts Talk Every Day
• How Bob Rotoloni Got Started Collecting Nikon /  Bob's First Two Books and First Trip to Japan in 1987
• Japanese Collectors are Reluctant of Western Collectors / Differences Between German and Japanese Companies
• Three Historians for Nikon, Canon, and Leica Were All Americans (Robert, Peter Dechert, and Jim Lager)
• Bob Had to Pay Japanese Students to Translate Old Japanese Articles to Learn More About Nikon
• Joe Ehrenreich Was a Typhoon / Canon Never Had a Joe Ehrenreich
• Nikon's 25th Anniversary Nikon F2A / Was There Ever a Nikon Historical Society Commemorative Camera?
• Nikon Rangefinder Serial Numbers / What is the significance of 609 and 906 Serial Numbers?
• How Long Have Johnny and Robert Been Going to Central Camera
• Johnny Has a Back Log of 4 Years Worth of Film to Develop / Johnny Still Shoots Polaroid Pack Film
• Johnny's Parents Both Worked at Polaroid so He Grew Up with Polaroid
• Johnny Tries to Shoot Half Used Packs of Polaroid Film When He Finds it / Polaroid 107 Film
• Polaroid Created a Lot of Waste / Dr. Edwin Land Was the Steve Jobs of His Era
• Polaroid Was a Lifestyle Brand, Similar to Apple Today
• Which Polaroid Films Last Longer Than Others? / Polaroid Snot
• Polaroid Backs for Nikon SLRs / Asanuma Backs Came with Nikkor-EL Enlarging Lens Inside
• Johnny's Dad Used to Take Photo Finish Pictures at the Indy 500 / He Also Took Photos at Fermi Lab
• Polaroid Revolutionized Photography in Ways Many People Today Don't Realize / It Was a Game Changer
• Polaroid 20x24 / Polaroid Macro 5 Close-Up Camera
• Rob Asks Bob About Nikon's Military Role During World War II / Yamato Battleship Rangefinder and Periscopes
• Japan Didn't Have RADAR, They Relied on Nippon Kogaku's Superior Optics to See at Night
• Nippon Kogaku Almost Disappeared After the War / Revere Was the Company's First Customer and Bought Tons of 8mm Cine Lenses
•  "Nikon and the Sponsorship of Japan's Optical Industry by the Imperial Japanese Navy" by Dr. Jeffrey Alexander / "Nikon in America 1947 - 1952" by Wes Loder
• Andre Shows Off His Nikon Zfc / Nikon is Catering to the Retro Aesthetic and There's Nothing Wrong with That! / There is a Zfc Collector's Group
• Adapting Bronica Nikkor Lenses / Bronica S2 / Why Did Nikon Make Lenses for Bronica?
• Rob's Hasselblad 500CM with 100mm f/3.5 / Andrew Shoots Kodak Ektachrome in Lomography Sprocket Rocket
• Theo is Shooting More 4x5 and His Super Ikonta 6x9 / Anthony's Half-Frame GAS / Olympus Pen D2
• Anthony Still Loves His Fuji G617 / Mike Loves Photographing His Fingertips Using Panoramic Cameras
• Rob is a Huge Fan of Diptychs when Shooting Half Frame
• Andre Heaps Praise on the Kodak H35 Half Frame Camera / Johnny's Tips For Shooting 72 Frames in a Half Frame Camera
• Paul is Knee Deep in Hasselblads Lately / Mike is Shooting a Certo Dollina III and a Fujica ST801
• Johnny Seeks Opinions on the Graflex XL Superwide / The Lens Mount Is Brittle
• Next Episode We Talk About Kodak with Todd Gustavson from the George Eastman House
• Cocaine and Waffles: Episode 0

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/

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

Nikon and the Sponsorship of Japan's Optical Industry - https://mikeeckman.com/2019/01/nikon-and-the-sponsorship-of-japans-optical-industry-by-the-imperial-japanese-navy-1917-1945/

Classic Lenses Podcast Episode 51 - http://www.classiclensespodcast.com/e/51-the-mike-bob-show/

Johnny Sisson - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sissonphotography/ and https://centralcamera.com/

Andre Domingues - https://www.instagram.com/andre.on.film and https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/3mf4p-5fc4e/Negative-Positives-Film-Photography-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/

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Episode 49: The 35mm Half-Frame Gold Rush

In the history of the 20th century photo industry, there have been countless cameras made by countless companies from countless countries.  Of all those cameras, one subset of film photography seems to appeal to a larger number than most, the 35mm half-frame camera.  Originally the only size for still photography on 35mm film, single frame fell out of favor after World War II, but saw a huge resurgence in the 1960s with half-frame models being released by nearly every company who made cameras.

In this, the 49th episode of the Camerosity Podcast, Anthony, Theo, Paul, and Mike welcome first time and returning callers, Ray Nason, Brian Howard, Phil C., Keir Frei, Maxwell Whitaker, Richard Diver, Roger Coats, and Sean Mahan to share with us their favorite half-frame models.

Mike can't help himself and gives a brief (for him) history of half-frame and why it was originally called 'single frame', we ponder what exactly qualifies as half-frame, should 4.5cm x 6cm medium format or 24mm x 24mm square format cameras count?

A huge amount of time is spent on the Olympus Pen series and a huge number of 35mm half-frame models by Ricoh, Konica, Yashica, Ansco, Minolta, Pentacon, Canon, Taron, Petri, and others.

As is the case with many episodes, we get off topic a bit and venture into square frame 35mm with the likes of the Berning Robot, Zeiss-Ikon Tenax, and Bolta Photavit cameras.  Of course we come back, only to get off topic again talking about Rapid and Karat film cassettes.  We start on a slippery slope of what Gen Z looks for in photography today and briefly touch upon why anyone would want to shoot the new Kodak H35 and similar 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.

It is hard to believe, but the next episode of the Camerosity Podcast will be our 50th!  Way back in 2021, there was this crazy idea to create a Podcast in the style of an AM/FM Radio Talk Show in which listeners could call in during a live recording and ask questions or talk about whatever they wanted.  The first two episodes of this show were done with little more than an hour's notice and between those two episodes, spawned 47 more episodes, eventually making us not only the number one open source film photography podcast, but one of the fastest growing podcasts of any format.

We are trying to put something special together for our 50th episode, but haven't yet settled on the details, or even when we will record yet.  I can tell you it will definitely be in early June, but when I know, you'll know.  Hope to see you then!

This Week's Episode

• Anthony reminisces about cheap AGAT 18s / A brief history lesson on the origins of half-frame all the way back to Thomas Edison
• Anthony takes us back even further to the Lumière brothers and the Cinématographe
• Olympus 18 / Pen revived the half-frame market in Japan in the 1960s / Half-frame is technically Single Frame
• Medium format cameras, like 6x9 vs 6.45 are not considered half-frame
• The Univex Mercury camera has a rotary shutter and very sharp lenses / Olympus Pen F also has a rotary shutter
• Cynthia A. Repinski wrote a good book, The Univex Story / Mercury II
• Theo brings in the Ansco Memo, which uses cartridges you can make yourself
• Maxwell shoots his AGAT 18K a lot with enlarged prints / Canon Demi / AGFA Memo
• Berning Robot and Zeiss-Ikon Tenax II are square format, are they considered half-frame?
• Theo considers is 35mm full frame is half-frame compared to XPan format / Bolta Photavit
• Half-frame was hated by photo finishers and tended to have a whole year pictures on one roll / Ilford created a double length film
• Theo shows the AGFA Optima Parat / Mike has the AGFA Parat I
• Understanding all the Olympus Pen models / Olympus Pen F / Pen FT / Pen FV
• Double wind on a half-frame camera is strange / The Pen FT has a bespoke metering number system / EV Couplings are terrible
• The Olympus Pen EE and EE-S /  Pen D series with faster f/1.9 and 1.7 lenses
• Olympus Pen-W is well sought out, Olympus Pen-S is a great small mechanical half-frame
• Ricoh Auto-Half / Ricoh Drive / Italian Ducati / Konica IIIM
• Other Half Frame Cameras by Nikon, Pentax, and Polaroid
• The Pentacon Penti is a fashion accessory camera
• Kodak Single Use camera can give you a Rapid Cassette replacement
• Why was half-frame so popular in Japan? / Photography for Everyone is a good book on the rise of photography popularity in Japan
• How Japan became a powerhouse in photography industry
• The Yashica Samurai / Yashica Rapide / Yashica Sequelle / Taron Chic / Canon Dial 35 /  Ricoh Caddy
• Sean’s AGAT 18 with a Nikkor 8mm lens attached
• Adapted lenses for the Pen F / Mike Loves the BeLOMO Chaika 3
• Keir does not have a half-frame, but may soon! / The Fed Mikron is a copy of the Konica EYE
• Mamiya made a half frame with the Myrapid
• Half-Frame cameras which have two different taking lenses / Canon Multi-Tele / Fuji TW-3 / Konica Recorder
• The Lomo LC-A Wide can switch between formats
• The Kodak H35 and it’s clone / Why do Gen Z like half-frame?
• Can you modify a camera to be half-frame?
• Original Olympus Pen made by third party and was very popular
• The podcast descended in chaos with a debate on what half-frame means

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.

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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 48: No One Wants to Talk About Konica

In this, the 48th episode of the world's most popular podcast, Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike shift their attention to one of the oldest camera makers in the world and one that had produced some of the most innovative, interesting, and high quality cameras ever made...except no one wanted to talk about them!

Okay, that's not exactly accurate as three people did show up.  Returning callers Raymond Nason, Mark Faulkner, and Brian Howard answered the call and came to chat with us about their favorite Konica cameras.

Kicking off the discussion was Mike who gave a short history of Japan's oldest camera maker with early models such as the Cherry Hand Camera and the Rokuoh-Sha Pearlette.  We quickly moved onto the sexy Pearl folding cameras and the early Konica 35mm rangefinders.  Ray brought with the very rare Konica F, the company's first attempt at a 35mm SLR, and then we bounced around between the Koni-Omega Rapid models, the Auto-Reflex series, we spent some time chatting about the Konica Eye half-frame camera, and eventually some of the company's more memorable point and shoots.

In addition to 96 minutes worth of Konica love, Theo, Mike, and Brian learned all about the American craze for elaborate senior photos, Mike explained the difference between automatic parallax and automatic field correction, Paul shares with us his least favorite 1990s premium camera, Mike complained (again) about the Konica AiBorg, his least favorite camera ever made, we explore a huge range of strange cameras designed by F.A. Porsche, and Ray gives an update on the 4th and final Yarovsky camera auction, which we discussed previously in Episode 44.

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've decided to go half...half-frame that is.  If you ever thought that 24mm x 36mm images are too large, and found that 18mm x 24mm was the ideal size for your negatives, Episode 49 is the one for you!  Join us as we will no doubt cover many wonderful half-frame shooters like the Olympus Pen F, Canon Dial 35, the Yashica Samurai, and the Konica Auto-Reflex....wait, we talked about that already!  Be sure to look out for our next show announcement.  Episode 49 will be recorded on Monday, May 15th.  We hope to see you there!

This Week's Episode

• Paul is Headed to Another Auction and Isn't Going to Buy Anything...SUUUURRREEE!!!!
• A Short Early History of Konica / Rokuoh-Sha Pearlette / Contessa-Nettel Picolette / Zeiss-Ikon Cocarette
• Konica Got Into 35mm With a Bunch of Scale Focus and Rangefinder Models / Konica I
• Konishiroku Snappy is a 17.5 mm "Hit Style" Camera / Konica Konilette Shoots Non-Perforated 35mm Film
• Anthony Tells A Story About Karl Havens Dropping His Konishiroku Pearl II / Theo Loves the Pearl II
• Mark Shares his 1938 Semi Pearl, the Predecessor to the Pearl / Semi is Japanese for 4.5x6
• Konishiroku Pearl IV (SEXY ALERT!)
• Konica II and Konica III / Variants of the Konica III, the IIIA, and IIIM / Konica's First Half-Frame 35mm Camera
• Konica's First SLR was the Konica F from 1960 / Wards am551 (Konica Auto S2) / Konica FS
• Auto Parallax and Auto Field Correction in a Rangefinder
• Koni-Omega Rapid Cameras / The Konica F Has a Moving Film Pressure Plate
• The Koni-Omegas Were Horrible for Frame Spacing / The Koni-Omega TLRs Were Even Stranger
• What the Heck is Senior Photography? / Studios That Specialize in Nothing But Senior Photography
• Anthony's Favorite Konica is the Auto-Reflex / Shooting Full and Half Frame On the Same Roll is Super Cool / Dedicated Half Frame Lenses for the Auto-Reflex
• The Konica Eye is a Nice Half-Frame Camera with an Interesting Logo
• Konica Autoreflex T-Series Have TTL Metering and Shutter Priority AE / Autoreflex T3 Was the Last Good Body
• Konica's First SLR Lens Mount was the F-Mount, the Konica AR-mount came out in 1966 / Konica FT-1 Wasn't Very Good
• Konica C35 AF Was the First Point and Shoot with AF / Paul Had One of the First Konica Hexar AF Cameras in the US
• When Konica and Minolta Merged, Who Bought Who? / The Merger Was the Only Reason Both Companies Survived
• Mike's Number One Least Favorite Camera He's Ever Shot is the Konica AiBorg
• Samsung ECX-1 / Rollei QZ35W and T /  Olympus O-Product / Minolta Prod 20s / Olympus Écru
• Paul's Least Favorite Premium 90s Camera Was the Nikon 35Ti
• Konica Hexanon Lenses Are Great / Konica 40mm f/1.8 Lens / Mike Loves 40mm Lenses
• Konica's Colored Point and Shoots / Konica Tomato and Pop Series / Konica Recorder
• Konica Even Made APS Cameras / Konica Revio CL with Selfie Mirror
• Konica Genba Kantoku Rugged Cameras / Fuji HD Job Site Cameras
• Ray Bought Cameras from the 4th Yarovsky Auction We Talked About in Episode 44 / More of the Same

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.

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

Theo's Review of the Pearl II - https://photothinking.com/2022-02-23-konica-pearl-ii-the-queen-of-gems/

Mark Faulkner - https://thegashaus.com/

Mike Eckman - https://mikeeckman.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 47: The Camera Strap Episode

Of all the accessories available for cameras, perhaps camera straps are the thing that people have the strongest feelings about.  A camera strap is something that most cameras come with, whether it's one with the company's logo on it, or a leather one attached to an ever ready case, straps are almost as synonymous with photography as cameras are.

Yet, I don't think in the history of photography podcasts, anyone dared devote an episode one...that is until now.  If there was any doubt that this is the nerdiest film photography podcast ever, wait until you hear our camera strap episode!

To be fair, we don't spend the entire time talking about straps, we also discuss the cameras that have them attached.  To have a camera with a strap already attached suggests it is ready at a moment's notice to go out and shoot.  And if you have a camera at the ready, it must be one you like quite a bit, so for a good portion of this episode, the hosts talk about our favorite cameras which always have a strap attached, ready to go.

Joining Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike are returning callers Alex Dietrich, Bill Smith, Bob St. Cyr, Mark Faulkner, Miles Libak, and Patrick Casey and first time caller, all the way from Ireland, Brian Mac Domhnaill.

Along with our favorite cameras and favorite straps, we talk about cheap vs expensive lens adapters, Mike brings up a new camera he's testing with a 15mm f/8 lens, Alex Dietrich shares his black painted Nicca III L and much, much more!

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 devoting an entire episode to Konica, makers of such fine cameras as the half frame/full frame Konica Auto-Reflex, the Koni Rapid Omega, and the thumb film advance Konica III rangefinder.  Be sure to look out for our next show announcement.  Episode 48 will be recorded on Monday, May 1st.  We hope to see you there!

This Week's Episode

• Paul has two picks for cameras he always has at the ready / Fuji GS645 and Plaubel 69W Proshift
• Patrick's go-to cameras are the Leica M4 and the Minox 35 GL
• Theo's "zoo" camera is the Nikon L35AF, a reliable point-and-shoot to keep loaded and ready to go
• Brian surprises everyone with the Chinon Auto 3001 / Chinon Bellami
• Mike sees your Pentax MX and raises you the Pentax LX
• Miles surprises us with his choice of the Leica MA kitted out with a vintage 1930s Summar lens / L39 to M-mount and M42-K-mount adapters
• Theo's more committed choice for a go-to camera / Leica M2 with a Hyperion strap
• OK, Boomer: Mike and Paul wax poetic about hippie straps / branded straps from the 1980s
• Alex goes strap shopping in Hong Kong
• The original Minox chain is also a measuring tool for macro photography
• Anthony raves about his Contax ST with the always-attached red Hyperion strap
• Bob goes large format for his choice of a Gibellini GP810Ti, a stunning field camera with a big leather strap for a handle
• Beware the metal rope straps...
• Mark's current go-to camera is the Bessa R2A with the Skopar 35mm lens
• A digression about the Secure Strap with braided stainless steel straps that help prevent cut-and-run theft
• Mike blows up the discussion with the Zeiss Hologon, a 15mm fixed lens viewfinder camera that costs as much as some used cars
• Bob talks about the demands of finding a strap to tame the Mamiya C330, a beast of a TLR
• Alex almost one-ups Mike's Hologon with a custom paint Nicca III L / Strong Opinions about repainting cameras
• The problems with tripod socket wrist straps
• The weirdness and beauty of the Ansco Anscomark M and its removable strap lugs
• The Mamiya 7 and the odd cameras that have both strap lugs on one edge / LOMO Voskhod / Agat 18K
• Digital Episode errata and corrections / Wait, what? Nobody brought up the Nikon FM2 or FM3?!

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

Bill Smith - https://funwithcameras.blogspot.com/

Alex Dietrich - https://www.instagram.com/awdietrich/

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 46: Vintage Digital

It has taken us 46 episodes of seemingly non stop film camera discussion to finally devote an entire episode to the cameras that in the late 1990s and early 2000s, many photographers thought were a fad.  That's right folks, Camerosity has gone digital!  Before anyone protests and demands their Camerosity Season Pass™ membership be refunded, enough time has passed since those early film-less cameras that the early digital cameras are now vintage themselves.

In episode 46 of the Camerosity Podcast, the guys and I go all digital.  With us are callers Andrew Smith, Atabak Taghizadeh, Brian Howard, Greg McCreash, Mark Faulkner, Michael Gossett, Phil Clark, and Stephen Grasso.

Anthony and Brian start things off with one of the earliest true digital cameras, the Apple QuickTake.  This 0.3 megapixel monster was first released in 1994 and came in two distinct designs, one created by Kodak and the other by Fuji.  Moving onto the Sony Mavica and it's 3.5" floppy disc storage, the rest of the gang has some familiarity of these cameras, and Anthony reminisces about his large collection of floppies.

We continue to traverse the late 90s and early 2000s, going around the room recalling our first digital cameras that really made us realize that cameras which write in 1s and 0s were here to stay.  Mike discusses the differences between CCD and CMOS sensors, we dabble into digital IR photography and a couple Sony models which make disabling the visible light filter extremely simple.  Mark prefers a more difficult way though, by opening up his Panasonic Lumixes and permanently removing the filter.

We cover digital mirrorless, and which mounts we all love adapting film lenses to, why some people didn't like EVFs compared to optical viewfinders, Mike heaps praise on the Nikon Z5, and we dabble into some of the more strange digital camera designs like the Pixii and Lytro.

This was a loaded episode with a ton of information, so whether or not you're interested in older digital cameras, or are interested to know what a (Zoom) room full of a dozen collectors shoot when we don't feel like dealing with analog emulsion, you definitely do not want to miss this episode!

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 plan on going back to the analog realm, but now that the digital Pandora's Box has been opened, will we forever be changed?  The theme of our next episode is "cameras with a strap" meaning those which are permanently in shooting configuration, ready to fire off some exposures at a moment's notice.  What are your favorite cameras of all time, and which are the ones that someone will have to pry from your cold dead fingers, on the day you reach your expiration date!  Be sure to look out for our next show announcement.  Episode 47 will be recorded on Monday, April 17th.  We hope to see you there!

This Week's Episode

• All hosts shoot digital, arguments on better medium are silly
• Anthony’s intro into digital, the Apple QuickTake / Brian’s Apple QuickTake 150, 100 and 200
• Anthony has lots of floppies / Mark and Theo both have Sony Mavica Cameras
• People don’t wipe card on old digicams, even birthing and wedding photos
• Mike shoots the Nikon E2Ns with a car lighter power cord
• Batteries are hard to find for pro grade equipment / Also hard to find for Leica D-Lux 2
• Greg has a Sony MVC-5000 with an AC to DC adapter
• Theo shoots a Minolta RD-175 / Press Compact Flash Cards from the middle to avoid bent pins
• Difficult to get images from early digital cameras onto computers now / Early DSLRs had no latitude
• Innovation in form of Nikon Coolpix 995 / Early CCD vs CMOS sensors
• Sony DSC-505 was Anthony’s first significant digital
• Canon Powershot S2 was Mike’s first significant digital / Canon Powershot S45 and Nikon D300 were Theo’s first significant digitals
• Nikon D3 was Paul’s first significant digital
• APS-C is based on the named after the APS format / People love to adapt Pen-F lenses to Micro 4/3
• Micro 4/3 was a ground breaking innovation / Pentax Q has insane 5.5x crop factor
• Some mirrorless cameras are hard to find with lenses / DSLRs vs Mirrorless
• Fuji has a super loyal customer base / The Panasonic Lumix LX3 is a great pocket camera
• Adjusting to electronic viewfinders / Mike has a Nikon Z for vintage lenses and stacks a Sony to Nikon adapter
• Pixii Camera as a Leica competitor
• Sony has had a huge head start on the others / Sony manufactured sensors for most of the brands
• Infrared Red conversions on digital cameras / Using a magnet on a Sony CyberShot DSC-F828 to shoot IR / Military buys lots of IR cameras
• Pentax K1 and K10 / Sigma Merrill and Quattro / Stephen loves his Leica Q2 Monochrome
• Is the “film look” really a thing?
• Epson RD1 / Leica M8 was Leica’s first digital rangefinder camera
• Digital bridge cameras - Theo’s prediction of next big thing / The Digicam craze
• Mike gets excited because he can USB charge his Z5 / AI Integrated Photography might be the future
• Ricoh GRIII / Mike’s ultimate hybrid camera / Lytro 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

Andrew Smith – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClXrAlbnU3gvdRrJ5gAR4mw

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 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

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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/