Camerosity

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/

Episode 36: Minolta Disco

For the second episode in a row, we take a deep dive into a singular brand of cameras, and as you can pretty much already guess, Episode 36 is all about Minolta!  The guys and I visit the Minolta Disco with returning callers, Alex Luyckx, Bill Smith, Howard Sandler, Mark Faulkner, Mario Piper, Robert Rotoloni, Wannes Scheipers, and first time caller, Mig Cero.

The Minolta Disco is a strange place where we cover history of the company, our favorite models, common problems and what to look for when buying certain Minoltas, the Minolta and Leica connection, and what Minolta Auto focus SLRs you should consider if you like physical knobs.  Minolta is one of the longest lived and prolific Japanese camera makers, so we had a huge number of things to talk about.

Not content to stick with just one single topic, Mike reveals a strange habit he does in the dark when loading film, Paul covers everyone's favorite Topcon SLRs, along with a short review of the focal plane shutter Topcon IC-1 Auto, Robert gives us some history on why so many Japanese camera makers preferred 24mm x 32mm images, and a little bit of history on Japanese distributors in the United States.

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.

For our next episode, we will hit the road and record our third European episode, recording at a time that is more friendly for our fans in Europe.  For our friends in the UK, a lot has changed since the last time we talked, they lost their queen and have had three different Prime Ministers, so who knows what kind of mood they'll be in.

We are not 100% sure on the exact time we will record Episode 37, but it will probably be Tuesday, November 22nd.  Be sure to stay tuned for the official announcement.

This Week's Episode

• Mike's Strange Habit of Closing His Eyes While in a Darkroom / Alex Purposely Waits to Look at His Digital Photos After Taking Them
• We Start Talking About Minolta with a Topcon Super D and RE3 / Difference between the Super D and Super DM
• Topcon RE lenses vs Topcon UV Lenses / Leaf Shutter Topcons / Topcon IC-1 Auto
• Topcor Cult Lenses, 58mm f/1.4 and f/1.8 lenses / 135mm and 200mm Telephotos
• Not All Exakta Lenses Will Work on the Topcon RE Super / The Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon 50/2 Hits the Mirror
• What Other Cameras Came with Topcor Lenses? / Horseman and Leotax Did!
• Tokyo Kogaku and Nippon Kogaku Both Had Very Similar Origins / Topcon Suffered from Poor Distribution in the US
• Other Companies Who Were Killed By Distribution Like Miranda and Aires
• Nikon Got Lucky With Ehrenreich / Canon Struggled With Distribution / Minolta Distributed Themselves
• Minolta's Early History Nichi Doku and Molta Eventually Became Chiyoda Kogaku
• The Original Minolta was Based Off the Plaubel Makina / Minoltaflex and Minolta Autocord
• When Did Minolta Become a Meaningful Force Outside of Japan? / Minolta Was Successful with Post Exchanges
• Minolta's Screw Mount Rangefinders / 24 x 32 Exposures / Japanese Film Was Very Expensive and Often Used for X-Rays
• Was the US Government Responsible for the Disappearance of 24 x 32?
• What is Everyone's Favorite Minolta? / Minolta Super A (Anthony and Mike) / Minolta SRT-101 and 102 (Mario) / Minolta XD-11 (Bill Smith) / Minolta XM (Wayne) / Minolta Hi-Matic 7S II (Mig) / Minolta 110 Zoom SLR (Theo) / Molta Minolta Vest Camera (Mark) / Minolta Dynax 9 (Alex)
• Full Bodied Japanese Fixed Lens Rangefinders Are Some of the Best Values Out There
• Alex Loves the Minolta Maxxums 7 and 9
• Minolta SLRs with Physical Knobs / Minolta 600si Classic and 650si Date / Make Your Own Handgrip with Sugru
• Minolta Got Sued a Lot / Minolta Auto-Wide
• The Minolta and Leica Collaboration Started with the CL / The Minolta XE-7 Has Nothing From Leitz In It / Leica R3
• Minolta XD-11 and Leica R4 / Leica R-Series Lenses are REALLY Expensive
• Robert Likes Minolta Subminis / The Konan Was the Predecessor to the Minolta 16
• MINOLTA DISCO!!!!
• Other Minoltas / Minolta Freedom Zoom 105i / Minolta Vectis S-1 / Minolta X-700 / Minolta SR-3 / Minolta Uniomat III
• Did Konica and Minolta Ever Make a Serious Camera Together?

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

Alex Luyckx – http://www.alexluyckx.com/blog/

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 35: The One With All The Voigtländers

For the past two episodes, we stocked up the discussion ahead of time with guests to talk about what we wanted to talk about.  For this episode, we didn't invite anyone and ended up with more guests than any other episode we've done so far!

His ears must be ringing after his name came up near the end of Episode 34, but Dan Tamarkin from Tamarkin Camera stopped by to talk about the Leica 72 in the upcoming Tamarkin Auctions.  Along with Dan is a star studded cast of returning callers Robert Rotoloni, Adam Paul, Ira Cohen, Andrew Smith, Bill Smith, Sherry Christensen, Larry Effler, Howard Sandler, Stephen Grasso, Michael Gossett, and Miles Libak.

We spend a great deal of time on one of the group's favorite camera brands, Voigtländer.  Anthony starts us off with some company history, a short list of the company's most notable models, a discussion on our favorite Voigtländer models, how to repair the plunger on the Vitessa, and some interesting information on the first camera with an in body electronic flash.

Although we go deep into Voigtländer, this episode is loaded with a wide range of other topics such as light meters, Sunny 16, and EV scales. Dan Tamarkin shares wisdom on how to repair lenses using a toaster oven, and what he calls his "Catch and Release" program.  Mike shares a story of one of his best ever estate sale pick ups, and his tips on getting cameras from estate sales.  And in a follow up to his last appearance, Adam Paul shares his progress on making his own APS "Advantix" film.

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.

So stay tuned, and if you'd like to ask us a question or give us some topics to discuss, look for our show announcement for Episode 36, which we will record on Monday, November 7th!

This Week's Episode

• Dan Tamarkin Shows Up and Talks Leica 72 at the Tamarkin Auction / Tamarkin Estimates are on the Low Side
• The Leica 72 Came Before the Nikon S3M / Dan Teaches Photography to His Customers at Tamarkin Camera
• Sherry Buys a Nikon EM at a Thrift Shop and It Promptly Breaks
• Michael Gossett Buys a Spare Canon T90 / Mike Had Bad Luck with the T90 / Dealers Hated the T90
• Why Do So Many 1980s Cameras That Used AA and AAA Batteries Have Corroded Battery Compartments? / Use a Dremel to Clean Battery Corrosion
• Mike Raves About the Canon EF Again / Cameras With Terrible Battery Doors
• Michael Gossett wants a Voigtländer Bessamatic / Paul Has One with a Pre-Separated Septon
• How Much Does Lens Separation Impact Photos? / Fix Lens Separation with a Toaster Oven!
• Voigtländer History / Roll Film Voigtländers - Bessa and Bessa 66, Perkeo II / All The Vitos
• Voigtländer Vito III and Prominent Strange Focusing / Everyone Loves the Bessamatics / Voigtländer is Acquired by Zeiss
• Zeiss-Ikon Voigtländer Vitessa 1000 SR / Voigtländer Bessaflex Prototype Became the Zeiss-Ikon Icarex / Voigtländer VSL SLRs
• The Rollei Samsung Connection / Cosina Voigtländers / Bessa L with No Viewfinder
• Anthony's Top 3 Voigtländers - The Small Bergheil, Perkeo II, and Prominent /  Ira Loves the Bessa 66
• What About the Vitessa? / Can You Fix the Problem Where the Vitessa Plunger Doesn't Work Correctly?
• Mike Hates the EV Coupling on the Vitessa / What Was the Purpose of EV Couplings on 1950s Cameras?
• Paul Only Hates Sunny 16 For Slide Film / Sherry Shoots "Dark as Crap f/2" / Light Meters Are Calibrated to 18% Gray
• Voigtländer Vitrona Was the First Camera with Electronic Flash / The Vitessa Case with Built In Flash
• Mike's Big Nikon S2 Estate Sale Score / Mike's Tips for Finding Cameras at Estate Sales / What Do EP Markings Mean?
• Andrew's TTArtisans Leica-M Mount 28mm Summaron Copy / Avenon 21mm f/2.8 LTM Lens / Andrew's Strange Canon 7
• Adam Paul is Experimenting With Making APS Film / Adam's Follow-up to His 2018 Review of 110 Cameras
• Theo Buys a Sony Mavica Floppy Disk Camera / Mike Picks Up a Durst Automatica
• Bill Smith Buys an Olympus OM-4 Ti / Larry Buys a Mamiya 23 (But He Didn't Mean To)
• Theo Buys a Mamiya Power Winder / Howard Buys Both a Miranda DR and a Topcon RE Super
• Does Dan Tamarkin Ever Get GAS? / Dan's Catch and Release Program / Paul Catches an Alpa Reflex 6D and Releases It

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

Chris Sherlock's Repair Video on the Vitessa T - https://youtu.be/2roEZtwfi3g (For fixing the plunger, you do not need to remove the top plate.)

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

Adam Paul’s Mega 110 Camera Review - http://quirkyguywithacamera.blogspot.com/2018/04/small-format-size-big-format-results.html

Sherry Christensen – https://embracethegrain.com/

Analog Insights - How to Pronounce German Camera Names - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW_iBmUC_Xc

Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/

Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris

Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/ and https://www.facebook.com/VoltaGNV/

Episode 34: The Future of Camera Repairs

We're back!  It's been three weeks since our last episode, so that just gave us an extra week's worth of time to think of questions to ask our two special guests!  Returning is Jess Ibarra from Viva La Film in New South Wales, Australia who is Theo's source for CLAs and always offers her insights into the general repair of cameras.

Joining Jess is Ryan Jones, owner of Pro Camera in Charlottesville, Virginia.  Ryan was a repair technician at Pro Camera for six years before the opportunity to take over the shop was presented to him, which he accepted.  As owner, Ryan has a unique way of accepting new work.  Unlike other shops, he does not accept new work all the time, but rather does it in waves.  This business model works extremely well for him in terms of managing expectations for his customers and also helping to prevent burn out from non stop work.

Although we have talked about camera repair on other episodes of the podcast, this one has heavy focus on the future.  How did both Ryan and Jess learn how to repair cameras, what are the methods being used today by the current crop of repair people, and what is being done to attract new people to repairing cameras?

Joining them this week is returning guest Alex Dietrich and first time caller Steve Rosenbach who ask for tips on repairing their own cameras and what everyone's thoughts are on a certain Nicca camera.  Of course, there's a lot of other random GAS and topics related to collecting, shooting, and shade tree percussive maintenance.

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.

So stay tuned, and if you'd like to ask us a question or give us some topics to discuss, look for our show announcement for Episode 35, which we will record on Monday, October 24th!

This Week's Episode

• Introducing Ryan Jones and Pro Camera / Jess Repairs While Podcasting / Steve Buys a Minolta SR-1
• Mike Wants to Fix His Arsenal Salyut Soviet SLR / Jess Has a Soviet Camera Mentor Named Alex
• If you Want to Shoot A Soviet 6x6, Get a Kiev 6C or 60 They're More Reliable than the Salyut
• Paul Has a Broken Yashicaflex and Nikon S / Can you Fix Hazy Nikon Rangefinder Windows?
• If You Want to Collect Nikon Rangefinders, Get a Nikon SP, If You Want to Shoot Them, Get a Nikon S2
• Alex Sends his Black Leica and Olympus OM-1 to Ryan
• Replacing Leica Shutter Curtains / Finding Curtain Material is Getting Difficult / 3D Printing to the Rescue / Titanium Curtains
• Is Anthony's Canon EF Worth Repairing? / Anthony's Voigtländer Ultramatic CS Needs Help Too
• Resilvering Mirrors / Canon Pellix and Pellicle Mirrors
• Petri Color Corrected Super Green-O-Matics are The Best Worst Camera / Petri's Achilles Heel Was Their Own Shutters
• Ryan Likes to Repair Similar Cameras in Batches Then Move On
• Training the Next Generation of Young People to Repair Cameras
• Learning from the Cranky Old Guys / How Do You Find a Mentor? / You Have to Be More Anal Than Your Most Anal Client
• As Cameras Age, New Problems Happen That Has Never Happened Before / A CLAd 80 Year Old Camera Is Still 80 Years Old
• Ryan Repairs Cameras in Waves Every 6 Weeks / Managing Expectations
• In Most SLRs the Shutter Release Doesn't Fire the Shutter, It Releases the Mirror and the Mirror Fires the Shutter
• Percussive Maintenance and Shadetree Repairs Will Only Work Temporarily
• What Tools Should You Buy To Start Repairing Cameras / Richard Haw's Website and Learn Camera Repair
• Yashica YF and Nicca III-L Cameras / How Repairable Are Certain Cameras?
• What is the Next Camera You Send for Repair / Canon IV Sb / Nikkor 105 f/2.5 / Voigtländer Superb and Vitessa / Leica M3 with Dual Range Summicron / Ihagee Exakta / Canon VT Deluxe / Minolta XE7 and XE5
• Ryan's Franken-Leica - Leica M3 Chassis, M5 Back Door, Late M3 Top Plate, No Self Timer or Flash Sync
• Anthony Has Suggestions on Donations to the Show / Tamarkin Camera's Auction / Rate My Rollei 35

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

Learn Camera Repair - https://learncamerarepair.com/

Richard Haw's Nikon Repair Site - https://richardhaw.com/

Ryan Jones - https://www.procamera.us/ and https://www.rj-repairs.com/home

Jess Ibarra - https://www.vivalafilm.com/

Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/

Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris

Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/ and https://www.facebook.com/VoltaGNV/

Episode 33: Shooting Expired Film and Home Developing

After stroking our egos as The Nerdiest Film Photography Podcast, the guys and I double down the nerd level to "Ludicrous Speed" and take a deep dive into expired films and home development tips and tricks.

With us this week are two guys that have a whole history of shooting expired films and home developing, first Adam Paul, owner and proprietor of the Classic Film Shop which has in stock over 30 different types of expired films from easy to find things like expired Kodak Tri-X to obscure nitrate films from the 1940s.  Adam is a big proponent of cold stand development in which black and white developers like HC-110 are developed in "refrigerator cold" temps for long periods of time to help preserve the details of significantly aged films.  His experience both with expired films and home developing is amazing.

Along with him is Alex Luyckx from the blog of the same name and the Classic Camera Revival Podcast.  Alex does some of the best expired film reviews, often developing these films in 3-4 different developers to show the strengths of each.  In addition to shooting obscure films, Alex also sometimes uses obscure developers that can't easily be found anymore.

As if that's not enough, Robert Shanebrook makes a triumphant return to keep us all in line with the facts about these old films.  Robert may not do much home developing anymore, but his knowledge of old Kodak films cannot be matched by anyone.

Joining our three experts are returning callers Mark Faulkner, Howard Sandler, Miles Libak, Andrew Smith, and Alex Dietrich and first time callers Mike Litwin and from the All Through a Lens podcast, Vania Francesca.

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.

So stay tuned, and if you'd like to ask us a question or give us some topics to discuss, look for our show announcement for Episode 34, which we will record on Sunday, October 9th!

This Week's Episode

• Mike Was Wrong about ECN-2 Development / Removing the Remjet / Cinestill ECN Kits
• Kodak Tech Pan / POTA Developer is a Replacement for Technidol / Agitation Changes Contrast
• Mike is Shooting Tech Pan in a Praktica VLC2, The Successor to the Exakta RTL 1000
• Adam Paul Reopens His Classic Film Etsy Store / Standard Development vs Cold Stand / Bromide Drag
• Legacy Pro L110 is an Excellent Substitute for HC-110 / History of HC-110
• Paul Has the Manual for D-61, E-82, DK-60A and a Whole Bunch of Old Processes / Paul is Not a Hipster!
• Ektapan and CPS/CPL Color Films / Tricks for Developing Old C-22, C-41, and E-4 Film
• Alex Reviews Kodak Plus-X Aerecon II / Adox XT-3 Developer / D-76 Will Always Give a Good Baseline
• H&W Control / High Definition Aerial Film 3404 or 3414 Was Used in Satellites and Came in 30 Mile Lengths
• Adam's Strange Films / 35mm Photographic Paper / Yellow Pink and Green Film
• What is a Safe Expired Film for People to Try / Kodak Plus-X and Pan-X / 35mm is Safer than 120 Because of Backing Paper
• Problems with Roll Film Backing Paper / Challenges of Tape and 220 / East German Films Typically Do Not Survive Well
• The One Stop Overexposure Per Decade Rule is Hogwash / Kodak Ektar 25 Wasn't Very Good
• Early 120 Backing Paper Had a Grinding Process Called Skiving That Changed the Thickness Near the Edges / Other Changes to Backing Paper
• Environmental Safety Concerns Developing Film / Do You Wear Gloves While Developing?
• Ansel Adams Had His Organs Tested for Selenium Poisoning From Film Development
• Lightning Round: What Is Your Favorite Expired Film to Shoot With?
• Vania's Tips For Getting into Expired Film / Shooting Manatees with a Rolleimarin
• Mike Litwin's Yamato Mini-Electro 35 / Cameras That Chew Up Film / KMZ Leningrad / All Miranda SLRs / Kodak 35
• Paul Gets More Contax Stuff / Contax T / Early Contax Bodies are Rear Lens Caps for Contax Lenses
• Zeiss-Ikon Contessa 35 / Repairing the Kodak 35 / Theo Buys a Leica D-Lux 3
• Ektachrome E-Dupe Slide Duplicating Film

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

Adam Paul's Classic Film Shop - https://www.etsy.com/shop/ClassicFilmShop

Alex Luyckx - http://www.alexluyckx.com/blog/

Robert Shanebrook - http://www.makingkodakfilm.com, makingkodakfilm@yahoo.com

Howard Sandler - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hsandler

Theo Panagopoulos - https://www.photothinking.com/

Paul Rybolt - https://www.ebay.com/usr/paulkris

Anthony Rue - https://www.instagram.com/kino_pravda/ and https://www.facebook.com/VoltaGNV/