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A podcast about photography with manual focus lenses
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Monday Mar 04, 2019
Monday Mar 04, 2019
Karl is "working" again this week, but fear not, Simon & Johnny are joined by Hong Kong classic lens photographer, Perry Ge. Get the lowdown on lens dealers that don't want to sell you anything and offer advice instead. A hugely varied podcast this week with discussions covering Dallmeyer, Frankenstax, Hasselblad Xpan, Fan Ho and snoring on a podcast...
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PERRY GE
Flickr | Website
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Fan Ho’s Hong Kong Photography
Yashica Y35
Hong Kong & Blade Runner
Mathieu Stern’s Lomo T43 40mm f/4 lens Jizzfest
David Chan Company
Instant Options Instax Frankencameras
Ilford XP2 in BW Chemistry is real!
CineStill’s kick-ass C41 datasheet!!
Homemade Camera Podcast
Mythbusters
PONF Camera
Large Format Photography Podcast on Facebook
Andrew Bartram, The Lensless Podcast
Negative Positives Film Photo Podcast
Sunny16 Podcast
Dr. Emmet Brown, Podcast Tart
Emulsive
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Simon Forster
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Monday Feb 25, 2019
Monday Feb 25, 2019
This week Lyndon of Londinium Cameras joins us to talk about classic lens repairs, none of that autofocus rubbish here! Lyndon gives out lots of advice which largely translates into don't try this at home, get an expert to do it instead. If that's not put you off, take a listen to Lyndon taking about stuck apertures, seized helicoids and the F word...
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Lyndon Booth
Website | Twitter | Facebook
Basic Optical Construction
Medium: Everything you need to know about camera lenses
Lens Elements and Groups
Testing for a Decentered Lens
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Barry Lyndon
Barry White
John Wilkes Booth
(Apologies to Lyndon for the links provided by Johnny Sisson)
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Johnny Sisson
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Simon Forster
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Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Never one to miss out on a free coffee, Karl makes a visit to see Volta Coffee, Tea, Chocolate and more owner, Anthony Rue. Steeped in photography history, Anthony takes us on a photographic journey including a look at a digital future from the past. Plus how Khloe Khardiasian uses his Instagram name...
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Anthony Rue
Volta Coffee, Tea & Chocolate | Halcyon Dive Systems
Stephen Dowling
Kosmo Foto | Kosmo Foto 120
Fred Ritchin, 'After Photography'
Joris Hermans, 'Photography Does Not Capture Reality... Ever!'
Erik van Straten, photograph with Olympus Pen FT 38mm f/1.8 lens
Cameraquest review of the Konica Auto-Reflex
Kardashian Kamera Kompany
Reflex Camera
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Simon Forster
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Monday Feb 11, 2019
Monday Feb 11, 2019
Dropping by this week is James Tocchio, founder of the excellent Casual Photophile blog and F Stop Cameras. James is a passionate user and reviewer of older cameras and classic lenses and it's certain that many listeners will have read many of his lens reviews. Plus lens rendering differences between film and digital and much more.
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James Tocchio
Casual Photophile | F Stop Cameras | Instagram | Twitter
Casual Photophile Articles
Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 75mm | Carl Zeiss Planar 45mm |Tahbes | Rubinar 1000mmm | Film Tips
F Stop Cameras Film Of The Month Club
CineStillFilm Df96 Monobath Comparison
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Simon Forster
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Monday Feb 04, 2019
Monday Feb 04, 2019
Like to shoot film and digital? Tired to taking two cameras into a photo shoot? You need a PONF Camera, digital and film in one! This week we are joined by the founder of PONF Camera, Raffaello Palandri. PONF Camera is an open source camera project and one of its aims is to keep the technology of film cameras alive as it's only a matter of time before Karl Havens and Johnny Sisson destroy every old camera ever made... What’s more the PONF Camera will be perfect for using with classic lenses.
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Raffaello Palandri
PONF Camera | Facebook | Instagram
Upcoming Photowalks
MerseyMeetUp V4.0 | Sunny 16 & 35mmc Photography Show Mega Analogue Meetup
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Tuesday Jan 29, 2019
Tuesday Jan 29, 2019
Celebrating the awesomeness of the Raynox 135mm f/2.8! New acquisitions, how to price up rare lenses for eBay, Johnny's bubble problem, Vivitar buying tips, balsam separation again, and much more! BTW When Simon talks about an 85mm f/2.5 Vivitar, he means 90mm...
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Johnny Sisson
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Simon Forster
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Monday Jan 21, 2019
Monday Jan 21, 2019
Think that using flawed lenses to make interesting imaging is just a still photography thing? Think again! Matthew Duclos of Duclos Lenses explains how helped shape the trend towards using old lenses in Hollywood. Plus what makes for a good cine lens, find out about his "Heartbreaker" and oh, Mathew talks about his company's Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f/0.7...
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Simon Forster
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Monday Jan 14, 2019
Monday Jan 14, 2019
Two for the price of one this week and Karl, Johnny and Simon almost get a week off as Mike Eckman and Bob Rotoloni chat Nikon history amongst themselves. As the President of the Nikon Historical Society, Bob knows a thing or two about Nikon, and he tells us about a better lens than the 105mm f/2.5... Plus we have a winner of our mystery lens competition!
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Johnny Sisson
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Simon Forster
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Monday Jan 07, 2019
Monday Jan 07, 2019
In a change to our scheduled podcast with Matthew Duclos who could not join us due to a last minute problem. So instead we used the opportunity to go through the email pile with lots of talk on Zuiko, lens coatings, lens adapters, Raynox, and fixing balsam separation. Plus WIN A LENS!
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Karl Havens
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Johnny Sisson
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Simon Forster
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Monday Dec 31, 2018
Monday Dec 31, 2018
This week we talk about 100/105mm (non macro) lenses with our guest, classic lens photographer, Bryan Nagar. The various Nikon 105/2.5 lenses get a good going over along with just about every other 100mm lens we can think of plus one that's best left forgotten...
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Karl Havens
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Johnny Sisson
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Simon Forster
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Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod