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A podcast about photography with manual focus lenses
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Monday Dec 24, 2018
Monday Dec 24, 2018
Karl manfully deals with Laryngitis and brings with him a modicum of Christmas cheer. Too many subjects to list covered this week, but they include best value classic lens systems, more wormy balls, black cameras and why old Minolta cameras are so often in great condition.
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Johnny Sisson
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Simon Forster
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Monday Dec 17, 2018
Monday Dec 17, 2018
This week we are joined by Ivo Michielsen, EdMika's man in Europe. We talk about the EDMIKA mount replacement system that allows for Canon FD lenses to work on Canon DSLR bodies without a corrective adapter. Plus lots of FD lens talk and an outtake I could not edit out...
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Karl Havens
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Johnny Sisson
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Simon Forster
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Monday Dec 10, 2018
Monday Dec 10, 2018
A bit of a "magazine show" this week, which is code for we thought we knew what we were going to talk about, then things changed and changed again, so we just rambled on about stuff. Possibly interesting stuff.
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Karl Havens
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Johnny Sisson
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Simon Forster
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Tuesday Dec 04, 2018
Tuesday Dec 04, 2018
Just what is a preset and aperture ring on a preset lens? Prepare to be confused. In this week's episode we catch up on listener emails covering what camera to buy, anamorphic lenses, redemption for the Flektogon, big bladders and no milk and cookies. Plus lens adapting news from Ken Rockwell and the Nikon Z6 & Z7.
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Johnny Sisson
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Simon Forster
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Tuesday Nov 27, 2018
Tuesday Nov 27, 2018
Eric Sluis is back for a second visit on the podcast, so we did the decent thing and sent him away on the crippled SS Tessar and marooned him on an island. Will the Zeiss obsessive take his Jena babies? Also in the show, hear about the Frisko Collectives use of classic lenses for commercial photography and testicle preservation....
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Karl Havens
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Johnny Sisson
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Simon Forster
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Tuesday Nov 20, 2018
Tuesday Nov 20, 2018
Simon discovers the harsh reality that there are times when a modern lens will do a better job than even a great classic lens. Also in the show, Karl justifies taking pictures of plant pots, and Johnny being Johnny...
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Karl Havens
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Johnny Sisson
Instagram | Central Camera Company
Simon Forster
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Tuesday Nov 13, 2018
Tuesday Nov 13, 2018
Another wide ranging chat on lenses and photography covering amongst other things, Carl Zeiss 35mm f/3.5 Planar, why Simon should now be able to take pictures just like Ansel Adams...
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Simon Forster
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Monday Nov 05, 2018
Monday Nov 05, 2018
Nothing goes from hot to not like a Karl Havens lens purchase, find out what's he's dropped like it's hot and hear some post purchase feedback from Johnny and Simon for his latest lens. Plus quick chats on the Sigma Super Wide, Micro Nikkor 55/2.8, Nikon 105mm f/2.5 (sonnar), LTM Nikon 50/2, Konica 40/1.8 Pancake and some large format action.
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Johnny Sisson
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Simon Forster
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Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
Karl's back! To celebrate the return of Karl, we are joined by Ricardo Bayon, one of the founders of the successful Instagram Feed, #BestVintageLens. Lot's of talk about stuck aperture blades, Pentacon 50mm f/1.8, Fujinon 55mm f/2.2, bokeh and bubbles galore!
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Johnny Sisson
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Simon Forster
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Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
No Karl this week (again), so Johnny and Simon (eventually) talk about lenses that we've bought because they look great! A Smörgåsbord of subjects ensue including; Jupiter-11, Lomography Petzval, Hasselblad Xpan, Konica Autoreflex, Rolleicord, Carl Zeiss 75mm f/1.5 Biotar, Concave Ultron, Vivitar (Tokina) 85mm f/1.8, Voigtlander Zoomar, Carl Zeiss Ultron, Asahi 58mm f/2.4 (again) and much more!
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Karl Havens
Flickr | Instagram
Johnny Sisson
Instagram | Central Camera Company
Simon Forster
Website | Ebay | Flickr | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
PODCAST THEME
Octoblues Royalty Free Music by Kevin Macleod