Episodios

  • Episode 94 • All Floral Wallpaper and Joy

    Episode 94 • All Floral Wallpaper and Joy
    Aug 14 2025

    Jeff’s been engaged for over a month, and is suffused with bonhomie and goodwill, while the normally sanguine Gabe is ENRAGED! At eBay sellers who say “make an offer,” but don’t actually want one; at overpriced camera straps and thumb drives — he’s seething! Next, the boys note some stereotypically male behavior from “Chad” GPT, discuss the financial state of our beloved Kodak, examine the controversy over Nick Ut’s “Terror of War” photo, and take a swan dive into an exceptionally Prodigious Mailbag. Finally: will Debbie Gibson record a vocal version of our theme song for the upcoming (and final?) 100th episode, or is that Only In My Dreams? Shake Your Love and find out!

    Gabe traveled to Lake Muskoka north of Toronto and shot no film

    Jeff asked ChatGPT to compare the Closter Princess Junior with the Galileo Condor II, and it claimed they were bikes! We now dub the app “Chad GPT,” because he’s a man who'll never say “I Don't Know”!

    is Kodak in trouble? Calm down!

    we discuss the emergent controversy over the authorship of Nick Ut’s “Terror of War” photo, as recounted in the new documentary The Stringer - for example, even AP admits the negative was not shot with Ut's preferred Leica M2, but a cheap Pentax, and our trusty dusty camera repair guy confirms this

    Gabe rails at eBay sellers who say “make offer” but don't want an offer

    also, when is the asking price too high? for straps, thumb drives, Alpa strap lugs...?

    Jeff openly derides absurd packfilm prices

    Gabe rhapsodizes about OC Camera in Laguna Hills

    we both love Sissi Lu's recent photo shoot with her mom

    our trusty dusty camera repair guy replaced the focusing screen in Gabe’s Rolleiflex 2.8E, and the results are glorious

    the Prodigious Mailbag™ includes an unexpected eyewitness update on Jeff's Alpa 10s half-cookie

    Gabe will be at the LA Camera Expo this Sunday, August 17th

    our designer (and award-winning photographer) Keith Greenstein is back on Instagram

    check out The Darkroom Rumour, The Darkroom’s amazing new streaming site for photo documentaries

    and let's get Debbie Gibson to record a vocal version of our theme song with composer Fred Coury for the 100th episode!
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    1 h y 21 m
  • Episode 93 • Otherwise Engaged

    Episode 93 • Otherwise Engaged
    Jul 29 2025

    Vapid glad-handing? Try happy wed-banding, because Jeff and P are engaged! This blockbuster XL episode features a brief recap of the proposal and a lengthy recap of the engagement-moon that followed, with a smattering of camera content along the way. Tune in for all the romance!

    Gabe went to New York!

    at B&H, the mighty Shlomo hooked him up with a Rolleiflex 2.8E - so much for that 30-camera limit!

    hung out with Sissi Lu and Chris Chu

    shot nothing but film with the Leica M6

    went to an event at Kodak House, saw some great stuff shot with with a Kodak Baby Brownie

    and left J + P a cool old Christie’s auction catalog from the Chelsea flea market

    Jeff lingered in Europe!

    bought and then returned a Zeiss Tenax II

    picked up film, books and apparel at the Zurich Ars Imago

    snagged a Freitag Lassie bike-messenger bag at their flagship store as an all-weather beach-friendly camera tote

    back home, his half-cookie Alpa 10s is undergoing major surgery

    while the recent Leica auction featured a similar Alpa 10s half frame

    and also the last original Alpa ever built! the 11es Jubilee

    Kodak Vision 3 may yield gorgeous results, but getting it processed is challenging - Atlanta Film Company to the rescue

    at Nice airport, the Sissi Lu Do Not X-Ray bag was a lifesaver

    we share news of big Chattanooga photo walk we’re sadly missing!

    and finally: two gods have ascended to a higher plane, Ozzy Osbourne and Tom Lehrer
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    1 h y 17 m
  • Episode 92 • A Sop to Mike Sopko

    Episode 92 • A Sop to Mike Sopko
    Jun 27 2025
    Episode № 92 finds the boys in Sunset Strip rock clubs and sun-baked Czech vineyards, sampling exotic cinema film and strange European cameras, taking in celebrity gallery shows and nibbling koláče. What happened to those two humble kids from the oak groves of Riverdale and the pine forests of Atlanta — and who is Mike Sopko? Tune in to IDOC’s latest and find out — they’ve only got eight more to go!question: were we crisper and more cogent in earlier episodes? does this guy have a point?? buy a mug if you concur!Gabe (and resident rock god Fred Coury) took Canadian hockey reporter Scott Laughlin to the Rainbow Room, then Mini-Kiss (a Kiss tribute band consisting entirely of little people) at the RoxyGabe also went to a Cameras and Coffee…saw the amazing Paul McCartney show at Gagosian Galleryhunted for a replacement for his beloved Canon R5 and Sigma 85mm Art Lens… and Roberts Camera a.k.a. UsedPhotoPro came through! Meredith put together an incredible package for himGabe returned to the LA Camera Expo at the Hotel Burbank and snapped up a Leicaflex SL with a 60mm f2.8 three-cam lensbut it didn’t stop there! he also nabbed a Hasselblad 501CM from Ethan Ingram, and a point-and-shoot to be named later - he’s arrived at the promised 30-camera collectionhold on there’s more! with an assist from Brandon Steadman, he (might) also (have) snapped up a Leica R8, which would bring the collection to 31 (not including some broken ones) - okay, maybe we’re calling it thirtyishJeff’s been in a Prague for a month, has shot 22 rolls of film, and cannot live without his XPan exposure compensation dial - how ’bout you? do you use yours?when the paint chipped off his e.c. dial, Jeff did a quick fix with a white paint pen from a local art supply storealso, he found a new local lab to complement the mighty FotoŠkoda: FilmStore Prague, which has excellent prices for developing & scanningplus they roll their own Kodak Vision 3 cinema film, leaving the remjet on, and process it ECN-2 - Jeff shot their 250D and found the palette beautiful and the images stunningly sharp, and it’s half the local cost of Portra!(n.b.: it’s not the same as CineStill’s old 250D, which had the remjet removed)Jeff bought a rare Minox photo book from a seller in Germany and had it shipped straight to his Prague apartment, thereby saving tons of money and time - check out the preview on YouTube of Oktaeder: Spy-cam Sketches Minox 8x11 by Peter Bernardhe also bought a vintage Alpa employee badge on eBay and vows to wear the late Mike Sopko’s nametag with pride - Mike repaired cameras at the also-late Crick Camera in Kansas City for over forty years - here’s to you, Mike!seller goKevincameras is struggling mightily with tariff issuesof course we must rifle wildly through our Prodigious Mailbag™Gabe’s advice on how to how to find people to photograph? ask local artists!a final note: mere hours after recording this episode, Jeff’s XPan suffered its second bout of Sudden Fujifilm Battery Death™ in less than a month!
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    1 h y 17 m
  • Episode 91 • Prague Rock

    Episode 91 • Prague Rock
    Jun 5 2025
    Once again I Dream of Cameras spans the globe, with Jeff in Prague and Gabe in Los Angeles, and not even a nine-hour time difference can slow us down! In fact, one might say we are utterly devoid of camera viscosity, or “camerosity” for short. In this supersized episode…Jeff unknowingly chatted up Danny Clinch about his Leica Q2 at the Trombone Shorty Soho Session, and the acclaimed photographer was faintly dismissivefor the next two months Jeff’s in Prague, where the camera shops (FotoŠkoda, Jan Pazdera) are far too alluringhe’s been eyeing a lovely Zeiss Tenax II, a flawed Olympus 35SPn, and a beautifully brassed black Canonflex RMbefore departure, Jeff did the unthinkable: snagged a bargain-basement half-frame Alpa 10s on the ‘Bay - it’s half a Swiss cookie and the realization of a lifelong dream!talking Leicas with Dave Tada, Gabe realized he needs a 35mm lens for his Leica III - he already has the 50mm Serenar, so any suggestions?Gabe went to the Fujifilm event for their bizarre new half-a-cookie digital - what did he learn about the elusive x100vi?Gabe has gone half-cookie INSANE with his Olympus Pen FT, so now our friend Sissi Lu has enticed him to give the Pentax One Seven one more try - what will he grab next, the chunky plastic Pentax or the mighty meterless Olympus Pen FV?he’s got a portrait shoot coming up, and plans to use the Kiev 60, the Leica III and the Mamiya RZ67as for replenishing his collection, he’s up to 27 of a planned 30 cameras Jeff was shooting around Prague when Sudden Fujifilm Battery Death struck again! Fuji’s battery displays in both the XPan and GA645 are pure fictionGabe’s also been rebuilding his book collection with Duane Michals Portraits and volumes by Sarah Moon and Clifford Coffinlet us now praise John Wade’s Retro Cameras, which is what Ralph Bellamy’s book should have beenonce again we make it halfway down the depths of our Prodigious Mailbag™Gabe unleashes a raft of thank-yousand adds a final postscript: nature is healing and he’s back in the bag business, welcoming a new Nomatic Luma McKinnon
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    1 h y 17 m
  • Episode 90 • Hey Bulldog

    Episode 90 • Hey Bulldog
    May 19 2025

    This episode starts out great, then gets better and better. It’s informative and witty, talking about the real joys of film. There are distinctive gear reviews, as Jeff raves about his new Pentax MX, possibly triggering the IDOC effect on eBay. And of course, there’s plenty of vapid gladhanding, as Gabe hits one LA camera show after another. Plenty to hear here, so tune in!

    well looky here! Bad Review Guy updated his bad review on iTunes! guess he's still listening! as for the rest of you, leave us a good one, OK?

    Busy Gabe went to his first camera meetup since the Palisades fire: Beers & Cameras in Venice…

    saw a pristine Widelux F7 with the coveted filter set, purchased from Blue Moon Camera…

    got gifted the beat-up black-paint Nikon F of his dreams…

    went to the LA Camera Expo in Burbank…

    also received from spider_dude two Walker Evans books, incl. Walker Evans & Company…

    and met up with Claire Hinkley to shoot with the Mamiya C33, the Leicaflex SL and the Nikon FE

    Jeff's yearning for a Pentax MX took him from MX to ME SE to (courtesy of the good folks at K&M Camera) the Nikon FG…

    but then back to the MX, which is lovely - it's a K1000, only better and smaller!

    podpal Ollie grabbed a groovy Kiev 10 at Unique Photo in Philadelphia

    Jeff took in the excellent Weegee and American Job shows at ICP…

    and had coffee with Sissi Lu, discussing the triumph of her Do Not X-Ray bag and her love of the Pentax One Seven

    now Jeff's Eurotrip is imminent... and ChatGPT’s camera recommendations were uncanny!

    finally, we tackle as much of the Prodigious Mailbag™ as we can handle till it’s time for Jeff to have burritos with his girlfriend
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    1 h y 13 m
  • Episode 89 • I Learned the Truth at One-Seven

    Episode 89 • I Learned the Truth at One-Seven
    Apr 24 2025

    Jeff’s back from the Caribbean island of St. Barth’s with a report on his new favorite beach camera, while out in the West, Gabe’s renewed camera collection continues to burgeon... as does the enmity of one listener each time Jeff mentions the Pentax 17. Find out why in the latest un-dour, un-flaccid episode of I Dream of Cameras, because provocation is our forte!

    Gabe shot his Kiev 60 and the Bronica ETR-Si

    and is eyeing:

    black Leicaflex SL

    35mm f4 Schneider lens for Leicaflex

    and Mamiya Universal

    meanwhile, Jeff is eyeing:

    Pentax MX

    Weltron 2007

    Atari 4-Player Football

    Alpa Si 3000

    Nikkor F

    Jeff's St. Barth's report: the Ona Union Street camera bag was ideal

    of course he brought the Hasselblad XPan, but at the last minute subbed in the Canon EOS Rebel 2000 for the Olympus XA4, and it was the perfect beach-party nighttime-flash trash camera

    he shot mostly Portra 160 and 400, but also tried some Santacolor 100 and Film Washi X, which it turns out are the same thing! Kodak Aerocolor IV

    no hand-check madness on this trip - Sint Maarten, Saint Barthélemy, all security personnel were totally obliging - once again we credit the Sissi Lu DO NOT X-RAY bag, now available at a camera store near you

    good travel buddies: Zeiss lens wipes and a rocket air blower

    let’s help Lina Bessonova and handcheckfilm.com! when you travel, send a report to her contact page so she can keep this valuable resource up to date

    Gabe recommends Graination in Toronto, a coffee shop and film lab

    we stick our snouts deep into the Prodigious Mailbag™, where a listener savagely upbraids Jeff for calling the Pentax 17 by its proper name (here’s proof)

    finally, look for our appearance on an obscure podcast called Camerosity, talkin’ Alpas
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    1 h y 20 m
  • Episode 88 • Jeff Spills Half a Coffee

    Episode 88 • Jeff Spills Half a Coffee
    Apr 7 2025
    Gabe spills the tea — about the cameras he’s hunting for as he rapidly rebuilds his collection — while Jeff spills the coffee. That’s it. He spills it. Then recounts a whirlwind European trip featuring a phantasmagoria of phenomenal photographica. New York, London, Paris, dry-dock — everybody talk about pop IDOC!Jeff bought a camera bag! okay, he found a used Ona Union Street at B&H, but whaaaaat????… then he went to London …got an odd little book at The Photographer's Gallery on Analog Photographyvisited Camera City, said hi to Pany, did not buy a Bronica RF645visited Aperture Photographic, gaped at the amazing inventory, talked with Simon about photography with a Pentax Stereo Adapter, did not buy an absurd Contax Previewvisited Mr Cad, kibitzed with the legendary Alex Falk, did not buy a rare and tantalizing Wrayflex, once again got the book instead… then on to Paris …visited Photo-Vincent, met the man himself, drooled over a black Alpa 6c and the 30mm lens for the XPanthere was zero hand-check madness on this trip! we credit the Sissi Lu DO NOT X-RAY bagthe sainted John-Michael Mendizza sent Gabe a Rolleiflex 2.8c and Jeff a Zeiss Taxonahow’s Gabe getting on with his half-a-cookie Olympus Pen FT? he’s on frame 56…the viewfinder’s a bit dim, so Jeff unfortunately altered him to the existence of the Pen FVGabe’s up to twenty cameras of his planned thirty-camera collection, and here are the items on his hit list:Mamiya RZ67Kiev 60 with Volna-3 lensMamiya C330black Leicaflex SLPentax MX (he’s already got the 40mm pancake!)a brassed black Nikon Fand the 35mm Sigma art lens for the Canon EOS 3Gabe got a Yashicamat LM and a Minolta SRT-101 from Maria Elena Rodriguezopened the time capsule camera bag, went back to the Palisades house with Brandon, and unearthed more camerasJeff has a final book recommendation: Tight Heads by Candy Clarkwe finally voyage to the very bottom of our Prodigious Mailbag™ and end with a challenge: write lyrics for our theme song! you could win fabulous prizes!
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    1 h y 9 m
  • Episode 87 • Gabe Eats Half a Cookie

    Episode 87 • Gabe Eats Half a Cookie
    Mar 25 2025

    A long-awaited catch-up in which Gabe reviews the events of the past month. The biggest news: he bought a half-frame camera! WHAT IS UP WITH THIS DUDE? Tune in for the rollicking debrief!

    how’s Gabe doing? well, he:

    took some trips to the Palisades house with Brandon

    found the remains of many cameras, including Rolleiflexes

    was interviewed by National Geographic reporter Gideon Mendel, who documents such things

    and has returned to shooting! with the Rolleiflex 3.5E, Nikon FE, Leica M6…

    ...but not the cameras in the bag he grabbed on the day of the fire

    Trev Lee thoughtfully returned the Rolleiflex Gabe had traded him for his Leica M5

    Gabe went to the LA Camera Expo, which is shaping up great

    while in LA, Jeff shot with:

    Rolleiflex SL350 — sublime!

    Canon F-1 Lake Placid Olympics edition — underrated!

    Rollei C35 — ridiculous!

    FujiFilm GA645 — confounding!

    upon departure, he removed all batteries from idle cameras ‘cause he’s compulsive

    and he swapped Alpas! the 11si and 50mm Kern-Macro-Switar came east, while the 10s and 24mm Angenieux stayed west!

    shocking half-a-cookie news! Gabe bought an Olympus Pen FT!

    while Jeff failed to snag a Zeiss Tenax II, so he bought the book by Wes Loder instead

    and he received a cool Lego Retro Camera as a gift from Todd and Mistie

    may we draw your attention to Andy Gray’s amazing IDOC-inspired Pentax MF mod page

    a rare treat! Jeff dined with Sunny 16’s Clare Marie Bailey and her brilliant musician friend Gwenno at the storied Chelsea Hotel

    we take an emotional dip into our Prodigious Mailbag™

    and finally, we urge you to see Bob Trevino Likes It, starring our friends Barbie Ferreira and French Stewart
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    1 h y 15 m