Bringing It All Back Home

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Looking for a 6X6 but can't quite commit to spending over $500, let alone dropping $2000? Check this latest episode of Bringing It All Back Home. Included: Mamiya C3 and it's awesome vintage chrome magic. Comparisons between cheap Mamiya TLR cameras vs 3.5 Rolleiflex. Can you embrace the weight, the bellows, the dorkiness? Also: shooting vintage uncoated glass with TMAX 100 | ID11.

Bringing It All Back Home returns with a follow up episode on what camera you should consider for the killer Zeiss c/y glass system. Today's podcast is all about the 1975 Contax RTS, the original classic, the first camera introduced by Zeiss, Yashica, and the Porsche design group. Included: its amazing metering, the LED display push button, competing with Leica's R system, the benefit of not having everything motorized, as well as the perfect balance between feel & function.

Hello & welcome back to Season Five of Bringing It All Back Home. Today's episode is all about three SLR lenses that changed everything for me. From the incredibly affordable NIkkor-H Auto 1:2 50mm to the hidden gem that is the c/y Zaiss Planar 1,7/50 to the Walter Mandler brilliance that is the Summicron-R 50mm f/2. Also: why the Leicaflex SL is the ultimate alternative to going M-mount.

Walter Mandler’s Summicron-R 50mm f/2

Nikkor-H Auto 1:2 50mm

Zeiss Planar 1,7/50 for Contax c/y

https://lens-db.com/nikon-nikkor-h-

https://phillipreeve.net/blog/review-carl-zeiss-planar-17-50-t-c-y/

https://lens-db.com/carl-zeiss-planar-t-50mm-f17-ae-mm-1979/#google_vignette

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mandler

The Season 4 Finale wraps up with an episode exploring DAG overhauls: Leica M3 and the DAG days of Summer. Can a previous CLA on a Leica guarantee a better selling price? Also: my newly acquired Leica M3 - the ultimate classic camera from the 1950s & why I have finally reached the top of the Leica mountain. Downsides: the only truly hot Leica on eBay is still the ever price-increasing M6; hence, no offers on my cosmetically imperfect yet Sherry Krauter CLA'd M4, let alone my DAG CLA'd Leica CL. Included: Don A Goldberg, DAG, Sherry Krauter, Leica M3, Leica M4, Leica CL, Leica M6, using DAG LEICA as a saved search.

Bringing It All Back Home will return for Season 5 in September!

Summer Is For Tri-X, Season 4 Episode 27 - Summer is here & the time is right for shooting Tri-X in the streets. Bringing It All Back Home podcast returns with a celebration of all that is classic & great about Kodak Tri-X, as well as why the time to shoot it is NOW. Included: Alden 74 bulk roll loader, Peter Lindbergh, Kodak Curl And How To Avoid It, D76, Xtol, Eco Pro, Hc-110, and why you should purchase a Temperature Humidity monitor. Also: Tri-X for portraits.

Peter Lindbergh:

https://www.anatomyfilms.com/peter-lindbergh-no-retouching-please/

Kodak Alaris:

https://imaging.kodakalaris.com/sites/default/files/files/resources/f4017_TriX.pdf

Alden 74:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2505460.m570.l1312&_nkw=Alden+74+Daylight+bulk+film+loader&_sacat=0

https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/blogs/film-photography-blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-kodak-tri-x

Season 4 Episode 26 - Analog Combo: Yashica Electro 35, T-MAX 100, eco-pro. Today's podcast is a return to a classic Analog Combo. The camera: a 1973 Yashica Electro 35 GSN. The film: Kodak T-MAX 100. The developer: Eco-Pro (Xtol). Join us for a fresh look at why the Yashica Electro 35 is the Ford Fairlane of camera cool; why nothing beats T-MAX 100 in the summer; how eco-pro (XTOL) kicks ass when it comes to tabular grain films.

Yashica batteries:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005MDOWR2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AESL5KIUO5ZON&psc=1

About the camera:

http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?YashicaElectro35.html~mainFrame

EcoPro

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/758649-REG/Ecopro_747716_LegacyPro_Ascorbic_Acid_Powder.html

Bringing It All Back Home podcast returns with a fresh look at why small choices can go a long way in rediscovering the joy in actually using Leica Barnack cameras. This episode explores the differences between the Leica IIIa (1938) and the hidden gem that is the Leica IIF (1954). Topics include: Oscar Barnack, Leica screw mount cameras, Vidom vs. Brightline viewfinders, Tessar designed lenses, Industar 50 3,5 collapsibles, Elmar vs Canon LTM, as well as the awesome repair work of Mr Y. Ye. Links:

https://www.yyecamera.com/. Mr. Ye

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Barnack

https://www.ebay.com/itm/203912118710 ABLON Style Film Leader Trimming Guide

https://radojuva.com/en/2020/10/industar-50-3-5-50-lzos-1969/. a review of the Industar 50

http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Gossen_Profisix_/_Lunasix_F

Gossen goodness

Season 4 Episode 24 - Swirls & Spirals. Today's Bringing It All Back Home Podcast explores the inspiration behind purchasing the legendary Helios 44-2 lens, how it influenced three different camera systems - as well as a shout out to American Cinematographer magazine. Explored: Helios 44-2, M42 mount, Mamiya Sekor 1000 DTL, Poor Things, cinematographer Robbie Ryan, 58mm and 85mm [Lomography] Petzvals, and why swirls & spirals look astounding - even more than stills - on cinema.

Article about Poor Things cinematography:

https://theasc.com/articles/life-anew-poor-things?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3wZLutkHJbSTubBReHByt5qkQm5jVE5xOlnAIyVEqhVOsJmbwZ42vErd0_aem_ARBRY-g_1V5Xw-xU4WPxbjsWhXbyhhJ08u5rPU6Srx6_mj1SIxesWD9nRpyYAi19G_ms7nPrA4gKm6WxRGNB4HX1

Season 4 Episode 23 - Getting Unstuck

Welcome back! Bringing It All Back Home returns (at last) for another episode - all about how to work with a change in direction, a pivot away from stuff that no longer makes sense ,let alone brings any joy. Topics: Frugal project, Lensrental Voigtlanders, writing workshops, becoming a fan of American Cinematography magazine, gale force winds, sinus issues as well as a change of seasons gone bad. Tune in, check it, and search for the Zen mind that stays true.

Season 4 Episode 22 - Henri Cartier-Bresson & the Leica SBOOI. Today's episode explores the shortcomings & solutions for the (film version) Leica CL — particularly a combo that can overcome the issue of its cluttered, small, not so bright viewfinder. Hence: an episode all about the Leica SBOOI, Henri Cartier-Bresson, as well as his not so well known project spending a week photographing various locations in New Jersey. Also: a bit about a recent upgrade to the Epson V850

HCB in New Jersey;

https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-902z3dv6

More about the SBOOI:

https://johnnymartyr.wordpress.com/2022/03/21/shining-a-light-on-bright-line-viewfinders/