Looking to put every camera you own into a full rotation? This episode explores the idea behind completing a full round: getting hands-on (over two months) with ALL your gear, as well as using up all your film on hand. Which cameras still have the fun factor? Listen in to this new episode of Bringing It All Back Home: see if the experiment was worth it - discover if this is something that might work for you - and how a sudden craving for more medium format work might come out of it.

This week's Bringing It All Back Home episode is all about chasing the amazing surf photography opportunities during the week of Hurricane Lee. Did the forecast hold up? Was I able to get any cool shots using an F100 and Tmax 100? Did the waves deliver? Was my borrowed D500 having issues? Tune in - & check it out!

Gesler: https://www.instagram.com/gesler/

Cruz: https://www.instagram.com/stories/cruzdinofa/

Season 4 Episode 2 is all about the inspiration and fascination with Over Exposing  and Under Developing.  Drawing from the advice of Darkroom Dave (former Ilford chemist, master darkroom printer, landscape photographer), as well as (assistant to Rodney Smith) Terence Falk, we’ll explore two proven methods for getting the most out of B&W films such as Ilford’s FP4 and Kodak’s Tri-X. Ansel Adams zone system for portraits? Tune on in to Bringing It All Back Home - and check it out.

Darkroom Dave

https://www.darkroomdave.com/tutorial/processing-your-first-black-and-white-film/

B&H Podcast about Rodney Smith

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b-h-photography-podcast/id1052860428?i=1000626928195

Season 4 Episode 1 - The Golden Hour. Bringing It All Back Home returns! 

This first episode of Season 4 takes a look at one of the all-time basics: working with some of the best Kodak color film to explore the best of golden hour light. On this episode the inspiration begins with the fine vibes and beautiful photography that is the work of bonzenschneider.

https://www.instagram.com/bonzenschneider/

Tune in & check out: Exploring the 6° morning light, why you don’t need a $2k lens, and how sometimes it all comes down to just finding the right film for the right light. 

Season 3 Episode 25 - R You Experienced? Bringing It All Back Home comes to a season finale with an unexpected swerve towards the  land of Leica R - Leica R3 & the Summicron-R 50mm F/2 . Come onboard as the depths of Leica reality distortion are plunged into once again: near-miss eBay bids for items way beyond budget; the magic designs of Walter Sandler; why SLRs are just as cool (if not more) than rangefinders. And why betting on an over-engineered electronic wonder from the 70s is an idiotic risk too tempting to pass up. 

More about Walter Sandler 

http://www.phsc.ca/phsc_e-mail/Vol-5/PHSC-E-Mail-V5-2-Dr-Mandler.pdf

Stay in touch with the podcast! 

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To Summicron Or Not To Summicron

To Summicron Or Not To Summicron - That is the question. Bringing It All Back Home is back for another Season 3 summer episode — and this one is all about two exceptional Leica m-mount 50mm lenses. On this episode we’ll be exploring the build quality, ergonomics, results — and wow factor — of the Voigtlander APO LANTHAR f/2, as well as the Leica Summicron-M 50mm f/2 type 5 V. And a recurring theme — unavoidable, really — is how much are these dream upgrades going to cost? So tune in, grab a cup of tea, and join the improbable reality distortion field that unfolds with rented Leica glass.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/86059-USA/Leica_11826_50mm_f_2_0_Summicron_M.html

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1622398-REG/voigtlander_ba362a_apo_lanthar_50mm_f_2_0_aspherical.html

Season 3 Episode 23 - The Magic of 1.2

Hello & welcome back to another episode of Bringing It All Back Home. Today's podcast is all about the irrational but heartfelt love for the latest take on an ultra fast 50mm prime: the modern version on the sliver of depth of field magic known as f/1.2 - in this case the Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM. An astounding, jaw-dropping, overachiever of a lens - with an equally breathtaking list price. Tune in to see if this piece of glass might be a contender for your next rental!

Topics: Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM, X-rite ColorChecker, Lensrentals.com. Ilford Perceptiol

Season 3 Episode 22 - Trying Out Something New Today's new episode explores a variety of topics, mostly centered on trying new stuff: Using Lensrental.com promotions to test out the Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM lens, as well as the Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aspherical. Trying out a new developer - Ilford's extra fine grain powder developer Perceptol. Using the 40mm Summicron-C on the M4 instead of the CL. Craving a return to the classic and clean 50mm framelines of the M4. Purchasing an $18 Nikon N75. And wrapping up with a sudden craze for 10 stop ND filters, including two brands not tried before: Urth as well as Green.L filters.

https://www.filmbodies.com/cameras/camera-reviews/nikon-n75-review.html

Season 3 Episode 21 - The Greatest Lens I’ve Ever Purchased? How a random link to a NIKKOR - The Thousand and One Nights website led me to discover one of the greatest lenses I've ever purchased. Optics: Absolutely Great. Fun factor: incredible. Value? Tune in & learn more about this astonishing bargain kit lens - the AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G. It will do more than happily surprise you - it might even blow you away.

https://imaging.nikon.com/imaging/information/story/0063/

Mentioned on this podcast: Haruo Sato, Nikon F100, Nikon F4, TMAX 400, AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G, 300mm NIkkor F4 ED., Fuji Discovery 3000 Zoom, Olympus IS-3.

Season 3 Episode 20 - LIVE CHAT with Brian Bishop