Bringing It All Back Home

Season 4 Episode 18 - How a wireless mic inspired me to create new VIDEO. Today's episode is all about using DJI's latest wireless mic combined with a brilliant Sony utlrawide (14mm 1.8 GM ala Lensrentals), and how it helped me mark a return to making videos. Tune in for details on how it all came together: working with 32 bit float, finding a cool Sony custom picture profile (PP10 w/rec 709) — and what the heck happens when Final Cut Pro decides to gobble up your remaining SSD storage. Render files (and how to undo them), plus the need for a gimbal & more; also, a glimpse at my new method of using KimTech KimWipes for last step negative cleaning. Links below for the video:

My photo walk video (Mid-Century Margate):

https://youtu.be/2eG8UO-udF0

How to get cleaner negatives:

https://youtu.be/GPVVxJUbUrM?si=bqJ-sx0xIT9epT8u

Season 4 Episode 17 - Konica Hexanon AR. Today's episode is all about winning at eBay - against the odds. A listing with no real information, photos that never reveal the actual lens (just the lens cap), and a seller that hasn't a clue about what they're actually selling—What could go wrong? Tune in & check out the near miracle of this astonishing hidden gem, the mind-blowing sharpness & character that is the 50mm Hexanon AR 1.8 lens. And why your host is now absolutely ready to explore the seriously neglected but brilliant AR system.

Mentioned: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm 1.7, Konica FS-1, Classic Lenses Podcast.

Konica Files: http://www.konicafiles.com/3-hexanon-ar-lenses/

Season 4 Episode 16 - Rolling back to Rolleiflex. Welcome back to a new episode of Bringing It All Back Home - this one is all about the risks & rewards of jumping into the bargain priced level of Rollei known as the Automat series. Is it worth the gamble? Are you prepared to wait 6 months for a CLA? Is it possible to plunge ahead with these 75 year old cameras and ignore the various repair needs? Tune in and check it out! Mentioned: Rolleiflex 3.5 MX Automat model K4A (X sync), Schneider Kreuznach Xenar, Harry Fleener, Mark Hansen, Mamiya C33.

Season 4 Episode 15 - Leica 28mm f/2.8 ASPH Elmarit-M II. Bringing It All Back Home returns with a look at another killer lensrental: the fantastic Leica 28mm f/2.8 ASPH Elmarit-M II paired with a 1969 Leica M4, Ilford Delta 100, ID-11 1+1, and a very, very cold golden hour morning of shooting local mid-century architecture. Is this lens for you? Will you need to give up all rational arguments & fork out $2450 on a six ounce wide-angle prime? Tune in & Check It Out.

Season 4 Episode 14 - Pentax 6x7 & the Polar Plunge. Bringing It All Back Home is back for a special New Year's Day episode - and this one is bringing it all back to the Pentax 6x7 medium format camera (beast). Join us for a look at why it still has advantages over the RZ67, why the wooden grip and lens focus ring are essential, and how it fared taking portraits of the way-too-popular Margate Polar Plunge.

Season 4 Episode 13 - Leicaflex SL. Today's episode concentrates on finding genuine Leica goodness without going crazy on your budget. Focusing mostly on the R-bayonet series Summicron, as well as the made-in-Wetzlar Leicaflex SL camera, this episode will attempt to sort out 3 different price ranges: under $400, under $600, under $1100 . Topics include: Oscar Barnack, Leica CL, 50mm Summircon-R, 40mm Summicron-C. Walter Sandler, the "Willem" effect on eBay prices, as well as finding joy in the look, feel, performace, & outcome of your gear.

Season 4 Episode 12 - Long, Long, Long

Bringing It All Back Home is back and is going long with medium format film: Fujifilm Acros, Ilford FP4, as well as 10-stop ND filters, South Jersey piers, Reciprocity Timers, & more! Tune in and discover whether black & white medium format is the long-exposure solution for you.

Season 4 Episode 11 - Analog Combo: Leica M4, Voigtlander Apo-Lanthar 35mm f/2, FP4Plus, Rodinal Stand. Bringing It All Back Home returns with an Analog Combo - testing out the Voigtlander Apo-Lanthar for 35mm on a December morning with perfect golden hour light. Rodinal Stand, Leica M4, Vintage Breeze Blocks & a mid-century architecture tangent: it's all here!

Season 4  Episode 10 - Leica CL - Is it for you? Did you catch Willem Verbeeck using one recently? Bringing It All Back Home takes a deep dive into whether or not it is worth it to consider the LEICA CL as your first M-mount system. Crowded frame-lines, faulty plastic take-up spools, awkward film loading method - it all gets a serious evaluation. Are you experienced with 40mm? Can you be sold on the Summicron-C 40 cult? How does a $450 DAG CLA make you feel? Tune in and consider the CL options.

Links:

Sherry Krauter interview: https://www.notes.nicefilmclub.com/posts/interview-with-a-leica-repair-master-sherry-krauter

DAG: https://www.dagcamera.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html

Summicron-C 40: https://www.35mmc.com/02/04/2016/leica-40mm-summicron-review/

Current eBay prices for Leica CL/Summicron: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2505460.m570.l1313&_nkw=Leica+CL+summicron&_sacat=0

Willem Verbeeck shooting a Leica CL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV4v6omhyRs

Season 4 Episode 9 - Perfect Light: A Late Autumn Photo Shoot

Bringing It All Back Home returns this week with an episode describing a last minute, quite lucky, photoshoot: perfect late autumn light, red leaf foliage by a lilly pond lake, a brilliant & wonderful model - and lots of cool gear. This episode includes a hands-on look at the Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II, as well as the always wondrous RZ67 combined with Acros 100 & Portra 800.