Karl is "working" again this week, but fear not, Simon & Johnny are joined by Hong Kong classic lens photographer, Perry Ge. Get the lowdown on lens dealers that don't want to sell you anything and offer advice instead. A hugely varied podcast this week with discussions covering Dallmeyer, Frankenstax, Hasselblad Xpan, Fan Ho and snoring on a podcast...

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This week Lyndon of Londinium Cameras joins us to talk about classic lens repairs, none of that autofocus rubbish here! Lyndon gives out lots of advice which largely translates into don't try this at home, get an expert to do it instead. If that's not put you off, take a listen to Lyndon taking about stuck apertures, seized helicoids and the F word...

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Basic Optical Construction

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Never one to miss out on a free coffee, Karl makes a visit to see Volta Coffee, Tea, Chocolate and more owner, Anthony Rue. Steeped in photography history, Anthony takes us on a photographic journey including a look at a digital future from the past. Plus how Khloe Khardiasian uses his Instagram name...

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Anthony Rue

Global Underwater Explorers

Minox Subminiture Cameras

Fred Ritchin, 'After Photography'

Joris Hermans, 'Photography Does Not Capture Reality... Ever!'

Erik van Straten, photograph with Olympus Pen FT 38mm f/1.8 lens

Cameraquest review of the Konica Auto-Reflex

Kardashian Kamera Kompany

James Tocchio

Khloe Kardashian

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Dropping by this week is James Tocchio, founder of the excellent Casual Photophile blog and F Stop Cameras. James is a passionate user and reviewer of older cameras and classic lenses and it's certain that many listeners will have read many of his lens reviews. Plus lens rendering differences between film and digital and much more.

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James Tocchio

F Stop Cameras Film Of The Month Club

CineStillFilm Df96 Monobath Comparison

Raffaello Palandri

Homemade Camera Podcast

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Like to shoot film and digital? Tired to taking two cameras into a photo shoot? You need a PONF Camera, digital and film in one! This week we are joined by the founder of PONF Camera, Raffaello Palandri. PONF Camera is an open source camera project and one of its aims is to keep the technology of film cameras alive as it's only a matter of time before Karl Havens and Johnny Sisson destroy every old camera ever made... What’s more the PONF Camera will be perfect for using with classic lenses.

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Raffaello Palandri

Mamiya Magazine 35

Dora Goodman

Upcoming Photowalks

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Celebrating the awesomeness of the Raynox 135mm f/2.8! New acquisitions, how to price up rare lenses for eBay, Johnny's bubble problem, Vivitar buying tips, balsam separation again, and much more! BTW When Simon talks about an 85mm f/2.5 Vivitar, he means 90mm...

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Think that using flawed lenses to make interesting imaging is just a still photography thing? Think again! Matthew Duclos of Duclos Lenses explains how helped shape the trend towards using old lenses in Hollywood. Plus what makes for a good cine lens, find out about his "Heartbreaker" and oh, Mathew talks about his company's Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f/0.7...

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Two for the price of one this week and Karl, Johnny and Simon almost get a week off as Mike Eckman and Bob Rotoloni chat Nikon history amongst themselves. As the President of the Nikon Historical Society, Bob knows a thing or two about Nikon, and he tells us about a better lens than the 105mm f/2.5... Plus we have a winner of our mystery lens competition!

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In a change to our scheduled podcast with Matthew Duclos who could not join us due to a last minute problem. So instead we used the opportunity to go through the email pile with lots of talk on Zuiko, lens coatings, lens adapters, Raynox, and fixing balsam separation. Plus WIN A LENS!

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This week we talk about 100/105mm (non macro) lenses with our guest, classic lens photographer, Bryan Nagar. The various Nikon 105/2.5 lenses get a good going over along with just about every other 100mm lens we can think of plus one that's best left forgotten...

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