Classic Lenses Podcast

Following a lengthy discussion on stray Australian marsupials, we dive into a host of more pressing questions this week. Will Perry succumb to Rodenstock GAS? What is Johnny's perfect TLR accessory? Is Simon hoarding Tessars? Plus chat about vintage cameras in Netflix shows, whether gear should be sold for "grail" purchases, and super telephoto lenses for birding.

DeKalb Daily Chronicle - Wallaroo chase in Peru

Mamiya C330 Manual

Rollei Practical Accessories

Konica Hexar AF

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Just when you thought that we could not keep it up for two weeks on the trot, another show turns up like a bad penny. The week sees us reach the finale of our listener emails trilogy and includes a special section where we hear from supporters of the much maligned Mike "it's all my fault" Gutterman. Having got the obligatory Leica talk out of the way, we cover some great topics including non-vanilla Pentax lenses, why a Nikon DSLR is rarely the answer to anything, and classic lens webcams.

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Takumar Lenses

Leica MP

Pentax FA Limited Lenses

Bokeh Trees

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A short catch up this week along with a superficial comparison between the Pentax 50mm f/1.2 and the Konica 57mm f/1.2. The main event being part two of our catch up of listener emails and an official complaint. We become uplifted by La Résistance, delve into the Borg psyche of the Classic Lenses Podcast hosts and then there's the Gutterman...

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Camera Geekery: MS Optics Aporia 24mm f2 M mount

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Well we’ve had a three week break and it’s done us the world of good. We’re more relaxed and less opinionated than ever. A mountain of quality emails helps us to gently ease ourselves back into the swing of things with topics including Speed Panchros, Summarits, fake sharpness, a zoom lens, Jeremy North on the Mamiya C330 and other things. On another note, if you’re a thin-skinned Missourian, Hoosier, Wisconsinite or French, you may want to skip this week’s show.

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Beauty Camera Company

Here's why you'll never find Chinese takeout boxes in China

Frito Pie

Rivals on all borders of Badger State

You Know You're From Michigan When...

Kladiana

Missouri: The Show Me State

Wisconsin: Racist by Default

French people

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The much anticipated Frozen Pizza Episode is now here. SPOILER ALERT! Chicago Deep Dish Pizza is garbage (according to Simon). Trans Am Mullet Man Sex In A Fiero Pro Pizza Guy Mike Gutterman brings his expertise to present a balanced pizza episode and weighs in on the debate. Pentax and Leica R lenses are also briefly discussed, along with classic American muscle cars, classic American Lenses, and classic American cassette tape decks.

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DiGiorno Rising Crust Pizza

California Pizza Kitchen BBQ Recipe Chicken

Little Caesar’s Pizza

Little Caesar's - I taught my dog to say I love you

Beastie Boys - Sure Shot

Lou Malnati’s Pizza

Pequods’s Pizza

Jensen Audio

Pontiac Trans Am

Pontiac Fiero

Holga Cameras

Pentax Lenses

SMC Pentax KY Lube

Leica R8 R9

Kodak Medalist

History of lens coatings

Wollensak Lenses

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Simon strikes gold with a great haul of interesting lenses, Perry gives up buying cameras and lenses for the rest of 2020, (there are caveats…) and Johnny has been drinking the Rodinal again. Johnny’s questionable habits may explain why he has no idea who is sending him film or a 6x12 camera in the mail.

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SMC Pentax 50mm 1.2

Porst 135mm f1.8

Taylor-Hobson

Mamiya Universal Press

Mamiya Universal Press 

Mamiya Press System Overview

MAMIYA Sekor 100mm f2.8

Totarev FT-2 Industar 50mm f5

Zodiak-8B

KRAKEN 612

South Park

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Just when Simon thought that Johnny and Perry would be done talking about rangefinders after last week’s great show with Dan Tamarkin, he was proven to be wrong. Simon was also wrong about the Mongoose by Ethan “Cameradactyl” Moses, which already met its funding target after just one day. Talking of Ethan, he skydives into the show and regales us with Pro stories that are Pro.

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ETHAN MOSES

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Johnny and Perry's wildest dreams comes true! We are joined by none other than Dan Tamarkin of Tamarkin Camera in Chicago, America's Premiere Leica Specialist. We take a deep-dive into rangefinder photography and all things Leica. Dan is an amazing conversationalist and storyteller, and even Simon manages to enjoy this complete immersion into the fascinating world of the Red Dot!

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DAN TAMARKIN

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Mike Eckman makes an overdue reappearance and we catch up on some of the things he’s been up to recently with his classic camera review website, www.mikeeckman.com. It turns out that Mike has been writing articles about cameras with bad names, and if taking about cameras such as the Trumpfreflex is not enough, Mike accepts the challenge to take part in the second Classic Lenses Podcast Pub Quiz. Will Mike follow is namesake, Mike Novak in annihilating Johnny and Simon?

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MIKE ECKMAN

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Simon did not get the chance to do an update on his latest gear related activity last week, so he more than makes up for it this week. Pleanty of Mamiya C330, Yashica YF & Yashinon 5cm f/1.8, Pentacon Six & 120mm f/2.8 Biometar, Large Format projection lenses, an EXA to MD adapter that was made in heaven and an equally (not quite) wonderful Kodak Retina Reflex III & Xenon 50mm f/1.9. Oh, and an odd thing that sticks on top of a camera. 

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Yashica YF

Yashica Super Yashinon 5cm f1.8

Pentacon 6

Pentacon 6 Lenses

Pentacon 6 Lens Tests

Minolta x500

Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 75mm f/1.5 by Cheyenne Morrison

Mamiya C330 Lens Adapting

Voigtlander Kontur Finder

Micro-Press

Introduction to Medium Format Photography by Ken Rockwell (Rollei vs. Mamiya TLR)

My 3 Favorite Vintage Cameras by Jason Schneider (Rollei vs. Mamiya TLR)

Mamiya C330 vs. Rolleiflex 2.8E

Exploring the Modulor, Le Corbusier

Die Hard: Nakatomi Tower Explosion Money Shot

Towering Inferno: Elevator Money Shot

Towering Inferno: Body Count Cut

HSBC Building, Hong Kong

Archigram

Exoskeleton Skyscrapers

Simon’s pixl-latr Slide Insert

Simon’s Mounted Slide Insert For Pixl-latr

Princess Bride: Battle of the Wits

The Fall: Paranoia Man in Cheap Sh*t Room

The Fall: Service

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