It’s P’s birthday, but she’s working, leaving Jeff languishing at home with nothing but his vapid glad-hand for company. Perfect time to summon up Gabe on the ol’ Zoom-o-Matic and pump out an episode! In this one, we speak of acquisitions both big (huge honkin’ Pentax zoom) and small (stealthy Casio wristcam). Also discussed: being mocked for your puny glass by a bird photographer with a 600mm, many upcoming LA photo meetups, and a deep dive into our Prodigious Mailbag™!

Gabe snapped up a big-ass Pentax 6x7 zoom lens

and had his beloved Leica M6 CLA’d by our trusty-dusty camera repair guy

shout-out to the Film Fridge app — it’s better than a spreadsheet!

Jeff speaks of his millennial obsession with the Casio WQV-3 watch camera, how he used it to surreptitiously photograph Will & Grace guest stars, and his late frustration with a recently acquired top-of-the-line WQV-10

also, he’s just returned from photographing sandhill cranes and prairie chickens in Kearney, Nebraska with the XPan, which was apparently the wrong camera to bring, because other large-lensed photographers mocked him

Wilber, Nebraska is the Czech Capital of the US!

Dave Grohl laments option paralysis, something we camera collectors know all too well

there are plenty of upcoming photo meetups in LA — check out LA Film Camera and Analog Con

Jo Geier of Mint and Rare is torturing us all on Instagram

ever heard of the Ricoh 500RF?

we rifle through an exceptionally Prodigious Mailbag™

and speaking of watches and photography, check out the crowdfunded wristwatch light meter from Increment Labs LTD