It’s here, folks — the long (and we do mean long) awaited Episode № 50 of I Dream of Cameras! And courtesy of the filmmaking talents of our friend Chris Chu, it’s our very first video show! Listen to it wherever you pluck your pods, or watch at https://tinyurl.com/IDOC50.

Topics include:

notable cameras of '73

when Jeff hit a bump on the LA River bike path, his XPan flew into the air... and the accursed strap saved his bacon

the rare and exotic Alpa Surgical 81 - one shutter speed, no finder or meter, only 102 units made

Gabe's Graflex and Exakta, and his doomed pursuit of the Olympus OM-4

Gabe's quest for the sharpest lens... as opposed to the lovely softness of the Rectaflex

We regret to inform you that Polaroid is at it again: David Bowie i-Type film

50 episodes in, what have we learned?