Gabe spills the tea — about the cameras he’s hunting for as he rapidly rebuilds his collection — while Jeff spills the coffee. That’s it. He spills it. Then recounts a whirlwind European trip featuring a phantasmagoria of phenomenal photographica. New York, London, Paris, dry-dock — everybody talk about pop IDOC!

Jeff bought a camera bag! okay, he found a used Ona Union Street at B&H, but whaaaaat????

… then he went to London …

got an odd little book at The Photographer's Gallery on Analog Photography

visited Camera City, said hi to Pany, did not buy a Bronica RF645

visited Aperture Photographic, gaped at the amazing inventory, talked with Simon about photography with a Pentax Stereo Adapter, did not buy an absurd Contax Preview

visited Mr Cad, kibitzed with the legendary Alex Falk, did not buy a rare and tantalizing Wrayflex, once again got the book instead

… then on to Paris …

visited Photo-Vincent, met the man himself, drooled over a black Alpa 6c and the 30mm lens for the XPan

there was zero hand-check madness on this trip! we credit the Sissi Lu DO NOT X-RAY bag

the sainted John-Michael Mendizza sent Gabe a Rolleiflex 2.8c and Jeff a Zeiss Taxona

how’s Gabe getting on with his half-a-cookie Olympus Pen FT? he’s on frame 56…

the viewfinder’s a bit dim, so Jeff unfortunately altered him to the existence of the Pen FV

Gabe’s up to twenty cameras of his planned thirty-camera collection, and here are the items on his hit list:

Mamiya RZ67

Kiev 60 with Volna-3 lens

Mamiya C330

black Leicaflex SL

Pentax MX (he’s already got the 40mm pancake!)

a brassed black Nikon F

and the 35mm Sigma art lens for the Canon EOS 3

Gabe got a Yashicamat LM and a Minolta SRT-101 from Maria Elena Rodriguez

opened the time capsule camera bag, went back to the Palisades house with Brandon, and unearthed more cameras

Jeff has a final book recommendation: Tight Heads by Candy Clark

we finally voyage to the very bottom of our Prodigious Mailbag™ 

and end with a challenge: write lyrics for our theme song! you could win fabulous prizes!