Vapid glad-handing? Try happy wed-banding, because Jeff and P are engaged! This blockbuster XL episode features a brief recap of the proposal and a lengthy recap of the engagement-moon that followed, with a smattering of camera content along the way. Tune in for all the romance!

Gabe went to New York!

at B&H, the mighty Shlomo hooked him up with a Rolleiflex 2.8E - so much for that 30-camera limit!

hung out with Sissi Lu and Chris Chu

shot nothing but film with the Leica M6

went to an event at Kodak House, saw some great stuff shot with with a Kodak Baby Brownie

and left J + P a cool old Christie’s auction catalog from the Chelsea flea market

Jeff lingered in Europe!

bought and then returned a Zeiss Tenax II

picked up film, books and apparel at the Zurich Ars Imago

snagged a Freitag Lassie bike-messenger bag at their flagship store as an all-weather beach-friendly camera tote

back home, his half-cookie Alpa 10s is undergoing major surgery

while the recent Leica auction featured a similar Alpa 10s half frame

and also the last original Alpa ever built! the 11es Jubilee

Kodak Vision 3 may yield gorgeous results, but getting it processed is challenging - Atlanta Film Company to the rescue

at Nice airport, the Sissi Lu Do Not X-Ray bag was a lifesaver

we share news of big Chattanooga photo walk we’re sadly missing!

and finally: two gods have ascended to a higher plane, Ozzy Osbourne and Tom Lehrer