How did these two mumbling malcontents pump out pods for five years and ninety-eight nattering episodes? In this one, the boys barely discuss that at all! Instead Jeff recaps his trip to London, to the shop where he bought both his Alpa and XPan, and Gabe recounts his acquisition of a legendary lens owned by an even-more-legendary photographer. A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest — tune in!

November 20 marks IDOC’s fifth anniversary, and the 21st marks Jeff’s birthday!

Jeff briefly recounts his trip to London, including a stop at Camera City, the shop where he got both his first Alpa and his first XPan

Gabe’s birthday bonanza included a Lab-Box and a Negative Supply scanning rig…

…he found a Beseler 67SC enlarger on FB Marketplace…

…and went to (basically) Spahn Ranch in the Hollywood Hills to secure a 80mm f4 Rodenstock Rodagon enlarger lens… which, it turns out, used to belong to Herb Ritts!

our continuing adventures with the maddeningly inconsistent Chad GPT: it misled Jeff about the fate of the final penny, and lied to Gabe about a mysterious TLR which turned out to be a rare Rolleiflex 2.8F white face

what do the boys think of the soon-come Widelux XX?

sad news: Freestyle Photo is closing their brick-and-mortar location 

should Jeff buy an O.G. Alpa-Reflex on the ‘bay to complete his collection?

once again, we improbably empty the Prodigious Mailbag™

and now you must run to the L.A. Camera Expo in Burbank ‘cause it’s happening at this very moment!