Oh, god. It happened. We finally went and did it.

What starts out as a well-intentioned episode about useful accessories - filters and the like - turns into a long exploration of some of the more weird and wonderful Leica toys that have been produced over the years. Shelly Valdez will be pleased.

The music for this episode was a song called "5 lbs" by Ryan White. His website is http://www.ryanwhitemusic.com and his album's definitely worth picking up.

And, like always, all the notes and links for this episode can be found on our website - www.pdexposures.com; There's a lot of gadgets mentioned in this show, so it might as well be mandatory reading. Anyhow, please drop by and leave us some feedback; get involved, people!

Here at Pdexposures we are more than aware that the economy is tanked, money is tight and the price of film keeps going up. So, for episode nine of the Pdexposures podcast, we present to you a selection of methods for keeping film running through your camera without totally destroying your bank balance. One of them is buying a Leica. And yes, we're deadly serious.

This episode marks the first appearance in a "proper" episode for our intermission music provider (and film-shooting Pdexposures fan), Ki Choquette. It's a track called "I'm Sorry That I Ruined Your Day", and you can buy it from his bandcamp page, http://kichoquette.bandcamp.com/

And, of course, all the notes and links for this episode can be found on our website - http://www.pdexposures.com. Please drop by and let us know what you think!

Finally, it's the episode Simon has been waiting to do for a long time: pinholes. No rangefinders here (we still managed the mandatory mention, of course), but loads of chat about homemade pinholes, Holgas and Harman Titans just in time for World Pinhole Day April 28th. How alliterative.

The music for this episode is (in the spirit of the DIY ethic of pinholing) a home-brew dance/dub mix called "March Madness" by professional freestyle skateboarder Matt Gokey. It can be found on his Soundcloud page: http://soundcloud.com/matt-gokey

And as always, all the relevant notes and links can be found on our website - http://www.pdexposures.com

SURPRISE! It's a Nate-and-Simon-less intermission 2, recorded on site in a darkroom in Derby, England (which explains the echo: no soft furnishings!). I made an uncharacteristically early journey to visit The Photo Parlour, a new community darkroom and studio space, and have a chat with its owner, Dan Wheeler. What you have before you is the audio evidence of that event.

If you're listening to this as it goes out (so on either the 11th or 12th of April, depending on how good our server's feeling at the time) and you're somewhere in the heart of England, please consider coming to the opening of The Photo Parlour on Friday the 12th of April. It starts at 7pm and ends at 10pm.

Full details can be found at www.facebook.com/thephotoparlour or the dedicated page for the event, http://www.facebook.com/events/113536675505447/

(If you're reading this on iTunes I apologise for the unfriendliness of that last link. I suggest you go to www.pdexposures.com and access the link there!)

Music was provided to us by Ki Choquette, and is a track from his latest album, Landscape Suicide. Go check it out at his Bandcamp page, http://kichoquette.bandcamp.com/.

It’s lucky episode seven of the Pdexposures podcast, and this week we're questioning - amongst other things - whether Lomography's luck has finally ran out. Join us for a "Fair and Balanced" discussion on photography as a fad, Antonio M Perez being a dickhead, Lady Gaga being the wrong person to design good cameras, and how not to say Chris Fecio's name.

The music for this episode was again provided to us by modern polymath Jeremy Elder. It's a track titled "Getting By" off his debut album Ghost Pilot, available from http://smallschoolcooperation.bigcartel.com/.

As ever, all the relevant notes and links can be found on our website - www.pdexposures.com.

It's episode six, and we welcome guest host, honorary member of the Pdexposures team and film developing genius, Dan Domme. Which should rhyme with "blow me", and not "bomb". Just, you know. For future reference.

Forgive us for the quality (or lack thereof) and volume of Dan's microphone. We would berate him, but we figure we can let him off due to the quality of the information he imparts regarding developers and home developing processes in this condensed introduction to every basic form of DIY film processing: black and white, C41 and E6.

The music for this episode was provided to us by artist, illustrator, musician and skateboarder Jeremy Elder. It's a track titled "Don't Tell Daddy" off his debut album Ghost Pilot, available from http://smallschoolcooperation.bigcartel.com

As ever, all the supporting material and notes can be found on our website - http://www.pdexposures.com

SURPRISE! It's the first ever Pdexposures INTERMISSION - a special, short podcast episode that doesn't fit the standard format or schedule. In this one-off show, we're throwing down the gauntlet to you, the listener, to go out there and photograph a sporting activity of your choice using a film camera, post the results into the Pdexposures Flickr pool and write about your experience on the group's discussion page for the challenge.

You have until the end of April! Go go go!

(The group Simon suggests as an inspiration for an out-of-the-box approach is Pinhole Stadiums - http://www.flickr.com/groups/pinholestadiums/ - go check them out!)

The music was provided to us this week by one of our listeners, Ki Choquette. It's a beautiful piece of drone music from his new album, Landscape Suicide. Go pick up the cassette - yes, the cassette - at http://carpi-records.bandcamp.com/album/cr-06-landscape-suicide and tell him we sent you.

We made it. Episode five! This feels like a landmark, but it really isn't. Still, half way to ten. That has to stand for something.

We celebrate this non-event by being offensive to Nate, briefly touching on Lomography's pretend Aerochrome, mentioning the superiority of rangefinders AGAIN, and dissecting the various options - both mainstream and exotic - the modern film shooter has at his or her disposal.

Yet again, the music was provided to us by Crocus. If you haven't bought their album by now, you're frankly a bit behind the curve. Go on, get on it: http://holyroarrecords.com/crocus

And, as ever, you can find the extended show notes with further info on and photographs of all the things we discuss at our website, www.pdexposures.com

It's episode four, and in this episode we have Senator Joseph McCarthy spinning in his grave by actually extolling the virtues of some of the products of the Soviet camera industry.

Join us for a brief history lesson with regards to the inception of the Fed, Zorki and Kiev camera lines, yet more discussion on why rangefinders are THE BEST THING EVER, a rundown of the features of the Kiev rangefinders and some of the lenses to look out for when you inevitably join the Party.

The music was provided by our good friends Bastions, and was a track called "Visitant" from their debut album.

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In episode three, we start off by talking about toy cameras - most importantly, the new Lo*******y Belair - and eventually find ourselves dealing with topics as diverse as digital photography, Instagram, Kodak Brownies, Simon's Boy Scout Three-way and Theodor Adorno. Yes, there really is something for everyone.

The intro and outro was again supplied by Crocus; a track called "When Your Own Heart Asks". They split up last year, but go check them out on Bandcamp or something - they're awesome.

To see the full set of show notes visit http://www.pdexposures.com