About this episode
Jeff is on location! Gabe’s just back from the frozen north! And they still manage to find time for a rollicking conversation with photographer and YouTuber Chris Chu. Tune in for the fascinating result — we did indeed rollick! Gabe’s adventure at Downtown Camera in Toronto with Jessica Devic which camera(s!) Jeff decided to bring on his trip to Atlanta and the UK: Rollei 35 SE and Minox LX Polaroid’s new Green Duochrome is great! a moderate dip into our moldering mailbag, with more talk of travel cameras and bulk-loading Ektachrome Our rollicking interview with Chris Chu: his abrupt decision to abandon a computer science degree in San Francisco to pursue his crazy dream of a photography career in Los Angeles his journey into film photography, starting with the Canon P and then into medium format with the Pentax 645 , the Mamiya RB67 Pro SD and the Mamiya RZ67 Chris tries to convince Jeff to get a Big Ugly Box medium-format camera his favorite film stocks Portra 160 and Ektar 100 shooting color when you're color-blind what fueled his growing camera-collecting addiction ...but why no 35mm SLRs? what he likes about the rangefinder shooting experience zone focusing: setting a hyperfocal distance and training yourself to use it camera bags — and how many cameras do you carry at once? half-frame cameras: the half-a-cookie debate is reignited! why own the same camera ( Leica M6 ) in both chrome and black? he's flirting with the Leica M-A - Jeff tries to save him by pitching the M3 , M2 and CL how do you refrain from getting that next camera? — he doesn’t! he just bought a Hasselblad 501CM ! Gabe shows off his 500ELM , an impulse buy at B&H Photo — it’s the Leica M5 of the Hasselblad line Jeff implores Chris to talk him out of the Hasselblad XPan … and he does! whaddya need it for? you have the Widelux ! if you have to give away all but one of your cameras, which would you keep? the RZ67 ! Chris on YouTube and Instagram and his website