About this episode
Like “Man in Black” Johnny Cash, Gabe Sachs is never seen without his signature ebon apparel. So what could coax him into donning a white dress shirt? And while we’re asking questions: who’s shooting 220 film, what’s a Zunow, and can Jeff actually perform Tom Lehrer’s “The Elements” on command? Find out in the latest obsidian-dark episode of I Dream of Cameras! Gabe was plied with birthday gifts! a camera-print shirt from a Paris boutique Eyes Wide Open! 100 Years of Leica Photography a Polaroid Big Swinger and three precious packs of Fujifilm FP-3000b Jeff made a world-wind trip to LA, where he and Gabe dined with Jeff’s friend and Renaissance-woman Cathy Rogers of indiepop legends Heavenly and Junkyard Wars a.k.a. Scrapheap Challenge Today is Jeff’s 12th Alpaversary, yet his cherished 11si does not exist ! to celebrate, he replaced the mirror foam in his Alpa 10s , and has a sexy how-to tip! Gabe bought a thrashed Rolleicord with Rolleinar close-up attachment and is wracked with regret Jeff shot the Heavenly show with a Pentax 6x7 and 45mm lens and does not recommend yet he was quite pleased with his wedding shots from the XPan and Olympus XA4 Gabe loved the documentary Uncropped , produced by Wes Anderson, about photographer James Hamilton also take note of Glen E. Friedman , seminal skateboard, punk and hip-hop shooter whose work is all over Dogtown and Z-Boys now some questions! ever tried Shanghai 220 film ? ever heard of the fascinating and ultra-rare Zunow SLR ? did you know Tom Lehrer did a version of “The Elements” for a Polaroid sales meeting? and finally, our Prodigious Mailbag™, featuring a truly devastating missive from John Kelly , late of the Washington Post , in which he compares IDOC to the obscure and little-heard Camerosity podcast