Episode 63 • Three Years of His Youth

It’s our third anniversary episode, featuring celebrations galore and talk of cameras past, present and future. Plus the return of our Prodigious Mailbag™, featuring NO PRAISE! Tune in for all the merriment!

• Cameras of 1960:

• Nikkorex 35

• Nikon S3M

• the original Canonflex

• Pentax Spotmatic shown at Photokina

• Rolleiflex 2.8F

• Rolleiflex Rollei Magic

• Zeiss Contarex Special

• Yashica 35M

• Leica R5

• Gabe and Jeff got great birthday gifts!

• the original Kodak Instamatic

• Kodak Retina IIIC

• Lego Rolleiflex

• Leica IXMOO

• A golden Minolta P’s

• Gabe’s been trawling eBay for early LIFE magazines

• Please tell Jeff he doesn’t need a Nicca IIIL

• He’s also fascinated by the ridiculous Contax Preview

• Gabe’s got some shoots coming up, and plans to use:

• Contax 645

• Minolta P’s

• and the super-cheap Canon Rebel 2000 with the 40mm pancake

• Jeff’s quasi-repaired Pentax ES II is cursed… never again!

• …but he’s loving his rare and delightful Mamiya/Sekor 2000 DTL

• …and will soon be shooting on set with his beloved Olympus Pen EE-3

• A deep dive into our Prodigious Mailbag™ 

• and finally: Gabe throws out the Under $95 Camera Challenge!