I Dream of Cameras Jeff Greenstein and Gabe Sachs

He wouldn’t…. Now that the long-raging and ill-advisedly-ignited Vivian Maier debate has finally died down, Jeff wouldn’t throw gasoline on those embers by expressing a Strong Opinion about some recent Viv-related news, would he? Well, you’ll just have to tune in to find out. Also discussed: the boys swap cities, Gabe in New York and Jeff in Los Angeles; recent shooting adventures with a slew of cameras both old and new; and the proper way to express your love of our smash hit podcast: through lavish gifts!

* we had a tremendous response to the last episode — clearly 69 is something people really enjoy
* heh heh heh, the folks at Camerosity took the bait — haven’t y’all read The Mouse That Roared?
* Gabe’s adventures in New York shooting his Rolleiflex and Leica M10 with Sissi Lu (shoutout: Katz’s Deli) and Chris Chu (shoutout: Salt’s Cure), plus drive-bys at B&H and picturehouse + the small darkroom
* Jeff sold his Robot Royal 24, but shipping to South Korea was twice as much as what the UPS website originally quoted, so he realized a net profit of $3.32
* however, he still wanted a square-format 35mm, so bring on the Mamiya Sketch… which is delightful and quirky!
* shooting the Canonflex R2000
* shooting the Pentax MF with FPP Color 125 (see Jeff’s article in Casual Photophile)
* a hearty thanks to super-listener Jeffry Pittman, who sent us a Baby Rollei, a Hermes 3000 typewriter, and lots of film
* iPhone iOS 17.4 now includes podcast transcripts so you may enjoy our soaring rhetorical flourishes
* Jeff mildly reacts to some recent Vivian Maier news
* Gabe’s planning an all-medium-format film shoot with the Pentax 6x7, the Mamiya RZ67, and the Hasselblad 501CM
* a passing mention of new friend Peter Kagan, about whom you will hear more
* a bold voyage into our Prodigious Mailbag™
* and finally, a fond farewell to the great Joe Flaherty

Paulina Porizkova joins the boys to offer her unique perspective on the art and business of fashion photography. How’d she get into it? What’s the most important thing a photographer should know about working with models? Why does Paulina call Irving Penn “Mr. Penn”? Does the fact that Jeff has a spreadsheet of when he last changed the batteries in his cameras render him more attractive? All this and much, much more in our sexy Episode № 69 — nice!

* how Paulina got into modeling at age 15, how she learned the craft
* her growing awareness of lighting and cameras
* the dance between photographer and model, and how it’s altered by different types of camera
* how a photographer’s behavior influences a model’s confidence
* how real is the Veruschka scene from Blow-Up?
* do you know if the shot is good?
* how aware are you of camera equipment?
* can what you know about modeling be taught?
* pay attention to lighting! take a selfie when you look great!
* were you ever interested in photography yourself?
* her late husband Ric Ocasek’s interest in photography
* studio vs. location shooting
* the business of modeling is not what you think!
* does the fact that Jeff has a spreadsheet of when he last changed the batteries in his cameras render him more attractive?
* what is the most important thing a photographer should know about working with models?
* is it different working with a female photographer?
* working with Irving Penn and why P always calls him “Mister”
* Bill King
* the one photographer she wishes she’d had a chance to work with: Helmut Newton
* the resurgence of 35mm point-and-shoots in fashion photography, e.g. Marie Tomanova’s shoot for Czech Vogue
* can you get a good shot of a model by being mean to her?
* what’s it like shooting with your boyfriend, former photographer of plants and buildings?
* the portrait by Jeff that P loves
* her Top 5 photographers she enjoyed working with:
* Mr. Penn
* Arthur Elgort (author of Camera Ready and Camera Crazy)
* Patrick Demarchelier
* Marcus Bard
* Marco Glaviano
* what’s it like being constantly confronted with images of your younger self? do you have a favorite?

It’s an xlent xlerated xtralarge xtravaganza as Gabe and Jeff hack and slash their way to the bottom of the Prodigious Mailbag™, which features a slew of emails penned by celebrities under the pseudonym “Alan Peres.” Also discussed: cameras of ’55, cameras of ’24, Dune 2, SB2, SL3, FP4, HP5, Number Six and Zippora Seven! Tune in as we run the numbers!

* Cameras in Focus 1955:
* Olympus Wide
* Rolleiflex 2.8D
* the Nikon SP was in development (which prompts a reprise of Jeff’s astonishing SP acquisition story)
* Pentaflex
* Graflex Stereo Graphic
* a 1955 survey of 35mm cameras by price range
* Jeff briefly acquired an Asahi Pentax SB2, rare variant of the H3/S3 sold only on Japanese military bases… but it was broken, so back it went
* Gabe launches the Under $40 Camera Challenge!
* The soon-come Pentax film compact camera will be a half-frame model with zone focusing
* For the third straight time, Leica reports record revenue, plus the new SL3 is out
* Gabe rhapsodizes about the monstrous Gowlandflex
* Dave Tada picked Gabe up a coveted Nikkor 28mm f2.8…
* …but he still yearns for an ugly black Nikon F
* Dune 2 was shot on a $50 Helios-44!
* Nikon is buying RED
* Jeff watched the great Yu Tsai in action at the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue 60th anniversary shoot in Fort Lauderdale
* We go XL to empty out the Prodigious Mailbag™
* Our IDOC Discord channel is hoppin’! Join us!

“Pablo Larraín, the film’s Chilean director, felt [Jackie] Kennedy’s love of beauty was so integral to her character that he requested [Natalie] Portman utter ‘I love beauty’ at some point during the shooting of every scene.” This is absurd, but not as absurd as Episode № 67 of I Dream of Cameras, “Your Extra Time and Your Kiss,” in which we discuss cameras called Beauty and Kiss and Super. Tune in for all the mayhem!

* Jeff made yet another math error! 64 is 2 to the fifth
* Gabe presents… Cameras in Focus, 1956:
* Canon VT
* Pentacon FB / Contax FB
* Mamiyaflex Automat BII
* Beauty 35 Super(“I love beauty”)
* Beier Precisa IIA
* Bolta Photavit 36
* Duplex Super 120
* Flexora III
* Kodak Signet 40
* original Leica MP
* Jeff snagged a Canon EOS New Kiss Panorama (a.k.a. Rebel G, a.k.a. Rebel 500N) for $14.50 and gave it to his brother Steven
* After much equivocation, and after handling the lens at B&H, he concluded he does not need the extravagantly-priced 30mm for the Hasselblad XPan
* Gabe did an all-film photo shoot with Claire Hinkley during the recent L.A. monsoon
* Also shot Kylie Silkman and her sister Danica with the stunning Helios-44 lens
* Jason Schneider's books on camera collecting are amazing
* Perplexity.ai is a useful tool for camera comparisons
* We will try to chat with y’all on Discord - check the #idoc-podcast channel under Sunny 16
* Don Goldberg at DAG helped Gabe fix the broken strap guard on his Leica M6 TTL
* And finally, a deep dive into our Prodigious Mailbag™!

It’s a voyage to the bottom of the Prodigious Mailbag™ on our Smash Hit Podcast™, but before that there’s talk of the year in photography 1957, the revived Southern California camera show, Jeff’s trip to the Caribbean with a sexy Swede and also his girlfriend, eBay execs sending pig fetuses to their critics, and so much more!

* Jeff made yet another major math error! 64 is 2 cubed
* Sorry, but Parenting Hell is not a smash hit podcast
* Gabe presents The Year in Focus 1957:
* Nikon SP
* Ilford Sportsman
* Hasselblad 500C
* Kodak Retina Reflex
* Concava Tessina watch camera TLR
* Leica M2 (for real) which when new went for $276, or $2,884.37 in today’s dollars
* Arsenal Salyut
* Asahi came out with the original Pentax
* Olympus Wide E
* Gabe went to the new Huntington Park camera show (very exciting) and nearly bought a Contax T
* Jeff visited 5R Photo Lab in New York and met proprietor Alec
* A trip to St. Barth’s, French West Indies occasioned the return of the XPan, and a love affair was reignited
* Jeff shot with both Portra 400 and 160… and liked 160 better!
* Gabe visited Jeff and P in NYC, went to B&H Photo, bought nothing…
* …but then ordered an Exa 1B and a Helios-44 lens
* Mint unveiled their coming-soon Rollei 35AF — apparently anyone can license the name “Rollei” for a buck fifty — but who needs this thing?
* A bunch of eBay execs were creepy criminals
* Jeff got a cool Minox film slitter from camerhack.it
* Check out RitchieCam, a camera app for iPhone with an XPan emulation mode
* A dive so deep into our Prodigious Mailbag™ that it requires a bathyscaphe
* Gabe wants to hear about online photography websites you love - blogs, magazines, whatever

You want more and you want it fast? Tune in to Episode № 65 of I Dream of Cameras, “Rebel Rebel,” in which Gabe and Jeff wax rhapsodic about the trash-table treasure Canon EOS Rebel 2000. How did this grubby chunk of plastic capture the hearts of two men devoted to the cult of Leica? Pluck this pod and find out! Also, we call out great cameras NOT from the big-name brands, recount recent shooting adventures, and take a shallow dip into the deep and prodigious mailbag!

* Jeff made a major math error! 64 is 2^8
* Cameras of ’58:
* Nikon S3
* Leica M2
* Rolleiflex T
* Minolta SR-2
* Mamiya Elca (and from ’59, the fascinating square-format Mamiya Sketch)
* Ricoh 519
* Zeiss Ikon Ikonette
* And now, the long-promised Minority Report (great cameras not from the big-name brands)
* Alpa 11si (of course)
* Pentacon Six
* Petri Color 35
* Plaubel Makina 67 (Gabe’s gonna get one!)
* Rectaflex
* Balda Baldaxette II
* Voigtländer Vitessa L
* Widelux
* The trash-table Canon EOS Rebel 2000 is dirt cheap and packed with features — we both love ours!
* There’s also an even-cheaper EOS Kiss Panorama with a stupid panorama switch!
* The 40mm f2.8 pancake lens is delightful
* Check out Casual Photophile's impassioned defense of “Dorky AF” SLRs of the late ‘90s
* Gabe’s been shooting portraits (?!) with Leica’s 28mm Elmarit
* And finally, a dip into our Prodigious Mailbag™