I Dream of Cameras

Jeff Greenstein and Gabe Sachs

The smash hit podcast about cameras and camera collecting from Jeff Greenstein and Gabe Sachs.

  1. 6h ago

    Episode 104 • You Come to Me on the Day of My Daughter’s Wedding?

    As if the festivities around our 100th episode weren’t enough, we now have even more to celebrate: Jeff and P are getting married in Italy on July 3rd. How is this real? How did we get here? And most importantly, what camera will Gabe use to shoot the wedding? Tune in for tutti i pettegolezzi! this time Gabe’s the world traveler! New York, London, Italy… he spent some time in New York City with Sissi Lu and her Brompton folding bike hopped the pond to London, ate at Dishoom and Borough Market and bought a Kodak Retina IIIc, the little c, details to follow - he’ll be shooting with it this week! then he was off to Turin in Piemonte and then back to London as an honored guest at the Ivy Club Gabe did plenty of shooting with his Leica M10 but discovered that his famous 35mm f2 Summicron, the one with the giant crack which doesn’t affect image quality, has a small new crack, and it does affect image quality! meanwhile, Jeff’s awash in pre-wedding madness, getting married in Italy on July 3rd a brief recap of his improbable romantic journey over the course of IDOC’s 104 episodes - when Jeff and P first connected, Gabe worried Jeff was getting catfished and would end up in a bathtub full of ice with one kidney but on to the wedding itself! who’s the wedding photographer? nobody! Jill Greenberg might shoot a bit, if someone will lend her a camera Gabe’s experience with wedding photography, shooting Martin Starr’s wedding what’s he bringing to Italy? the M10 for starters, but maybe Jeff will toss him the XPan or the Olympus XA4 in less happy news, Gabe got scammed by someone posing as a lens donor and on a related note, KEH finally did right by the guy whose Leica M4-P had been stolen we remember the mighty Duane Michals, the brilliant photographer who died last week at age 94 Jeff’s over his infatuation with the Leicaflex SL2 50 Jahre, because now he’s got an eye on an early SL2 with the original logo - anyone wanna get him a wedding gift? and finally, we do not quite empty our Prodigious Mailbag™

    1h 5m
  2. May 19

    Episode 103 • Watch and Learn

    The big news is, Jeff is now able to pull blurry, postage-stamp-sized images off his 2001 Casio WQV-10 watch camera, but there’s so much more! Gabe has a slew of new camera gear; there’s a raft of queries in the Prodigious Mailbag™; and we even throw a few compliments at our most hated rivals. Join us for the tick-tock! Gabe has a few new acquisitions, far more than the “thirtyish” to which he swore he’d limit his collection: a sweet little Ricoh 500 with trigger-wind on the bottom a Kiev 60 with monster 180mm lens and a dud Contax 167MT with a killer Zeiss 35-70 zoom our Trusty Dusty Camera Repair Guy™ tuned up Gabe’s Rolleiflex 2.8F white face and he can’t wait to shoot with it discussed: finding the right resources on the internet for your camera needs - which are your favorites? Gabe went to the LA Camera Expo again - hey, why not set up your own camera fair? has the XPan spoiled Jeff for all other cameras? he brought no backup on his recent European trip! but what if it dies? Jeff says he’d buy a cheapie in Paris at Aux Vieux Format! please convince Jeff he doesn’t need a Leicaflex SL2 50 Jahre, even though our T.D.C.R.G. says it’s more refined there’s a Petri Color 35 Custom on eBay - go get it! Jeff’s ultimate Casio WQV-10 triumph came courtesy of American hero Roger Braunstein - will WQV prices spike on eBay? watch the IDOC Effect in action! is the “I’m Back” digital sensor for 35mm cameras absurd? they had a $44,000 goal on Kickstarter and raised a million! all I want is the image, Shrevie, do you agree? Gabe implores you to print your stuff and share your work and finally, we empty our Prodigious Mailbag™

    1h 7m
  3. Apr 9

    Episode 101 • Today Is Her Birthday, They're Smoking Cigars

    It’s P’s birthday, but she’s working, leaving Jeff languishing at home with nothing but his vapid glad-hand for company. Perfect time to summon up Gabe on the ol’ Zoom-o-Matic and pump out an episode! In this one, we speak of acquisitions both big (huge honkin’ Pentax zoom) and small (stealthy Casio wristcam). Also discussed: being mocked for your puny glass by a bird photographer with a 600mm, many upcoming LA photo meetups, and a deep dive into our Prodigious Mailbag™! Gabe snapped up a big-ass Pentax 6x7 zoom lens and had his beloved Leica M6 CLA’d by our trusty-dusty camera repair guy shout-out to the Film Fridge app — it’s better than a spreadsheet! Jeff speaks of his millennial obsession with the Casio WQV-3 watch camera, how he used it to surreptitiously photograph Will & Grace guest stars, and his late frustration with a recently acquired top-of-the-line WQV-10 also, he’s just returned from photographing sandhill cranes and prairie chickens in Kearney, Nebraska with the XPan, which was apparently the wrong camera to bring, because other large-lensed photographers mocked him Wilber, Nebraska is the Czech Capital of the US! Dave Grohl laments option paralysis, something we camera collectors know all too well there are plenty of upcoming photo meetups in LA — check out LA Film Camera and Analog Con Jo Geier of Mint and Rare is torturing us all on Instagram ever heard of the Ricoh 500RF? we rifle through an exceptionally Prodigious Mailbag™ and speaking of watches and photography, check out the crowdfunded wristwatch light meter from Increment Labs LTD

    1h 7m
  4. 12/18/2025

    Episode 99 • Weird ’flex but ok

    Leicaflex, Contarex, Rolleiflex, Magicflex, Omegaflex! Olivia Dean and Debbie Gibson! Seth Rogen’s gone pano and the Swiss Army’s gone XXL! It’s IDOC’s jam-packiest episode yet, ’cause unless Debbie sings our theme song, it could be the Olympus Pen-ultimate! Tune in for all the mayhem! Birthday madness! Gabe got Jeff a Leicaflex SL at B&H Photo, whatta guy! The SL’s PX625 battery presents some challenges Chad GPT misled Jeff regarding the 50mm Summicron-R - turns out it takes a Series VI filter with a retaining ring the new camera prompted the customary orgy of book-ordering; however, only Jeff wants a Leicaflex book signed by author Theo Kisselbach please note: chromogenic Ilford XP2 Super scans much better than HP5 or Tri-X! Gabe visited with Sissi Lu, who has a new podcast and showed off her Kodak Charmera also, her googly-eyed lens cloth charm is back in stock at sissilu.com Gabe went on a sudden mad hunt for a Contarex Bullseye and a 50mm lens …and got a lens board for his Beseler 67C enlarger, thanks to Steve Pinter from pintercreative.com - honorable mention to Gabriel Butensky check out the “24 things from the Leica archive” reels on Leica’s Instagram Gabe met up with our pal Chris Smirnoff, who deluged him with photo books: Yul Brynner, Comedians, Salgado, a Sears photo catalog… the two also chatted up Instagram shooters Connie and Stewart in search of brighter focusing screens for his Rolleiflex TLRs, Gabe got some from Magicflex Camera and they’re incredible Michael Herring (colorblindfish on IG) sent Gabe a gorgeous camera strap from Couch Guitar Straps hey, the LA Camera Expo is bigger than ever! Gabe took a hard look at an Omegaflex and backed away Jeff attended the Olivia Dean Soho Session and this time did NOT interact with Danny Clinch P is on the cover of Numero Magazine, one of Gabe’s favorites Seth Rogen is a Widelux and XPan aficionado - let’s get him on the show! speaking of which: whither Debbie Gibson…? it’s holiday gift time, check our merch page! P got Jeff a Swiss Champ XXL Swiss Army Knife for his birthday because she’s wonderful and finally, we dip a few toes into our Prodigious Mailbag™

    1h 8m
  5. 11/16/2025

    Episode 98 • Five Years, That's All We’ve Got

    How did these two mumbling malcontents pump out pods for five years and ninety-eight nattering episodes? In this one, the boys barely discuss that at all! Instead Jeff recaps his trip to London, to the shop where he bought both his Alpa and XPan, and Gabe recounts his acquisition of a legendary lens owned by an even-more-legendary photographer. A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest — tune in! November 20 marks IDOC’s fifth anniversary, and the 21st marks Jeff’s birthday! Jeff briefly recounts his trip to London, including a stop at Camera City, the shop where he got both his first Alpa and his first XPan Gabe’s birthday bonanza included a Lab-Box and a Negative Supply scanning rig… …he found a Beseler 67SC enlarger on FB Marketplace… …and went to (basically) Spahn Ranch in the Hollywood Hills to secure a 80mm f4 Rodenstock Rodagon enlarger lens… which, it turns out, used to belong to Herb Ritts! our continuing adventures with the maddeningly inconsistent Chad GPT: it misled Jeff about the fate of the final penny, and lied to Gabe about a mysterious TLR which turned out to be a rare Rolleiflex 2.8F white face what do the boys think of the soon-come Widelux XX? sad news: Freestyle Photo is closing their brick-and-mortar location  should Jeff buy an O.G. Alpa-Reflex on the ‘bay to complete his collection? once again, we improbably empty the Prodigious Mailbag™ and now you must run to the L.A. Camera Expo in Burbank ‘cause it’s happening at this very moment!

    1h 14m
4.8
out of 5
59 Ratings

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The smash hit podcast about cameras and camera collecting from Jeff Greenstein and Gabe Sachs.

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