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™
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