Episode Details

Jeff is on location! Gabe’s just back from the frozen north! And they still manage to find time for a rollicking conversation with photographer and YouTuber Chris Chu. Tune in for the fascinating result — we did indeed rollick!

Gabe’s adventure at Downtown Camera in Toronto with Jessica Devic

which camera(s!) Jeff decided to bring on his trip to Atlanta and the UK: Rollei 35 SE and Minox LX

Polaroid’s new Green Duochrome is great!

a moderate dip into our moldering mailbag, with more talk of travel cameras and bulk-loading Ektachrome

Our rollicking interview with Chris Chu:

his abrupt decision to abandon a computer science degree in San Francisco to pursue his crazy dream of a photography career in Los Angeles

his journey into film photography, starting with the Canon P

and then into medium format with the Pentax 645, the Mamiya RB67 Pro SD and the Mamiya RZ67

Chris tries to convince Jeff to get a Big Ugly Box medium-format camera

his favorite film stocks Portra 160 and Ektar 100

shooting color when you're color-blind

what fueled his growing camera-collecting addiction

...but why no 35mm SLRs?

what he likes about the rangefinder shooting experience

zone focusing: setting a hyperfocal distance and training yourself to use it

camera bags — and how many cameras do you carry at once?

half-frame cameras: the half-a-cookie debate is reignited!

why own the same camera (Leica M6) in both chrome and black?

he's flirting with the Leica M-A - Jeff tries to save him by pitching the M3, M2 and CL

how do you refrain from getting that next camera? — he doesn’t! he just bought a Hasselblad 501CM!