Episode 42 • In a World

Find the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything in I Dream of Cameras 42. New cameras, old cameras, new old cameras, old new cameras, and ways to hack eBay — it’s all here!

* best wishes to Graeme, who’s stepping away from Sunny 16 for a bit
* our prodigious mailbag
* Jeff’s 90mm Summicron ASPH is still available - message him and snap it up!
* The new CubePan from Chroma Camera looks intriguing
* Gabe’s trying to leave the house with only one camera… and a spare in the car
* the rumored Leica M6 reissue is for real… but only 500 pieces?
* Gabe wants to trade his chrome Leica M6TTL for a black M6 - hit him up!
* the late John Foster literally wrote the book on Olympus half-frame cameras, and on October 20 his personal collection is up for auction - stock up on those half-a-cookies!
* Film prices are too high, but now Kodak’s seeking more film technicians - will it help?
* What’s more interesting to you, a brand-new 2022 film camera or a good vintage one? and what does this bode for the future of new film cameras?
* Gabe recounts his visit in San Clemente with Trev and Phil from The Darkroom and Juan from Beers and Cameras…
* …which spurred a fixation with high-end compact point-and-shoots like the Minolta TC-1 - compare and contrast with the Yashica T4
* Jeff’s recent developing mishaps with CineStill Df96 - it drops stone dead after 16 rolls
* also, his frustration with bulk loading has reached a fever pitch: even with cassettes salvaged from a one-hour-lab, the felt light traps can be leaky! rescue us, Ethan Moses!
* Differences between the Hasselblad XPan and the XPan II
* fantastic eBay tip! here’s how to find the start date of a Buy It Now auction, to assess how open the seller might be to an offer: tinyurl.com/auctionstarttime
* we encourage people to contribute to the Sunny 16 Presents channel - if we can do it, so can you!
* now go out with one camera and one roll of film and just shoot! or use a half-frame camera so you don’t censor yourself so much - allow yourself to play and experiment…
* and print your stuff! give prints as gifts! ’tis the season! By