Episode 63 • Three Years of His Youth

It’s our third anniversary episode, featuring celebrations galore and talk of cameras past, present and future. Plus the return of our Prodigious Mailbag™, featuring NO PRAISE! Tune in for all the merriment!

* Cameras of 1960:
* Nikkorex 35
* Nikon S3M
* the original Canonflex
* Pentax Spotmatic shown at Photokina
* Rolleiflex 2.8F
* Rolleiflex Rollei Magic
* Zeiss Contarex Special
* Yashica 35M
* Leica R5
* Gabe and Jeff got great birthday gifts!
* the original Kodak Instamatic
* Kodak Retina IIIC
* Lego Rolleiflex
* Leica IXMOO
* A golden Minolta P’s
* Gabe’s been trawling eBay for early LIFE magazines
* Please tell Jeff he doesn’t need a Nicca IIIL
* He’s also fascinated by the ridiculous Contax Preview
* Gabe’s got some shoots coming up, and plans to use:
* Contax 645
* Minolta P’s
* and the super-cheap Canon Rebel 2000 with the 40mm pancake
* Jeff’s quasi-repaired Pentax ES II is cursed… never again!
* …but he’s loving his rare and delightful Mamiya/Sekor 2000 DTL
* …and will soon be shooting on set with his beloved Olympus Pen EE-3
* A deep dive into our Prodigious Mailbag™
* and finally: Gabe throws out the Under $95 Camera Challenge!