Episode 78 • Join the Car Crash Set

Hear the crushing steel, feel the steering wheel! Gabe lingers in NYC for more photographic and culinary adventures, while Jeff sees his reflection in the luminescent dash of his newly beloved Alpa 10s. But what will happen when he gently caresses its warm leatherette? Tune in and find out!

* presenting… our bad-review mug! however, you gotta listen to the episode to find out where to get it, ‘cause it’s not on our merch page
* Gabe recounts further New York exploits with Sissi Lu, Chris Chu and Chris Lowell
* Sissi gave each of the boys one of her super-cool DO NOT X-RAY film travel bags
* Gabe test-drove the Pentax 17 and had some criticisms - pictures came out great, though!
* Gabe’s palate was enslaved by Xi’an Famous Foods
* he visited the new Leica Store in the Meatpacking District - turns out they are still carrying used equipment
* his only dud of the entire trip: three rolls of film purchased from Willoughby’s turned out to be both expensive and expired
* erratum! apologia! mea culpa! we found Louis Mendes, namesake of our last episode (oops), and he’s a national treasure
* Jeff has been finding the Alpa 10s an utter joy to shoot with
* but beware of dry (ba-dum-bump-bump, ba-dum-bump) leatherette - Jeff did a quick fix with a replacement strip from cameraleather.com (and also procured a replacement sheet from Polar Bear Camera)
* Jeff bought a tiny Reveni light meter Mk. 1 on eBay and it is nice
* Ausgeknipst (“switched off”), makers of the charger to replace the PX625 with the rechargeable Varta V80H, make their own version of The Thingy and so much more - check ‘em out
* Mint’s new Rollei 35AF will cost $800, making the Pentax 17 seem like a bargain
* we urge you to learn the story of the Salmon of Knowledge so you will be spared Jeff’s Irish accent
* P dusted off her old Nikon F5 and 85mm f1.8 Nikkor to shoot a newly engaged couple, burning through two rolls of FPP Color 125 in fifteen minutes
* exciting news! John-Michael Mendizza plans to lend Gabe his new Tele-Rolleiflex
* we take a shallow dive into our Prodigious Mailbag™
* and finally, our art director Keith Greenstein wrote and illustrated a new children’s book - it’s called Why Don’t You Marry It? and you should buy it!