Our blockbuster eightieth episode includes talk of wedding shoots and model shoots, German Rolleis and Swiss Alpas, plastic Pentaxes and Pano Portrait Snobs. Tune in for all the badinage! * Eighty episodes — even the hosts can’t remember the highlights! So which three episodes would you recommend to the uninitiated? * Gabe went to a Cameras & Coffee meetup at the Culver Steps… * …where he drooled over an Olympus OM-4Ti and a Mamiyaflex * He also brought five cameras to a shoot with...

Gabe Sachs, 25 years after Freaks and Geeks, is the Astrid Kirchherr of American comedy; Jeff Greenstein, 25 hours after Paris Fashion Week, is the Derek Zoolander of European modeling. Tune in for their rollicking adventures! * Jeff’s just back from a wild trip to Paris! Including: * P did a runway gig for Balmain for Fashion Week… * while Jeff modeled for renowned photographer Leslie Kee of Super magazine… * suffered hand-check travails at Orly Airport… * and browsed...

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...

It’s Talking Heads: 77 as the boys convene in New York City for a pilgrimage to B&H Photo, where they ambush veteran camera guru Michael Armato at the used counter for what proves to to be a truly phenomenal interview. Then it’s off to Fotografiska for the long-promised visit to the Vivian Maier and Bruce Gilden shows. Who will emerge victorious when Jeff confronts his photographic nemesis? Tune in and find out!

Hurricane Debby brings a downpour of camera gear! Gabe’s out with his Leica III and Mamiya C330, while Jeff samples some digital Leicas. Gabe chats with Toronto photographer Jessica Devic, and Jeff recounts his acquisition of a rare Alpa 10s from a seller in Alaska. Tune in for all the fish stories! * It’s raining cameras! So much to report… * Gabe figured out how to adjust his Leica III rangefinder * and he’s acquired a Metz 45 CT-1 flash, the Bruce Gilden Special * and he’s been shooting...

One of the Best Photography Podcasts To Listen To In 2024 (per Amateur Photographer magazine) returns to bask in some praise for a change! In this blockbuster XL episode, we run down our travels in Europe and Canada, recap recent celebrity photo shoots, exult over exotic gear acquisitions, and dive to the bottom of our Prodigious and Informative Mailbag™! Tune in to see what the fuss is about! * THE BIGGEST NEWS: our smash hit podcast earned global acclaim, as Amateur Photographer named us...

Two glasses of white wine reduces Jeff to drunkenly raving about travel cameras, airport hand-check injustices and (predictably) his usual cast of bêtes noires. Meanwhile, stone-cold-sober Gabe offers sharp, reasoned takes on the new Pentax 17 and the cameras of 1955. Tune in to Episode № 74 (not 75) for all the mayhem! * Jeff recorded this episode from Rome after imbibing two glasses of cheap white wine, which is why he keeps calling it Episode 75 * Why the two cameras Jeff picked for his...

“I am sitting in the smallest room of my house. I have your review before me. In a moment it will be behind me.” — Max Reger, German composer (1873–1916), responding to a savage review Jeff’s in Lisbon at the start of a month-long European trip; Gabe’s in LA developing his own film for the first time in years. But what’s obsessing them the most? Their first rotten review! Tune in for all the merriment and NO PRAISE! Jeff’s choice of cameras and film for a month-long European trip: the...

A transformational live-on-locational supersensational IDOCstravaganza! First we go to a Los Angeles Photography Club Cameras and Coffee meetup in Koreatown to talk to folks about their cameras and dogs. Then we SPAN THE GLOBE to interview Jo Geier, proprietor of Mint and Rare, a phenomenal camera shop in Vienna, Austria. You won’t want to miss this one, so TOON IN!

Consulting Producer Tucker Sachs, the real brains behind I Dream of Cameras, has long lurked in the shadows with a bone and a chew toy, but in this episode he finally steps into the light. Also discussed: photo books, photo contests, photo walks and photo acquisitions, along with every syllable of your deathless prose from the Prodigious Mailbag™. It’s a doggie-dog world! * Daido Moriyama’s ’71 NY is an incredible photo book shot on an Olympus Pen W * Gabe had a blast at the latest Beers...

He wouldn’t…. Now that the long-raging and ill-advisedly-ignited Vivian Maier debate has finally died down, Jeff wouldn’t throw gasoline on those embers by expressing a Strong Opinion about some recent Viv-related news, would he? Well, you’ll just have to tune in to find out. Also discussed: the boys swap cities, Gabe in New York and Jeff in Los Angeles; recent shooting adventures with a slew of cameras both old and new; and the proper way to express your love of our smash hit podcast:...

Paulina Porizkova joins the boys to offer her unique perspective on the art and business of fashion photography. How’d she get into it? What’s the most important thing a photographer should know about working with models? Why does Paulina call Irving Penn “Mr. Penn”? Does the fact that Jeff has a spreadsheet of when he last changed the batteries in his cameras render him more attractive? All this and much, much more in our sexy Episode № 69 — nice! * how Paulina got into modeling at age 15,...

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...

“Pablo Larraín, the film’s Chilean director, felt [Jackie] Kennedy’s love of beauty was so integral to her character that he requested [Natalie] Portman utter ‘I love beauty’ at some point during the shooting of every scene.” This is absurd, but not as absurd as Episode № 67 of I Dream of Cameras, “Your Extra Time and Your Kiss,” in which we discuss cameras called Beauty and Kiss and Super. Tune in for all the mayhem! * Jeff made yet another math error! 64 is 2 to the fifth * Gabe presents…...

It’s a voyage to the bottom of the Prodigious Mailbag™ on our Smash Hit Podcast™, but before that there’s talk of the year in photography 1957, the revived Southern California camera show, Jeff’s trip to the Caribbean with a sexy Swede and also his girlfriend, eBay execs sending pig fetuses to their critics, and so much more! * Jeff made yet another major math error! 64 is 2 cubed * Sorry, but Parenting Hell is not a smash hit podcast * Gabe presents The Year in Focus 1957: * Nikon SP ...

You want more and you want it fast? Tune in to Episode № 65 of I Dream of Cameras, “Rebel Rebel,” in which Gabe and Jeff wax rhapsodic about the trash-table treasure Canon EOS Rebel 2000. How did this grubby chunk of plastic capture the hearts of two men devoted to the cult of Leica? Pluck this pod and find out! Also, we call out great cameras NOT from the big-name brands, recount recent shooting adventures, and take a shallow dip into the deep and prodigious mailbag! * Jeff made a major...

The big news in Episode № 64 of I Dream of Cameras is the release of Harman Phoenix, a brand-new experimental color film from the company we insist on calling Ilford ‘cause they didn’t give us free stuff. Also covered: notable cameras of 1959; fun with Lomochrome Turquoise; Gabe’s recent five-camera all-film photo shoot; the growing cult of the Minolta P’s; last-minute holiday gift ideas; and tons of blowback in the Prodigious Mailbag! * Cameras of 1959: * Leica M1 * Minolta SR-1 ...

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! *...

Gabe goes to a celebrity wedding; Jeff appears in Vogue Portugal. Gabe has a birthday; Jeff has a breakdown. And all the while, they scour the globe in search of the world’s finest vintage camera shops. Tune in for pulled pork and wienerschnitzel and much, much more! * Cameras of ’61: * Olympus Pen EE * Canon 7 * Rolleiflex wide-angle * Pentax H1/S1 * A vintage Hasselblad 500c ad: What could possibly make a camera worth $550? * Gabe had a birthday and received a...

A rare treat: IDOC № 61 is dedicated to you, our legions of devoted listeners. In this XL episode, we take a deep, deep dive into our Prodigious Mailbag™, which as of recording ran 46 emails deep. Tune in as Gabe and Jeff respond to inquiries, sympathies, clapbacks and condemnations. It’s sixty-wonderful! * Cameras of ’62: * Minolta Hi-Matic * Nikon F Photomic * Hasselblad 500C in space! Wally Schirra aboard Mercury 8 * Canonflex RM * Pentax SV * Miranda DR *...

In Episode № 60 of I Dream of Cameras, Gabe and Jeff stun the photography world by boldly revealing the contents of their fiercely guarded eBay watch lists. That’s right — you could go on the ‘Bay right now and steal their Precious right out from under them! What are the white whales and black beauties they’ve been eyeing hungrily? And which would they choose if a magical djinn offered them just one? Cross your arms and blink to find out now! * Cameras of 1963: * the original Kodak...

“So no one told you life was gonna be this way / Your Nikon’s in the shop, your XPan’s D.O.A....” Join Jeff and Gabe in Noo Yawk Cit-tay for a very special episode, featuring a schmear and a Dr. Brown’s and the most underrated Canon SLR of the modern era. We’ll be there for you! Cameras of 1964: the O.G. Leicaflex the elusive Canon FX the wildly undervalued Pentax SV the freakish Nikkorex Auto 35 the large and unwieldy Koni-Omega Rapid Gabe’s NYC photo walk with the great Sissi...

There's fever in the funkhouse now for Episode № 58 of I Dream of Cameras, in which we introduce a startling new segment: we ROLL THE DICE to choose from a bumper crop of listener-suggested topics. Tune in ‘cause the deuce is still wild! * Cameras of 1965: * Leicaflex MK2 * Minolta Autopak 700 * Hasselblad EL/M * Olympus Pen EM * Nikkormat FT * and something else that came out in 1965 * Jeff saw the Terry O’Neill show at Fotografiska… * …went to Overland Photo Supply...

In Episode № 57 of I Dream of Cameras, we mind our P’s — Minolta’s little-known pocket XPan killer — and Q’s — diving into a particularly prodigious mailbag. Also, Gabe’s gone digicam kray-zee, and Jeff’s still obsessed with that Nikon Year of the Dog camera. Tune in for all the chitter-chatter! * Cameras of 1966: * The troublesome but alluring Rolleiflex SL66 * The unreleased yet tantalizing Pentax 220 * The well-named Petri Racer * Gabe’s recent acquisitions — he’s a digicam...