Classic Camera Revival

Classic Camera Revival - Episode 82 - Compact Nation

In our second part of our isolation podcasts, Alex discusses the Nikon FM and Nikon FE, two cameras that came out in the aftermath of the Olympus OM-System. The history behind these cameras, how they compare and their use in the field. Also, we welcome long time member of the Toronto Film Shooters Meetup and member of the Mississauga Leatherworkers Guild Mr Mark Rossi to discuss his own leatherworking business and the creation of Due North Leather. Due North, as you may know, is producing fine leather camera straps for a reasonable cost!

Classic Camera Revival - Episode 81 - Living in Stereo

After our recent shelf queen episode (in which John spoke about his non-functioning Stereo Realist), John heard from listener Howard M. Sandler, who it turns out is quite the expert on Stereo Photography! We thought a deep dive into Stereo would be in order, and John was very happy to have Howard as a guest for this Stereo excursion. Below is an example of Howard's stereo work.

Howard was also kind enough to provide a treasure trove of links on the topic (listed below), so dive in!

Howard's stereo photos (mostly film, but not exclusively. Almost all presented in parallel viewing format)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/hsandler/albums/72157674884839827

 

 

One of many stereo groups on flickr (images in a variety of viewing formats. There are also groups for specific viewing formats)

https://www.flickr.com/groups/stereoimages/pool/

 

 

London Stereoscopic Co. They sell a good viewer for parallel images (the Owl viewer) and publish a gallery of good stereo pairs each month (Full disclosure: Howard has an image in the May 2020 gallery).

https://www.londonstereo.com/index.html

 

 

Everything about the care and maintenance of Stereo Realists.

http://www.drt3d.com/3DRealist/

 

 

Composition and the Stereo Window

https://ggstereo.org/3d-is-different/

 

 

Medium format stereo considerations

https://ggstereo.org/medium-format-stereo/

 

 

Brian May's documentary "A Brief History of 3D" (presented in parallel view)

https://vimeo.com/30371088

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Classic Camera Revival - Episode 80 - Pardon Me, Do you have a Smoke?

Bill, Alex, and Alex sit down and discuss the awesome but frustrating icon of a camera, the Rollei 35!

Classic Camera Revival - Episode 79 - The Plate

Alex and John sit down with Jason Lane to discuss Dry Plate Photography, his love of the format that drove him to produce modern dry plates and a modern holder to allow photographers to enjoy this 19th century format that helped popularise photography.

Classic Camera Revival - Episode 78 - Rest in Pieces

Sometimes a camera breaks and we can't get it fixed, but we don't want to get rid of it either, so they just sit on our shelves looking pretty or in pieces. The gang also talks about getting your camera repaired.

Classic Camera Revival - Episode 77 - Sgt. Eastman and the Lonely Camera Band

There are some terrible cameras out there, but sometimes a camera that has a huge following and produces some amazing images. And several of these cameras are owned or rather were owned by members of the team, but they just didn't fit our style. These cameras often sit on our shelves just not used anymore, they're part of the lonely camera band.

Classic Camera Revival - Episode 76 - DIY Show II

Here at the Classic Camera Revival, we are big fans of getting things done ourselves! We love to process our own film, but today we're talking about two different things the first is creating your own photo 'zine or book and we have our special guest Matt who takes things a lot further and builds his own cameras.

Classic Camera Revival - Episode 75 - The Last Crusade

We're here to take that leap from the lion's mouth and seek out that camera that we've been wanting. So today the gang discusses the cameras that they had been lusting after and either got, still looking for, or accidentally sold off. 

Classic Camera Revival - Episode 74 - Hidden Gems

While we could do an entire episode on one of the world's most under-rated, hidden gem cameras out there, the Nikon F90(x). It's a camera we've talked about so much before we just had to take out several other cameras that need a little more limelight. On today's episode, we'll be covering the Zenit E, Pentax Espio 115m, Canon EF, Voigtlander Vito, and the Yashica T4!

Classic Camera Revival - Episode 73 - Big Glass

We all need that little bit extra, that extra stop, that extra degree. For that, we pick up the heavy hitters, the big glass in our camera kits. If you're someone who is an ultra-wide junky (Lens 24mm or wider) or wants only a sliver of your frame in focus (Lenses with apertures at f/1.4 or faster), this episode is for you!