The Classic Lenses Podcast

The dust has only just settled from the fallout from last week’s show, as we had a record number of comments made about it in our small but perfectly formed Facebook group. Calm has now been restored with some serial number serendipity and Perry’s new acquisitions, one of which uses similar letters to a lens that Simon loves. Also, how to photograph a pimp whilst maintaining his annonyminity. All in all, plenty of Rodenstock and Schneider-Kreuznach lens action along with the classic lens powerhouse camera, the Agfa ePhoto 780. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 107 LINKS A History of the Xenon Lens by Cheyenne Morrison Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon 50mm f2 by M42 Mount Spiral Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon 50 mm f2 at Allphotolenses Agfa ePhoto 780 Wolverhampton Camera Fair Simon’s awesome New Exakta Rear Lens Caps! ________ EPISODE 107 TAGS #CLP107 #Exakta #Xenon #Rodenstock #SchneiderKreuznach #AgfaePhoto780 #AnilMistry ________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST
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Anil Mistry makes a very welcome return to CLP Towers this week and there’s not a Leica or RF lens in sight, much to the relief to those aspiring street photographers that don’t dig rangefinders. Anil presides over a Fuji vs. Sony fight in which three of the four people on the podcast think that Fuji being a camera company automatically means he should buy a Fuji over a Sony. All this nonsense and loads of lens talk, Japanese Helios, the joy of (digital) printing, and an inexplicable decent into hip-hop. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________ ANIL MISTRY Website | Twitter | Instagram ________ EPISODE 106 LINKS Pentax ME Super Cosina CT1 Super Voigtlander Bessaflex TM Ricoh KR-10 MIR-1 37mm f2.8 MIR-1 37mm f2.8 Minolta MC Rokkor PG 50mm f1.4 Meyer-Optik Görlitz Lydith 30mm f3.5 Industar-50 50mm f3.5 Helios Auto Wide Angle 35mm f2.8 Rubinar 500mm f5.6 mirror Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 135mm f2.8 (C/Y) Lomography Neptune Convertible Art Lens System Contaflex SLR

This week, Perry discusses life and photography in Hong Kong on Coronavirus lockdown, Simon attempts to survive the Great Stone-on-Trent Snowpocalypse of 2020, and Johnny risk life and limb in Chicago for hotdogs. The guys also discuss different flavours of Canon 35mm LTM lenses, photo-free photo walks, and life as a Leicaman. Emails and shoutouts as well. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________ EPISODE 105 LINKS Mike Walker on Instagram Ken Rockwell - The LEICAMAN (aka Ricardo Bayon) Canon Camera Museum - S Lenses Fup Duck Photography - Angle of view Hasselblad - ‘Equivalent' 35 mm format (24x36 mm) focal lengths DSLR Bodies - Making Sense of Nikon Lens Abbreviations Viewfinder Vikings, Episode 22 - Free Film! Homemade Camera Podcast FuckYoSwag.com - Promotion, Music and Video Production No bond for man who shot himself in penis whilst robbing hot dog stand on Halloween ________ EPISODE 105 PLAYLIST The Fall - Hit The North Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds -

Johnny’s back and he’s got a new toy, Perry has moved on from shooting riots to shooting the Zombie Apocalypse that is Coronavirus Hong Kong, and Simon is utterly confused as to whether familiarity with equipment is the road to photography enlightenment or whether it’s just great gear or both and neither. Also this show we get through a backlog of great emails from listeners. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________ #104 LINKS Sunny 16 Podcast episode 187 with Perry Ge Sunny 16 branch Photo Meetup and Stroll Japan Exposures: Converted Contax G Lenses for Leica M Photoethnography.com's Classic Camera DB: Leica M3 johanniels.com: Leica M3 35mmc: Double Stroke vs. Single Stroke (Leica M3) 35mmc: Palubel Makina 67 Ken Rockwell: Nikon 13mm f5.6 Ken Rockwell: Voigtländer 40mm f/2 Cameraquest.com: Voigtlander SL 12/5.6 and SL 15/4.5 for Nikon F DAG Camera: Static electricity on M3 glass pressure plate ________ EPISODE 104 TAGS #CLP104 #FringePinching #FunnyRainbows

Ethan Moses, esteemed podcast tart of Cameradactyl, Homemade Camera Podcast, and guest on every other podcast ever fame, joins us to talk about lenses, lots and lots of lenses. Mamiya Press lenses, his favourite Nikon and rangefinder glass, and medium format Russian lenses. For listeners of a nervous disposition, Ethan does not treat his lenses with tender loving care. Also Johnny was feeling under the weather this week, so Perry talks too much about RF lenses to Ethan instead. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________ Ethan Moses CAMERADACTYL CAMERAS | BRANCOPAN Kickstarter | Homemade Camera Podcast | Instagram ________ #103 LINKS Mamiya Press System One Shot: Inchindown Nikon EM Canon Canonette 1965 TV Commercial Kiev 60 / Pentacon Six Standard Lens Test Kiev 60 Jupiter-8 50mm f2 Jupiter-3 50mm f1.5 ________ EPISODE 103 TAGS #CLP103 #CAMERADACTYL #BRANCOPAN #HomemadeCameraPodcast ________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST
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Not content to bring one special lens to the party, Perry brings three absolute stunners with him, while Simon’s back shooting his Sony. We also catch up on Johnny in the darkroom (yes he did say he was done with that), and catch up on the emails we ran out of time to discuss last week. A show packed to the gills with lens talk in an attempt hold on to those listeners we alienated in show #100… So buckle up for some serious Zeiss, Pentax, Petzval, Industar, Taylor Hobson and Olympus action! ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________ #102 LINKS Industar-22 New Petzval 58 Bokeh Control Art Lens Leitz 9cm f4 Elmar The Bokeh Factory - Palecwnosie Taylor, Taylor & Hobson Cooke Ivotal Anastigmat 1 inch f/1.4 Made (C-Mount) Converted Contax G Lenses Early Takumar Lenses in M42 Basic Photographic Sensitometry Intro by Kodak Characteristic Curve by NFSA ________ EPISODE 101 TAGS #CLP102 #Industar22 #NewPetzval58mm #9cmElmar #BokehFactory #CookeIvotalAnastigmat1inch #C

So, after our almost universally acclaimed and made for YouTube extravaganza better known as #100, we’re back on the radio/podcast. Normal service is resumed with Johnny & Perry going on about scale focusing issues that could easily be dealt with by adapting to digital or just shooting an SLR camera, and we still love our panorama cameras. We have some excellent emails this week leading to plenty of lens and camera talk, plus we launch our latest lens giveaway. Be warned attempting to win the lens will come at a heavy price… ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________ #101 LINKS Rolleicord Vb Rolleiflex 3.5f Mamiya 6 Moe Mamiya 6 Agfa Record III Zenza Bronice ETRsi Zenza Bronica S2A Topcor 50mm f3.5 Depth of Field Moody Bible Institute Compact Bible Magnifier Sheets Some guy named Edward Weston makes a contact print Scientists put 3D glasses on cuttlefish ________ EPISODE 101 TAGS #CLP101 #MediumFormat #6x6 #6x9 #6x4.5 #Rolleiflex ________ SUPPORT THE PO

Our second anniversary and our 100th show. To mark the occasion professional lens designer, Jason Lane has returned and this time you get to see the software that Karl, Johnny and Simon were raving about in Karl’s final show, Episode #64. So here’s something of a first for us, a podcast designed to be watched on Youtube, rather than just listened to as an audio file. Having moved away from highly technical shows, here’s one for those people that want to get down and dirty at the lens element scale as Jason gives an insight into the world of lens design. Watch Episode 100 on YouTube ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________ Jason Lane Pictoriographica, home of J. Lane Dry Plates | Instagram #100 LINKS Photographic Lens Design Photographic Dry Plates Dioptrique Photographique Zemax OpticStudio College of Optical Sciences, The University of Arizona ________ EPISODE 100 TAGS #CLP100 #JasonLane #LensDesign #Zemax #Pictoriographica ________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST
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So having done a Christmas show, the CLP has now completely sold out and done an awards show. So sit back and listen to a list of the usual winning names such as the Nikon D90 etc... ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________   EPISODE 99: LENSES OF THE YEAR PERRY MVP (Lens of the Year): Leica 35mm Summicron Version IV "King of Bokeh" Duo of the Year (Best Camera-Lens Combo): Hasselblad XPan + 45mm f4 Rookie of the Year (Best Newcomer): Fujinon 5cm f2.8 LTM Sports Personality of the Year (Best Character): Canon 50mm f1.5 LTM Special Mention (Best Non-Rangefinder Lens): Olympus Pen F 38mm f1.8 SIMON Lens of My Year: Helios/Cyclop 100mm f2 Simon's Cyclop on eBay Lens of My Year Runner-Up: Schneider Curtagon 35mm f4 PA Camera of My Year: Horizon 202 Camera of My Year Runner-Up: Contax AX Lifetime Achievement Award: Carl Zeiss 50mm f1.4 Planar C/Y mount Brancopan Kickstarter JOHNNY Lens, Camera, and Film of the Year: Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/4 LTM

The CLP breaks with tradition and actually does a Christmas show this year! So what lenses and cameras do Perry, Johnny and Simon want for Christmas? To make it easier/harder the wish list of gear that they want Santa to acquire for them is broken down into price based categories. So that will be a Cameradactyl Brancopan, Voigtlander, Olympus, Canon, Leica, Dallmeyer, KMZ, Mamiya and many more... ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________   EPISODE 98 LINKS & REFERENCES CAMERADACTYL Brancopan Canon F1N Zuiko Auto-Macro Lens 50mm f2 The Sony a7R IV Mamiya-Sekor 50 mm f2 Dallmeyer Super-Six 50mm f1.9 Elcan 50mm f2 Rare Earth Glass Leica Lenses Voigtlander Bessa R4M Canon Rangefinder 25mm f3.5 Kodak Cine Ektar 25mm f1.9 ​Olympus OM-D E-M10 M a la Carte Krasnogorsk FT-1. FT-2, FT3 Krasnogorsk FT-2 RHEINBLICKE Panorama FT-2 LEICA IIIa Leitz Elmar 3,5cm f3.5 Optical scheme of elmar 3,5 cm Voigtlander Bessa III 667W Voigtlander Bessa III Wide 667 Rangefinder

Perry is taking a tough break in Bali, so this week we go back to Karl Haven's favourite coffee, tea & chocolate shop: Volta Coffee, Tea & Chocolate! We chatted with Anthony back in February 2019, and Anthony's collection has not diminished at all. He joins us for a relaxed chat covering some of his latest toys. We also read a few emails from around the world with extra care taken regarding name pronunciations... ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________   ANTHONY RUE Volta Coffee, Tea & Chocolate | Halcyon Dive Systems ________   EPISODE 97 LINKS & REFERENCES The Karl Havens Excellence Endowment More about the Fund Online Auction of Karl’s Artwork Support the Karl Havens Excellence Endowment Voigtländer Bessa Folders Voigtländer Perko Agfa Super Isolette Certo Six 'The Sunnies' 4th Annual Sunny 16 Podcast Awards: Place your votes! Homemadecamera.com Audubon Christmas Bird Count The Guy Who Over-Pronounces Foreign Words SNL ‘Enchilada’ 11/10/9

All is well again at The Gilded CLP Tower as Johnny's connection problems are resolved and Perry has not been gassed (recently). Simon hands back Jeremy North's wonderful Contax G2 and is immediately loaned something even more special for a forthcoming light painting workshop. Is looking at great work by other photographers, a bad thing? Is all art political? Does Big Mouth Billy Bass drink Malört? ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________   EPISODE 96 LINKS & REFERENCES http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Rollei_35_RF Hasselblad SWC Magnum Photos: Chaos by Koudelka, 1986-1997 Big Mouth Billy Bass WGN News: Bar installs 70+ Big Mouth Billy Bass fish to sing popular songs The $35 Bokeh Beast: Fotasy 35mm f1.7 One Shot: Inchindown, The World’s Largest Darkroom Emulsive: Comparing Fujifilm NEOPAN 100 ACROS II to original ACROS The Kiln: Tech and Creative Coworking space in Worcester UK ________ EPISODE 90 TAGS #CLP96 #Rollei35RF #HasselbladSWC #JosefKoudelka #BigMout

#95 Desert Island Lenses with Cheyenne Morrison This week Cheyenne Morrison joins us as a returning guest from Down Under. We send him from the lovely island of Australia to a much smaller desert island, washed ashore with three lenses from his collection and one dream lens. Johnny is missing this week, but in the meantime, Simon continues his November purchasing spree, while Perry shoots digital and gets tear gassed again.   ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________   CHEYENNE MORRISON PHOTOGRAPHY Instagram | Facebook | Smugmug ________   EPISODE 95 LINKS & REFERENCES Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 75mm f/1.5 Carl Zeiss Jena Prakticar 50mm f/1.4 - World's 1st modified to M42 mount Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 50mm f2.8 - 5 element, 15 blade version ________ EPISODE 90 TAGS #CLP95 #CheyenneMorrison #CarlZeissJenaBiotar #SchneiderKreuznachXenar #CarlZeissJenaPrakticar ________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST
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So, we tried to make a shorter show this week and ended up making our longest episode. In our defence/defense, we missed a week so we had so much to catch up upon. After a bit of bowel shaming by Simon, we start off by reflecting on on Perry's audio dairy from last week before going full on lens nerdery. Stay tuned for zoom love 'n' hate, Simon gets an Orikkor at last, don't freeze your Ilford film without opening it first, "No GAS November", Yashinon 5cm f2, Fujinon55mm f2.2, and NWA burgers. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________   EPISODE 94 LINKS & REFERENCES New Petzval 55 mm f1.7 MKII Petri 50mm f2 Kuribayashi C.C. What is the difference between an AI lens, an AI-S lens, and Non-AI lens? Through the F-Mount - Nikkor History: Manual Focus Zooms In Perspective - Fup Duck Photography 100 Years of Tear Gas - The Atlantic Neda Agha-Soltan  ________ EPISODE 94 MIX TAPE: TEAR GAS BURGERTIME Fuck tha Police - NWA Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant ________ EP

A special audio diary documenting Perry’s experiences photographing Hong Kong's most harrowing week since the protests began almost six months ago. Perry has been out on the streets almost every day covering what could turn out to be an historic series of events. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________   PLAYLIST Glory To Hong Kong Ember Island: Umbrella Do You Hear the People Sing? Dixie Chicks: Not Ready to Make Nice ________ TAGS #CLP #audiodiary #HongKong ________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST
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We’ve not had the time to read out and discuss listener emails recently, so it’s about time we caught up with them. Well, that was the intention, but Johnny and Perry had other ideas and came over all artistic… Plenty of subjects under discussion, including the Canon LTM 50/1.4, 50mm f2 lenses, focus shift, Taylor Hobson 2” f2 Anastigmat, 75mm Biotar, Robot lenses, and mild disappointment with Perry’s star 35mm purchases mentioned last week. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________   EPISODE 93 LINKS & REFERENCES Barbara Crane: Grids Barbara Crane: Whole Roll IIT Institute of Design: Remembering Barbara Crane Robert Clarke-Davis Keith A. Smith: Structure of the Visual Book 3rd Edition Chicago 1968: The Whole World Is Watching What is Focus Shift? Jasvy Photography - Canon 35mm f1.5 LTM Canon Camera Museum - Canon 35mm f1.5 LTM Mike Eckman - Topcon RE Super (1963) RE Auto Topcor lenses Jason Howe - The Japanese Summilux: Canon 50mm f1.4 LTM ________ EPISOD

A diverse, engaging, funny and occasionally dark conversation this week with author and former photojournalist John R. Bruning. John talks about how using classic lenses helped him back to normality. Plus, Perry manages to justify buying two subtlety different 35mm lenses, advice on selling children, and how protest photography can become enthralling. No emails this week, we will cover them next week. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________   JOHN R. BRUNING Website | Instagram | The Life of Sylvie ________   EPISODE 92 LINKS & REFERENCES Canon 35mm f1.5 LTM Canon 35mm f1.8 LTM Canon 50mm f1.4 LTM Tamarkin Rare Camera Auction Allison Morgan Rockin’ Blues Photography chengwaihok on Instagram 4 Spirits Distillery ________ SIMON'S LENSES FOR SALE Nikon LTM 8.5cm f/2   Nikon LTM 10.5cm f/2.5 Helios-40 85mm f/1.5 Canon LTM 50mm f/1.4 EPISODE 90 TAGS #CLP92 #JohnRBruning #Sylvie #Indestructible #CanonLTM ________ SUPPORT THE PODCAST
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We have new acquisitions, and for once, it’s not Perry bringing all the gems to the party… So we have 75mm f/1.5 Biotar talk, an almost complete Contax G2 system in black, as well as the Grail Lens that Perry wanted to take to his desert island. In addition, we talk about the Auto-Takumar 35/3.5, M-Rokkor 40/2, and gifts from Karl's Brother, Todd Havens. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________   EPISODE 91 LINKS & REFERENCES Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 75mm f/1.5 Taylor Hobson Anastigmat 2inch ｆ2.0 Reid & Sigrist Ltd. Cameras 1947-1964 Reid I and III Cameras Auto-Takumar 35mm f3.5 M-Rokkor 40mm f2 Contax G2 Petri Kuribayashi/Kyoei 35mm f3.5 Exakta VX Canon L2 Canon Camera Museum: Rangefinders EPISODE 91 MIX TAPE: 'NO TINY SCRATCH' Grandmaster Flash - Wildstyle De La Soul - Me Myself And I Beastie Boys - Live in Amsterdam Run DMC - Jam Master Jay Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause EPISODE 91 TAGS #CLP91 #NoTinyScratch #TaylorHobsonAnastigmat2i

This week we make a departure into the world of classic lenses for cinema. We are joined by W.S (Bill) Pivetta a cinematographer and sound engineer with a love/obsession with old lenses. Bill mainly shoots on digital film making equipment and loves to hunt down old lenses to adapt them for movie making. Once Bill has bought a lens, it stays with Bill, and his collection is quite astonishing. Loads of subject matter is covered so go and get some popcorn and have a listen. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________   W.S. PIVETTA IMDB | Instagram | ilovelenses.com ________   EPISODE 90 LINKS & REFERENCES Visual Products Duclos Lenses Cooke Optics Parfocal Lenses The Mitchell BNC Wollensak Fastax Alexa 65mm CineStill CineStill 800T Kodak Cine Film Kodak: Real Film Chicago Reader: W.D. Floyd - Ode to the Green Line EPISODE 90 FILMOGRAPHY ‘Victoria’ review 'Victoria' director Sebastian Schipper ‘Victoria’ cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grovlen ‘Dunkirk’

Perry's back from his punishment break to Okinawa with the biggest international news story from Hong Kong. If that's not enough, he's got GAS real bad and it's contagious... Plus the usual discussions about Petri lenses, clip on viewfinders, the death of Spectra film, Kodak Medalist, Olympus XA, Contax T, Developing Kodachrome, Fuji X-100, Ricoh GR, and lenses galore!   ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
 Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher  ________   EPISODE 89 LINKS & REFERENCES Studio C-41: He Reverse Engineered Kodachrome! Contax T Contax T Ricox GR II Minox 35 GT Kodak Medalist Petri SLRs Polaroid Spectra Cameras Emulsive Secret Santa 2019 UV Photography UV Photography Dorset knob-throwing festival cancelled for 2020   EPISODE 89 PLAYLIST Chipzel - Spectra Three3 Six6 Mafia - Slob On My Knob (explicit) Jeff Bridges - The Weary Kind EPISODE 89 TAGS #CLP89 #Minox #Alcall35mmLTM #CanonT60 #ContaxT #PolaroidSpectra #RicohGRII #EmulsiveSecretSanta #JeffBridges ________ SUPPORT THE