Episode 35 • mm (feat. Talya Adams)
- Gabe’s bare-bones kit for his upcoming Canada trip: Leica M4 and M10
- The Nikonos V is nice-konos! - let’s hear from Nikonos shooters!
- the mailbag, featuring:
- more talk of travel gear
- do you have cute names for your cameras?
- homebrew copystands
- the mysterious allure of the 40mm focal length (Summicron, Hexanon, Pentax, Zuiko, Ultron, etc.)
- Talya Adams interview:
- how she got into film photography
- her thrift-store Rollei 35 S and the Rollei B 35 that replaced it
- her LA shop of choice: Walter’s Camera Repairs
- learning her way around the exposure triangle
- learning to develop her own film
- her love for TMax 400
- capturing personality in portraiture work
- her next camera: the Canon AE-1 Program
- how her admiration for Jane Bown led her to the Olympus OM-1
- and then the OM-4 and the OM-10
- what led her into medium-format?
- her experiences with the Mamiya RB67, Mamiya 645, Pentax 645… before getting her own Pentax 6x7
- her first rangefinder cameras: the Olympus 35RC and Canon QL17
- not much love for the Canon P - she prefers the 7s
- “buying the dip” on eBay
- how many cameras is excessive?
- her key shooters: Leica M3, Hasselblad 500C, Pentax 6x7 and Yashica A
- why should Jeff want a Big Ugly Box camera like the 500C? because it will make him a better person
- the philosophy which underlies her YouTube channel: develop your eye
- Talya’s Instagram, YouTube, Medium and website
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