Sunny 16 Presents

On Location: Quirky Cameras #1 with Ian Fleming

On this episode of On Location, Ian Fleming talks about a few less well known cameras from his collection in an effort to shine a little light on some of the underdogs from the camera world.

 

You can find Ian's photography here: https://www.instagram.com/ifleming/?hl=en

 

Positive Fat Bass Intro Loop by WinnieTheMoog

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6093-positive-fat-bass-intro-loop

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Soft Vibes Logo

Licence: The sound is permitted for non-commercial use under license “Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

http://www.orangefreesounds.com/

I dream of Cameras #20 • Catch Up, Soup and Purée

Episode 20 • Catch Up, Soup and Purée

 

Another freewheeling episode spanning a wide range of topics:

• thank-yous from Gabe for his NYFW adventure
• the mailbag
• recapping this week's Beers & Cameras events
• we miss the Pasadena camera show! how are y’all coping?
• we've tried hitting the thrift stores — where are the film cameras?
• Gabe makes good on his Marie Nikondo vow — use your underused cameras, or get rid of ‘em! think of that 22-year-old graduate student at UT Austin!
• Jeff’s new acquisition: the Canon 50mm 1.4 for Leica screwmount
• Jeff is not doing color processing anymore
• Polaroid Color SX-70 film is not very sharp
• follow-up to our previous discussion of Vivian Maier
• since Facebook & Instagram were down this week, let’s talk social media: is it net positive or net negative?
• camera spotlight: our favorite point and shoots
• coming soon: our camera giveaway!

I dream of Cameras #19 • Icons and Nikons

An XL episode boasting two blockbuster features: Gabe’s recap of his adventures covering New York Fashion Week, followed by our survey of the esteemed camera marque known as Nikon.

• Gabe recounts shooting NYFW and the Met Gala

• Jeff’s new acquisitions: a Canon P rangefinder… and (on the way) the Canon RF 50mm f1.4, the Japanese Summilux

• And now: our Nikon show!

• when did you become aware of Nikon, and what was your first?

• Nikon rangefinders: the SP and its siblings

• the Nikon/Canon wars of the ‘70s/'80s

• evolution of the F: F2, F3…

• why no more rangefinders? (till the S3 2000 and SP 2005 commemorative editions)

• spurred by the OM-1, Nikon goes compact: the FM and FE series

• the Nikkormat / Nikomat

• the FM3a — their best ever? 1/4000 with no battery!

• the coveted FM2/T Year of the Dog edition

• consider the Nikonos — they’re so cheap!

• countless point & shoot Nikons, APS cameras…

• the 35Ti, which is not good!

• favorite lenses (e.g. the 105mm f2.5)

• one Nikon to rule them all: which would you choose?

On Location: Camera Scanning with JM Mendizza

Show notes

Instagram @jmmendizza

www.jmm-photos.com

 

Resources

• Negative Holders
  • Pixl-latr https://www.pixl-latr.com/
  • Valoi https://www.valoi.co/
  • Abdi Camera https://www.catlabs.info/product/abdi-fc-35-120-film-carrier-for-flat-bed-scanning-pre-order
  • Digitaliza https://shop.lomography.com/en/digitaliza-120-scanning-mask
  • Essential Film Holder https://clifforth.co.uk/
  • Negative Supply https://www.negative.supply/
  • mongoose https://www.cameradactyl.com/mongoose
• Software
  • Lightroom /Photoshop
    • NLP https://www.negativelabpro.com/
    • Grain 2 pixel https://grain2pixel.com/
    • NEGSETS https://negmaster.com/
    • Filmlab App https://www.filmlabapp.com/
  • Open source
    • Raw Therapee https://www.rawtherapee.com/
    • Negadoctor (Darktable) https://www.darktable.org/

 

Music

 

Positive Fat Bass Intro Loop by WinnieTheMoog

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6093-positive-fat-bass-intro-loop

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

 

Funk Game Loop by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3787-funk-game-loop

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

 

Mike Gutterman

https://mikegutterman.bandcamp.com/

I dream of Cameras #18 Fast and Furious 18

Episode 18 • Fast and Furious 18

It’s a pulse-pounding thrill-ride (but really, the theme is family) as Jeff and Gabe attempt to cover 18 topics in 60 minutes. Among the items discussed:

1. our week in acquisitions and repairs
2. emails from the teeming masses, including a masterpiece by James Thorpe
3. who made that film? check out tinyurl.com/whatisthatfilm
4. research and acquisition - Jeff throws a camera at Gabe and he researches it on the spot
5. bulk-loading cassettes are a problem!
6. Robert Capa and Vivian Maier and mythmaking
7. our recommended cameras in the $300 range
8. patience and willingness to learn something new
9. doing your own printing (darkroom or inkjet)
10. focus points
11. homemade cameras, 3D printing… the failure of the Reflex, the success of Cameradactyl
12. what famous photographer used my camera?
13. what’s the sexiest shutter sound? what analog camera provided the shutter sound of the iPhone?
14. sprocket holes and fake rebates
15. the Leica/Hasselblad mystique - what other cameras have an “aura”?
16. pricey new films - Open That Film Night!
17. love to Mike Gutterman and Rachel + Constance Mallory Brewster-Wright
18. our upcoming camera giveaway! and our banner and stickers

I dream of Cameras #17 Leica Damn Sociopath

Episode 17 • Leica Damn Sociopath

 

As long threatened, it’s our all-Leica show! Fear not if you’ve yet to be inducted into the sacred cult (pro tip: the password is MOOLY), because in this rollicking episode, Jeff (three Leicas) and Gabe (at least sixteen) will recount their journeys into the haunted forests of Wetzlar. Does the camera live up to the hype? Does the glass? Do the empty boxes which go for hundreds of dollars on eBay? Tune in and find out.

 

Get in touch via email at idreamofcameras@gmail.com

 

You can find Jeff: https://twitter.com/blue439

https://www.instagram.com/sjeffgreenstein/?hl=en

 

And you can find Gabe: https://twitter.com/gabestuff?lang=en

https://www.instagram.com/gabesachs/?hl=en

On Location: On a Hill Road with Ian Wallace and Jim Duncan

Andrew Guthrie Milne was a Perth railwayman who in around 1902 took up stereo photography as a hobby. Active in competition, Andrew and his wife Harriet took his 3D camera around Scotland with the objective of creating great photographs.  

One hundred years later Sunny16podcast listener Ian Wallace (@ian_onahillroad) undertook a project of over 10 years duration that turned out to be a photo history adventure.  Eventually, it led to him to revisit every one of the locations Andrew placed his camera a hundred years before.

In this podcast Jim Duncan (Andrews' Great Nephew) and Ian (Andrews' Gt Gt Nephew) discuss Andrews photographic work, stereophotography in general and how the project led to the book "On a Hill Road".

Ian would like to especially thank Jim (who is a well known country music broadcaster on WCR FM) and his wife for their help creating this recording. 

Some of the images discussed can be seen in 2D at the bottom of the page here
https://www.onahillroad.com/on-a-hill-road-scotland-in-stereo-3d-circa-1902/

Learn about the Stereo Victo Camera
https://www.onahillroad.com/the-stereo-victo-camera/

The book On a Hill Road (ISBN 978-1-9164389-0-3) is available in the UK on amazon and ebay, UK and overseas can buy on Etsy. 
There is a special Sunny16Presents price on the book saving 15% (Coupon SUNNY16PRESENTS) until the end of September 2021 available only in Ians Etsy store.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/OnaHillRoad?coupon=SUNNY16PRESENTS

If you are interested in a talk with 3D Anaglyph images for you interest group (pandemic allowing)
https://www.onahillroad.com/andrew-guthrie-milne-talks-with-3d/

You can make stereos with any camera with a little care but if you would like to try (and get the bug) using your phone the App mentioned in the podcast is "3DSteriod Pro" just look for it in your app store.  There is a free version but its not expensive to go pro. 

To learn more about stereophotography you can visit some of these links

The Stereoscopic Society   
http://www.stereoscopicsociety.org.uk/   @stereoscopicsociety

National Stereoscopic Association   
https://stereoworld.org/  

The London Stereoscopic Company    
https://www.londonstereo.com/   @londonstereoscopiccompany

To view some images by great modern stereo makers follow
@nanty_narking
@gerland_lo
 

Finally, thanks to Sunny16Presents for giving me the chance to tell Andrews story in this podcast.
Ian Wallace June 2021

I dream of Cameras #16 Reciprocity Success!

We asked for emails and DMs, and y’all reciprocated! In this freewheeling episode, Jeff and Gabe react to suggestions, corrections and emendations from our legions of faithful listeners. What are our cinematic influences? Is Ansel Adams a terrible writer? How nice is Dave Grohl? What is the nature of reality? You won’t wanna miss this one.

 

Get in touch via email at idreamofcameras@gmail.com

 

You can find Jeff: https://twitter.com/blue439

https://www.instagram.com/sjeffgreenstein/?hl=en

 

And you can find Gabe: https://twitter.com/gabestuff?lang=en

https://www.instagram.com/gabesachs/?hl=en

On Location: The Goldilocks Negative with Billy Sanford

Welcome back to On Location, the listener created show! On this episode, Billy Sanford shares his pursuit of the ideal  "Goldilocks negative" as part of his ongoing work to perfect his printing.

 

Find Billy here: https://www.instagram.com/bsanfordjr/?hl=en

 

Episode 10 of the Large Format Photography Podcast - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-mxztq-b93e5a

Richard Pickup's website and blog post about film speed testing -
https://www.richardpickup.com/blog/2017/3/3/tone-a-primer-post-5

Mike Gutterman music for productions -
https://mikegutterman.bandcamp.com

I dream of Cameras #15 Fight us again!

nother episode of strong opinions!

• Gabe’s saga: reacquiring a Konica Hexar AF after letting one go many years ago
• Jeff’s saga: trying to find an inexpensive 35mm lens for the Leica M6
• Bokeh: the pronunciation and fetishization thereof
• The scourge of slow-shutter-speed water shots
• Pre-flashed films and deliberate light leaks
• Leaving dust specks on film scans ‘cause it’s “more authentic”
• Photographic authenticity, Errol Morris’s book Believing Is Seeing
• The Crop Snobs
• Who actually manufactures your film?
• What’s cooler, LCDs or LEDs?
• The Scannenberg Uncertainty Principle
• Meter shunners
• You should be bulk-loading, yeah
• Cheers for the return of Polaroid Duochrome Black and Blue
• Come see us at the SoCal Camera Show!