This episode starts out great, then gets better and better. It’s informative and witty, talking about the real joys of film. There are distinctive gear reviews, as Jeff raves about his new Pentax MX, possibly triggering the IDOC effect on eBay. And of course, there’s plenty of vapid gladhanding, as Gabe hits one LA camera show after another. Plenty to hear here, so tune in!

well looky here! Bad Review Guy updated his bad review on iTunes! guess he's still listening! as for the rest of you, leave us a good one, OK?

Busy Gabe went to his first camera meetup since the Palisades fire: Beers & Cameras in Venice…

saw a pristine Widelux F7 with the coveted filter set, purchased from Blue Moon Camera…

got gifted the beat-up black-paint Nikon F of his dreams…

went to the LA Camera Expo in Burbank…

also received from spider_dude two Walker Evans books, incl. Walker Evans & Company…

and met up with Claire Hinkley to shoot with the Mamiya C33, the Leicaflex SL and the Nikon FE

Jeff's yearning for a Pentax MX took him from MX to ME SE to (courtesy of the good folks at K&M Camera) the Nikon FG…

but then back to the MX, which is lovely - it's a K1000, only better and smaller!

podpal Ollie grabbed a groovy Kiev 10 at Unique Photo in Philadelphia

Jeff took in the excellent Weegee and American Job shows at ICP…

and had coffee with Sissi Lu, discussing the triumph of her Do Not X-Ray bag and her love of the Pentax One Seven

now Jeff's Eurotrip is imminent... and ChatGPT’s camera recommendations were uncanny!

finally, we tackle as much of the Prodigious Mailbag™ as we can handle till it’s time for Jeff to have burritos with his girlfriend