Bringing It All Back Home

Season 4 Episode 23 - Getting Unstuck

Welcome back! Bringing It All Back Home returns (at last) for another episode - all about how to work with a change in direction, a pivot away from stuff that no longer makes sense ,let alone brings any joy. Topics: Frugal project, Lensrental Voigtlanders, writing workshops, becoming a fan of American Cinematography magazine, gale force winds, sinus issues as well as a change of seasons gone bad. Tune in, check it, and search for the Zen mind that stays true.

Season 4 Episode 20 - The Power of Nostalgia (A Nikon D200 Homecoming). Today's episode brings it all back home with a reconnection (& eBay purchase) of the legendary CCD sensor 2005 Nikon D200. Also expored on this episode: nostalgia inspired pursuits. Are they always able to deliver? Can we go back in time? Do long gone cameras have the ability to generate newfound joy? Tune in & check it out.

Season 4 Episode 19 - Winter Analog Combo . Today's podcast explores a highly recommended Winter Analog Combo for medium format: Pentax 645, with the SMC Pentax-A 150mm 3.5 lens. Two weekend shoots, one in sub-freezing weather - another immediately after a snow storm. Explored: Fujifilm Acros ll, Ilford FP4, as well as the benefits of using Rodinal with Acros in a semi-stand 100+1 dilution. Interested in shooting more medium format film all year round without breaking your budget? Tune in & see if this could be for you.

Season 4 Episode 16 - Rolling back to Rolleiflex. Welcome back to a new episode of Bringing It All Back Home - this one is all about the risks & rewards of jumping into the bargain priced level of Rollei known as the Automat series. Is it worth the gamble? Are you prepared to wait 6 months for a CLA? Is it possible to plunge ahead with these 75 year old cameras and ignore the various repair needs? Tune in and check it out! Mentioned: Rolleiflex 3.5 MX Automat model K4A (X sync), Schneider Kreuznach Xenar, Harry Fleener, Mark Hansen, Mamiya C33.

Season 4 Episode 15 - Leica 28mm f/2.8 ASPH Elmarit-M II. Bringing It All Back Home returns with a look at another killer lensrental: the fantastic Leica 28mm f/2.8 ASPH Elmarit-M II paired with a 1969 Leica M4, Ilford Delta 100, ID-11 1+1, and a very, very cold golden hour morning of shooting local mid-century architecture. Is this lens for you? Will you need to give up all rational arguments & fork out $2450 on a six ounce wide-angle prime? Tune in & Check It Out.

Season 4 Episode 14 - Pentax 6x7 & the Polar Plunge. Bringing It All Back Home is back for a special New Year's Day episode - and this one is bringing it all back to the Pentax 6x7 medium format camera (beast). Join us for a look at why it still has advantages over the RZ67, why the wooden grip and lens focus ring are essential, and how it fared taking portraits of the way-too-popular Margate Polar Plunge.

Season 4 Episode 13 - Leicaflex SL. Today's episode concentrates on finding genuine Leica goodness without going crazy on your budget. Focusing mostly on the R-bayonet series Summicron, as well as the made-in-Wetzlar Leicaflex SL camera, this episode will attempt to sort out 3 different price ranges: under $400, under $600, under $1100 . Topics include: Oscar Barnack, Leica CL, 50mm Summircon-R, 40mm Summicron-C. Walter Sandler, the "Willem" effect on eBay prices, as well as finding joy in the look, feel, performace, & outcome of your gear.

Season 4 Episode 12 - Long, Long, Long

Bringing It All Back Home is back and is going long with medium format film: Fujifilm Acros, Ilford FP4, as well as 10-stop ND filters, South Jersey piers, Reciprocity Timers, & more! Tune in and discover whether black & white medium format is the long-exposure solution for you.

Season 4 Episode 11 - Analog Combo: Leica M4, Voigtlander Apo-Lanthar 35mm f/2, FP4Plus, Rodinal Stand. Bringing It All Back Home returns with an Analog Combo - testing out the Voigtlander Apo-Lanthar for 35mm on a December morning with perfect golden hour light. Rodinal Stand, Leica M4, Vintage Breeze Blocks & a mid-century architecture tangent: it's all here!

Season 4 Episode 9 - Perfect Light: A Late Autumn Photo Shoot

Bringing It All Back Home returns this week with an episode describing a last minute, quite lucky, photoshoot: perfect late autumn light, red leaf foliage by a lilly pond lake, a brilliant & wonderful model - and lots of cool gear. This episode includes a hands-on look at the Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II, as well as the always wondrous RZ67 combined with Acros 100 & Portra 800.

Season 4 Episode 7 - Analog Lens Review: 1974 Nikkor 35mm 2.8 AI (converted) K lens

Bringing It All Back Home is back with a lens review, two analog combos, and a search for Kafka in all the wrong places. Join us & tune in as this episode sings the praises of 1970s AI lenses, explores the perfect combo of deep yellow filters and a camera that meters pefectly, and continues the search for understanding how to compose wirth a 35mm lens intuitively.

Topics: Nikon F100, Nikkormat FT3, K-lenses, Yellow filters, ID-11, Tmax 100, FP4 bulk roll.

Links: Is it Pre-AI?

https://youtu.be/yYFbIzI7m3E?si=K2--qvL7qavsCwoT

Nikkor Serial lenses:

http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/lenses.html

Season 4 Episode 6 - Analog Combo: Carl Zeiss Biogon ZM 35mm f/2, Leica M4, Kodak TMAX 400

Bringing It All Back Home is back with an Analog Combo — this time focusing on a rented Zeiss Biogon 35mm combined with the classic Leica M4. Tune in & check out this review, the results compared to the Nokton classic — as well as a recap of recent color scans from nicefilmlab.

Topics: Carl Zeiss Biogon ZM 35mm f/2, Leica M4, Kodak TMAX 400, ID-11, Lensrentals, Voigtlander 35mm f/1.4 Nokton II, Stock vs. 1+1, nicefilmlab, Wildwood, NJ, 

Looking to put every camera you own into a full rotation? This episode explores the idea behind completing a full round: getting hands-on (over two months) with ALL your gear, as well as using up all your film on hand. Which cameras still have the fun factor? Listen in to this new episode of Bringing It All Back Home: see if the experiment was worth it - discover if this is something that might work for you - and how a sudden craving for more medium format work might come out of it.

This week's Bringing It All Back Home episode is all about chasing the amazing surf photography opportunities during the week of Hurricane Lee. Did the forecast hold up? Was I able to get any cool shots using an F100 and Tmax 100? Did the waves deliver? Was my borrowed D500 having issues? Tune in - & check it out!

Gesler: https://www.instagram.com/gesler/

Cruz: https://www.instagram.com/stories/cruzdinofa/

Season 3 Episode 23 - The Magic of 1.2

Hello & welcome back to another episode of Bringing It All Back Home. Today's podcast is all about the irrational but heartfelt love for the latest take on an ultra fast 50mm prime: the modern version on the sliver of depth of field magic known as f/1.2 - in this case the Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM. An astounding, jaw-dropping, overachiever of a lens - with an equally breathtaking list price. Tune in to see if this piece of glass might be a contender for your next rental!

Topics: Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM, X-rite ColorChecker, Lensrentals.com. Ilford Perceptiol

Season 3 Episode 22 - Trying Out Something New Today's new episode explores a variety of topics, mostly centered on trying new stuff: Using Lensrental.com promotions to test out the Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM lens, as well as the Voigtlander 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aspherical. Trying out a new developer - Ilford's extra fine grain powder developer Perceptol. Using the 40mm Summicron-C on the M4 instead of the CL. Craving a return to the classic and clean 50mm framelines of the M4. Purchasing an $18 Nikon N75. And wrapping up with a sudden craze for 10 stop ND filters, including two brands not tried before: Urth as well as Green.L filters.

https://www.filmbodies.com/cameras/camera-reviews/nikon-n75-review.html

Season 3 Episode 20 - LIVE CHAT with Brian Bishop

• Growing up in the Florida Keys
• Settling in as a freshman in ACHS in 1978
• Ventnor, Winchester ave, city beach jobs, the Ventnor Pier
• Grandfather owning horses, shipping them down to Cuba, Atlantic City Race Track, Savoy Stables
• Bishop’s  Savoy Bar & Restaurant in Atlantic City
• Working in the top Photo Lab in all of Dade County, assisting with the development process, making test clips for clients to decide on the exposure variants.
• Working & living in South Beach Miami during its peak years for photography & modeling
• Daniel Fortier | Premiere Vue
• Refrema Dip & Dunk processing, the early 90s craze for cross-processing
• Being in South Beach during a truly changing time (late 80s-early 2000s).
• Growing up in AC during its changes as well
• Living by the Forsythe Wildlife Refuge
• The origin of a neck tattoo 
• Surgeries & becoming an amputee 
• New career direction, helping others help themselves, providing peer support & counseling for the mental health association and the amputee community
• Finding your own answers - motivation to keep on moving.
• Mind & Body 

Season 3 Episode 18 - Analog Combo: Leica M4, Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm f/1.4 II

Today's Memorial Day weekend episode is all about walking around with a classic rangefinder camera, a vintage-style modern lens, a 1960s Gossen light meter, — and getting lots of requests for photos from far too many drunken shoobies. Tune in, check out the gear, and decide if this kit is right for you - or possibly way too costly to hit the desired fun factor.

Topics: Leica M4, Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm f/1.4 II, Gossen Luna Pro SBC, Ilford Pan F, Philly Shoobies, Margate City Greenhouse beach bar.

When I find myself in times of trouble - Mamiya RZ67 comes to me? Well, sort of. Join us on Bringing It All Back Home for an episode revolving around medium format: the film, the camera combos, the current fave developer, as well as uplifting joy. Included: Ilford HP5 Plus, MAMIYA RZ67, Mamiya Sekor Z 90mm f/3.5 Lens for RZ67, ILFORD ID-11. PENTAX 645, PENTAX-A 45MM, PENTAX-A 75MM 2.8. 120 films: Portra 400 & 160, Gold 200, Fuji 400H.

Season 3 Episode 10 - Say goodbye to digital full frame?

Welcome back to the Bringing It All Back Home podcast! This episode is all about why I’m selling off my barely used mirrorless full frame camera - and what the heck led me here. If Kodak Tri-X & Portra are the ultimate in portrait-shoot satisfaction - why add a digital camera? Is Milky Way photography a good enough reason to invest thousands of dollars into a mirrorless setup? Is owning a full frame mirrorless camera all its cracked up to be if you're a film-vintage-camera fanatic? ... Am I switching to SONY? Tune-in, turn-on, and check out the latest episode.

Today's focus on Bringing It All Back Home is all about coming back to the vintage slow speed goodness that is Ilford PANF Plus 50. Considering a new film to bulk load? In love with shooting wide open on your vintage lens? A fan of ID11 or D76 stock development? Well, this could be a go to combination. This episode also explores what to watch out for when it comes to this somewhat finicky emulsion. Also discussed: Nikkor 105mm 2.5 AI, Contax ST, 1.7 c/y Planar 50mm, as well as waiting for some good light. As always: Plenty of love for the mid-century miracle that is a mile stretch of Wildwood, NJ.

Bringing It All Back Home returns with a podcast exploring the compact but brilliant PENTAX ME SUPER. This episode takes a deep dive into the advantages of the Pentax ME Super vs the Pentax MX, raises the flag for aperture priority, and shows the 80s trend for buttons some love. We’ll also explore the Gear Acquisition Syndrome that follows great podcast episodes (I Dream of Cameras, Classic Lenses, Camerosity), as well as the eternal question: Which new bulk roll to buy?

Bringing It All Back Home celebrates Patti Smith's birthday with a Live Chat featuring Tom Shorg. Join us as Tom discusses how it all got started, growing up in South Jersey during the mid 70s yet drawn to the gritty streets of NYC. The original Rock Scene magazine, CBGBs. We also pay special attention to Patti's years at Glassboro State College, South Jersey connections, Deptford High School, AVANT magazine & more. 

Mamiya RZ67. The Big box with a big budget and an even bigger risk - is it worth it? Listen in to this new episode of the Bringing It All Back Home podcast and decide for yourself. We’ll explore the Mamiya RZ67's phenomenal ride in popularity due to Willem Verbeeck’s YouTube Channel, its peak years in Annie Leibovitz's photography, and where we are today in December 2022. We’ll also touch on three legendary lenses - 90, 110, 140. 

Looking to go wide, ultra wide, on both mirrorless and film? Do Zeiss manual primes live up to the hype? Tune in to this new Bring It All Back Home episode and find out! We go live with the results, explore using the lens on both the Nikon mirrorless Z5 (with FTZ adapter) and the legendary Nikon F4 (circa 1988). A nod to Lensrentals, the 135mm 3.5 Sonnar, as well good ole TMAX 100.

Season 3 is here and the Bringing It All Back Home podcast is ready to relaunch with or without a towel. What is in store for season 3? Photography, home-made autobiographical fiction (not quite finished), music, art, long-lost code, reaching out to Scandinavia — and more. Rejoin the podcast! Subscribe for the thrills, or perhaps the inexplicable shout outs to Norway. 

Finding the right tool for job sounds easy, right? This Bringing It All Back Home episode attempts to chart the fun yet bumpy Minolta labyrinth,  a quest to find the the right analog gear for (vintage Raleigh English 3 speed) boardwalk bike rides. It starts with an outrageously lucky eBay Buy-It-Now on a rare black XD-11, takes a few loops & left turns - and finally arrives at the workhorse champ that is the Minolta X-570.