It’s an xlent xlerated xtralarge xtravaganza as Gabe and Jeff hack and slash their way to the bottom of the Prodigious Mailbag™, which features a slew of emails penned by celebrities under the pseudonym “Alan Peres.” Also discussed: cameras of ’55, cameras of ’24, Dune 2, SB2, SL3, FP4, HP5, Number Six and Zippora Seven! Tune in as we run the numbers!

Cameras in Focus 1955:

Olympus Wide

Rolleiflex 2.8D

the Nikon SP was in development (which prompts a reprise of Jeff’s astonishing SP acquisition story)

Pentaflex

Graflex Stereo Graphic

a 1955 survey of 35mm cameras by price range

Jeff briefly acquired an Asahi Pentax SB2, rare variant of the H3/S3 sold only on Japanese military bases… but it was broken, so back it went

Gabe launches the Under $40 Camera Challenge!

The soon-come Pentax film compact camera will be a half-frame model with zone focusing

For the third straight time, Leica reports record revenue, plus the new SL3 is out

Gabe rhapsodizes about the monstrous Gowlandflex

Dave Tada picked Gabe up a coveted Nikkor 28mm f2.8…

…but he still yearns for an ugly black Nikon F

Dune 2 was shot on a $50 Helios-44!

Nikon is buying RED

Jeff watched the great Yu Tsai in action at the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue 60th anniversary shoot in Fort Lauderdale

We go XL to empty out the Prodigious Mailbag™ 

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