A long-awaited catch-up in which Gabe reviews the events of the past month. The biggest news: he bought a half-frame camera! WHAT IS UP WITH THIS DUDE? Tune in for the rollicking debrief!

how’s Gabe doing? well, he:

took some trips to the Palisades house with Brandon

found the remains of many cameras, including Rolleiflexes

was interviewed by National Geographic reporter Gideon Mendel, who documents such things

and has returned to shooting! with the Rolleiflex 3.5E, Nikon FE, Leica M6…

...but not the cameras in the bag he grabbed on the day of the fire 

Trev Lee thoughtfully returned the Rolleiflex Gabe had traded him for his Leica M5

Gabe went to the LA Camera Expo, which is shaping up great

while in LA, Jeff shot with:

Rolleiflex SL350 — sublime!

Canon F-1 Lake Placid Olympics edition — underrated!

Rollei C35 — ridiculous!

FujiFilm GA645 — confounding!

upon departure, he removed all batteries from idle cameras ‘cause he’s compulsive

and he swapped Alpas! the 11si and 50mm Kern-Macro-Switar came east, while the 10s and 24mm Angenieux stayed west!

shocking half-a-cookie news! Gabe bought an Olympus Pen FT!

while Jeff failed to snag a Zeiss Tenax II, so he bought the book by Wes Loder instead

and he received a cool Lego Retro Camera as a gift from Todd and Mistie

may we draw your attention to Andy Gray’s amazing IDOC-inspired Pentax MF mod page

a rare treat! Jeff dined with Sunny 16’s Clare Marie Bailey and her brilliant musician friend Gwenno at the storied Chelsea Hotel

we take an emotional dip into our Prodigious Mailbag™

and finally, we urge you to see Bob Trevino Likes It, starring our friends Barbie Ferreira and French Stewart