Back from the defeat by Mike Novak on last week’s Pub Quiz show, we’re handling it well, or at least two of us are. This week Simon opens his lens cupboard door and invites Johnny and Perry to direct his hands into its dark depths. What will he pull out? ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 117 LINKS Vivitar Lenses The DKL Lens Thread Yeenon DKL to M42 Lens Mount Adapter Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 45mm f2.8 DKL Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Curtagon 35mm f2.8 DK...
May 26, 2020•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 240
So you think you know about lenses? Come and have a go at the Classic Lenses Podcast Pub Quiz! Quizmaster Perry Ge puts hosts Johnny & Simon against each other and the might of uber photo gnome, Mike Novak. Who will take the gold? More importantly, who's going home with a sad silver medal face? MIKE NOVAK flickr | Instagram | Beautiful Grainy Mush ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ CLASSIC LENSES PODCAST PUB QUIZ #1 ROUND 1: GENERAL LENS KNOWLEDGE 1. Which cam...
May 19, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 239
Johnny has been allowed back into our own Facebook group and his ban seems to have done him and everybody else a world of good. The sun has been shining, and even Simon has taken a photo (plural, in fact!) Perry is deep in the Cooke Panchro zone. Added to this unnaturally good mood, Someone's knockin' at the door Somebody's ringin' the bell... ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 115 LINKS Arsenal Mir 24-H Vivitar Series 1 90mm f2.5 VMC 1:2 Macro "Bokakkehki...
May 11, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 238
Something of a quickie this week, but we managed to unload plenty of lens talk as well as discuss Chris Holland’s lens buying guide and introduce a luscious new word. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 114 LINKS Kiev 88 Tair-33 300mm f4.5 Zeiss-Opton Biogon 35mm f2.8 Polaroid 195 Classic Lens Buying Guide and 10-Point Checklist Rolleiflex 2.8c Bokakkeh Couto Camera Company on eBay ________ EPISODE 114 TAGS #CLP114 #Bokakkeh #Bukakke #Buttcrack #WetOnWet #P...
May 04, 2020•54 min•Ep. 237
Dr Karl Havens left us a year ago this week and we still miss him dearly. To mark his passing, we take Karl’s memory to our desert island and do our best to work out what cameras and lenses he might have taken with him. So please come and take a trip that Karl would have loved and hated in equal measure as we agonize over what he may have picked. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 113 LINKS Karl’s Desert Island Selections: Sony A7II Voigtländer Bessa R3A F...
Apr 27, 2020•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 236
Johnny could not be with us this week, he’s felling a little better but he has other pressing concerns, so Perry and Simon man up and take on the mammoth task of responding to your emails. In the last podcast, Simon asked listeners for feedback on what they wished to hear in future shows and boy did you tell us! So sit back in safe isolation and hopefully enjoy the show. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 112 LINKS Sebastião Salgado: Genesis Abstract: The ...
Apr 20, 2020•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 235
We're back after another two week lockdown lay-off and it seems that few things have changed. None of us has gone outside to shoot, Perry is digging LTM lenses, Simon's making lens caps and Johnny.... let's say that he's still under doctor's care and that's the best explanation for his flat field focus lecture. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 111 LINKS Spiratone 75mm Flat Field Macro Lens Flektogon 35mm 2.8 Mir 37mm f2.8 Chiyoko Super Rokkor 5cm f2 Petr...
Apr 06, 2020•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 233
Oh boy... The world has changed a little in the two weeks since our last recording, but thankfully Perry wants to talk about Exakta and Topcon lenses. The elephant that calls itself Covid-19 makes it's presence known and we talk through the different experiences that the we have encountered and how it is affecting our photographic worlds. Not all the bleeping is Johnny swearing. On a more positive note, Simon launches his new range of lens caps so that your more obscure lenses can be protected f...
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 232
It’s finally here: we’ve made the long-awaited Digitization Special! In this episode we are joined by two titans of the digitization world, Hamish Gill of Pixl-latr (and other stuff) and Nate Johnson, the man behind the brilliant Negative Lab Pro plugin for Lightroom. We cover as many bases as possible, going through the pros and cons of different digitization methods, and Hamish throws in a couple of rants for good measure. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPIS...
Mar 10, 2020•2 hr 42 min•Ep. 231
It's Pulaski Day in Chicago, and we're celebrating by talking about adapting lenses. We lose Simon part way through the episode, but Perry and Johnny continue on. The guys talk about a number of unique classic lenses ideal for adapting, and take a deep dive into the techniques for fitting them to film and digital cameras. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 108 LINKS Yeenon eBay Shop Extreme Macro – Focusing Helicoids Fujitar P.C 35mm F2.5 Asahiflex Lens Te...
Mar 02, 2020•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 230
The dust has only just settled from the fallout from last week’s show, as we had a record number of comments made about it in our small but perfectly formed Facebook group. Calm has now been restored with some serial number serendipity and Perry’s new acquisitions, one of which uses similar letters to a lens that Simon loves. Also, how to photograph a pimp whilst maintaining his annonyminity. All in all, plenty of Rodenstock and Schneider-Kreuznach lens action along with the classic lens powerho...
Feb 25, 2020•2 hr 32 min•Ep. 229
Anil Mistry makes a very welcome return to CLP Towers this week and there’s not a Leica or RF lens in sight, much to the relief to those aspiring street photographers that don’t dig rangefinders. Anil presides over a Fuji vs. Sony fight in which three of the four people on the podcast think that Fuji being a camera company automatically means he should buy a Fuji over a Sony. All this nonsense and loads of lens talk, Japanese Helios, the joy of (digital) printing, and an inexplicable decent into...
Feb 18, 2020•2 hr 22 min•Ep. 228
This week, Perry discusses life and photography in Hong Kong on Coronavirus lockdown, Simon attempts to survive the Great Stone-on-Trent Snowpocalypse of 2020, and Johnny risk life and limb in Chicago for hotdogs. The guys also discuss different flavours of Canon 35mm LTM lenses, photo-free photo walks, and life as a Leicaman. Emails and shoutouts as well. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 105 LINKS Mike Walker on Instagram Ken Rockwell - The LEICAMAN (ak...
Feb 10, 2020•2 hr 6 min•Ep. 227
Johnny’s back and he’s got a new toy, Perry has moved on from shooting riots to shooting the Zombie Apocalypse that is Coronavirus Hong Kong, and Simon is utterly confused as to whether familiarity with equipment is the road to photography enlightenment or whether it’s just great gear or both and neither. Also this show we get through a backlog of great emails from listeners. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Pobean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ #104 LINKS Sunny 16 Podcast episode 187 with Perry Ge ...
Feb 04, 2020•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 226
Ethan Moses, esteemed podcast tart of Cameradactyl, Homemade Camera Podcast, and guest on every other podcast ever fame, joins us to talk about lenses, lots and lots of lenses. Mamiya Press lenses, his favourite Nikon and rangefinder glass, and medium format Russian lenses. For listeners of a nervous disposition, Ethan does not treat his lenses with tender loving care. Also Johnny was feeling under the weather this week, so Perry talks too much about RF lenses to Ethan instead. ________ LISTEN T...
Jan 27, 2020•2 hr 27 min•Ep. 225
Not content to bring one special lens to the party, Perry brings three absolute stunners with him, while Simon’s back shooting his Sony. We also catch up on Johnny in the darkroom (yes he did say he was done with that), and catch up on the emails we ran out of time to discuss last week. A show packed to the gills with lens talk in an attempt hold on to those listeners we alienated in show #100… So buckle up for some serious Zeiss, Pentax, Petzval, Industar, Taylor Hobson and Olympus action! ____...
Jan 21, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 224
So, after our almost universally acclaimed and made for YouTube extravaganza better known as #100, we’re back on the radio/podcast. Normal service is resumed with Johnny & Perry going on about scale focusing issues that could easily be dealt with by adapting to digital or just shooting an SLR camera, and we still love our panorama cameras. We have some excellent emails this week leading to plenty of lens and camera talk, plus we launch our latest lens giveaway. Be warned attempting to win th...
Jan 13, 2020•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 223
Our second anniversary and our 100th show. To mark the occasion professional lens designer, Jason Lane has returned and this time you get to see the software that Karl, Johnny and Simon were raving about in Karl’s final show, Episode #64. So here’s something of a first for us, a podcast designed to be watched on Youtube, rather than just listened to as an audio file. Having moved away from highly technical shows, here’s one for those people that want to get down and dirty at the lens element sca...
Jan 07, 2020•2 hr 20 min•Ep. 222
So having done a Christmas show, the CLP has now completely sold out and done an awards show. So sit back and listen to a list of the usual winning names such as the Nikon D90 etc... ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 99: LENSES OF THE YEAR PERRY MVP (Lens of the Year): Leica 35mm Summicron Version IV "King of Bokeh" Duo of the Year (Best Camera-Lens Combo): Hasselblad XPan + 45mm f4 Rookie of the Year (Best Newcomer): Fujinon 5cm f2.8 LTM Sports Personal...
Dec 31, 2019•2 hr 10 min•Ep. 221
The CLP breaks with tradition and actually does a Christmas show this year! So what lenses and cameras do Perry, Johnny and Simon want for Christmas? To make it easier/harder the wish list of gear that they want Santa to acquire for them is broken down into price based categories. So that will be a Cameradactyl Brancopan, Voigtlander, Olympus, Canon, Leica, Dallmeyer, KMZ, Mamiya and many more... ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 98 LINKS & REFERENCE...
Dec 23, 2019•2 hr 13 min•Ep. 220
Perry is taking a tough break in Bali, so this week we go back to Karl Haven's favourite coffee, tea & chocolate shop: Volta Coffee, Tea & Chocolate! We chatted with Anthony back in February 2019, and Anthony's collection has not diminished at all. He joins us for a relaxed chat covering some of his latest toys. We also read a few emails from around the world with extra care taken regarding name pronunciations... ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ ANTHONY...
Dec 17, 2019•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 219
All is well again at The Gilded CLP Tower as Johnny's connection problems are resolved and Perry has not been gassed (recently). Simon hands back Jeremy North's wonderful Contax G2 and is immediately loaned something even more special for a forthcoming light painting workshop. Is looking at great work by other photographers, a bad thing? Is all art political? Does Big Mouth Billy Bass drink Malört? ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 96 LINKS & REFEREN...
Dec 09, 2019•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 218
#95 Desert Island Lenses with Cheyenne Morrison This week Cheyenne Morrison joins us as a returning guest from Down Under. We send him from the lovely island of Australia to a much smaller desert island, washed ashore with three lenses from his collection and one dream lens. Johnny is missing this week, but in the meantime, Simon continues his November purchasing spree, while Perry shoots digital and gets tear gassed again. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ CHEY...
Dec 02, 2019•2 hr 34 min•Ep. 217
So, we tried to make a shorter show this week and ended up making our longest episode. In our defence/defense, we missed a week so we had so much to catch up upon. After a bit of bowel shaming by Simon, we start off by reflecting on on Perry's audio dairy from last week before going full on lens nerdery. Stay tuned for zoom love 'n' hate, Simon gets an Orikkor at last, don't freeze your Ilford film without opening it first, "No GAS November", Yashinon 5cm f2, Fujinon55mm f2.2, and NWA burgers. _...
Nov 25, 2019•2 hr 39 min•Ep. 216
A special audio diary documenting Perry’s experiences photographing Hong Kong's most harrowing week since the protests began almost six months ago. Perry has been out on the streets almost every day covering what could turn out to be an historic series of events. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ PLAYLIST Glory To Hong Kong Ember Island: Umbrella Do You Hear the People Sing? Dixie Chicks: Not Ready to Make Nice ________ TAGS #CLP #audiodiary #HongKong ________ S...
Nov 19, 2019•53 min•Ep. 215
We’ve not had the time to read out and discuss listener emails recently, so it’s about time we caught up with them. Well, that was the intention, but Johnny and Perry had other ideas and came over all artistic… Plenty of subjects under discussion, including the Canon LTM 50/1.4, 50mm f2 lenses, focus shift, Taylor Hobson 2” f2 Anastigmat, 75mm Biotar, Robot lenses, and mild disappointment with Perry’s star 35mm purchases mentioned last week. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Podbean | iTunes | Stit...
Nov 11, 2019•2 hr 17 min•Ep. 214
A diverse, engaging, funny and occasionally dark conversation this week with author and former photojournalist John R. Bruning. John talks about how using classic lenses helped him back to normality. Plus, Perry manages to justify buying two subtlety different 35mm lenses, advice on selling children, and how protest photography can become enthralling. No emails this week, we will cover them next week. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ JOHN R. BRUNING Website | I...
Nov 04, 2019•2 hr 10 min•Ep. 213
We have new acquisitions, and for once, it’s not Perry bringing all the gems to the party… So we have 75mm f/1.5 Biotar talk, an almost complete Contax G2 system in black, as well as the Grail Lens that Perry wanted to take to his desert island. In addition, we talk about the Auto-Takumar 35/3.5, M-Rokkor 40/2, and gifts from Karl's Brother, Todd Havens. ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 91 LINKS & REFERENCES Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 75mm f/1.5 Taylor ...
Oct 29, 2019•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 212
This week we make a departure into the world of classic lenses for cinema. We are joined by W.S (Bill) Pivetta a cinematographer and sound engineer with a love/obsession with old lenses. Bill mainly shoots on digital film making equipment and loves to hunt down old lenses to adapt them for movie making. Once Bill has bought a lens, it stays with Bill, and his collection is quite astonishing. Loads of subject matter is covered so go and get some popcorn and have a listen. ________ LISTEN TO THE P...
Oct 22, 2019•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 211
Perry's back from his punishment break to Okinawa with the biggest international news story from Hong Kong. If that's not enough, he's got GAS real bad and it's contagious... Plus the usual discussions about Petri lenses, clip on viewfinders, the death of Spectra film, Kodak Medalist, Olympus XA, Contax T, Developing Kodachrome, Fuji X-100, Ricoh GR, and lenses galore! ________ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Podbean | iTunes | Stitcher ________ EPISODE 89 LINKS & REFERENCES Studio C-41: He Reverse En...
Oct 15, 2019•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 210
