Episode 23 • Olympus Has Fallen

For our one-year anniversary, an XL show bursting with edification and amusement!

• they used the same font as the camera maker for the Olympus Has Fallen poster!

• a dip into the mailbag

• do you use depth-of-field preview?

• Gabe's trip to Toronto and Downtown Camera

• Jeff’s new 50mm f4 Macro-Takumar, a rare find

• is macro more exciting than tele?

• Gabe pits his new Nikon FM3a against his old Leicaflex, with surprising results

• soft releases are nice, but the expensive ones are ridiculous (as are hot shoe ornaments)

• Paul Thomas Anderson with his Nikon 28Ti - do you keep the other eye open?

• and now: our Olympus show!

  • genius designer: Yoshihisa Maitani

  • 35RC (Jeff’s first camera)

  • 35RD

  • 35SP (and SPn, and DC, and UC, and…)

  • Trip 35

  • Pen D3

  • Pen EF

  • Pen EE

  • Pen EE-3 (a box of 'em)

  • Pen FT (see Billy Name’s All Tomorrow’s Parties book) and its GREAT lenses (25mm, 38mm pancake, 38mm macro, 40mm, 60mm f1.5…)

  • OM-1: the one camera all four IDOCkers own

  • the XA series

  • Pen F digital

  • the new “OM System"

• our limerick contest winners! over 75 entries! some were not limericks, and some were filthy! thanks to everyone who participated!

• thanks to all our listeners - hey, give us a review on iTunes!

• check out our new character merch!