<p class="p1" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Ach, der Schmerz! Aïe, la douleur! </em>Jeff’s insanely rare, perpetually coveted, and newly repaired half-frame Alpa 10s has been lost by UPS. As you listen to the latest episode of our Smash Hit Podcast™, globally acclaimed yet eschewing of praise, spare a thought or a prayer for the grieving cohost!</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">yes, the <a href="https://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Pignons/Alpa-10s-Half-Frame-(halbformat).html">Alpa 10s half-cookie</a> is MIA at <a href="https://www.ups.com/us/en/support/file-a-claim">UPS</a> - should we be putting <a href="https://www.apple.com/airtag/">AirTags</a> in our important packages?</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Gabe is obsessed with <a href="https://www.shutterbug.com/content/these-are-cameras-used-10-worlds-most-famous-photographers">which film cameras</a> <a href="https://www.notes.nicefilmclub.com/posts/6-cameras-used-by-iconic-photographers">were used</a> <a href="https://streetphotography.com/famous-classic-cameras-and-the-street-photographers-who-used-them">by legendary photographers</a> to take legendary shots - are you?</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Gabe went to the <a href="https://www.lacameraexpo.com/">LA Camera Expo</a> and came home with a slew of darkroom equipment</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Jeff got great results from <a href="https://www.atlantafilmco.com/">Atlanta Film Co.</a> with <a href="https://www.kodak.com/en/motion/product/camera-films/250d-5207-7207/">Kodak Vision 3</a>, but is it worth the extra cost, time and effort?</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">the <a href="https://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/osiris-f1-film-processor-automated-analogue-analog/">Osiris F1</a> is a fun ’n’ freaky (<a href="https://petapixel.com/2016/06/15/osiris-f1-affordable-automatic-film-processor/">’n’ patent-infringing?</a>) film-processing robot</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">we urge you to <a href="https://www.cameradactyl.com/">check out</a> the <a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/03/11/photographer-creates-new-analog-format-and-groundbreaking-modular-photo-processor/">Cameradactyl Master System</a> from mad scientist <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cameradactyl/">Ethan Moses</a></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Gabe is back in the hunt for camera bags - his new obsession is the sexy, stylish and super-expensive <a href="https://www.bleu-de-chauffe.com/en/">Bleu de Chauffe</a></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">meanwhile, Jeff’s <a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/lg-vintage-bag-green-9789110852600.html">Strand Bookstore messenger bag</a> is dirt cheap!</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">we both flipped for Sissi Lu’s new <a href="https://www.sissilu.com/store/p/eyeball-charm">googly-eyed hang-tag lens cloth</a></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Jeff snapped up <a href="https://langdonclay.com/portfolio/carsnyc">Langdon Clay Cars: New York City, 1974-1976</a> book <a href="https://thevintagent.com/2024/04/14/in-the-darkness-langdon-clays-cars-nyc-1974-76/">shot</a> with a <a href="https://gear.vogelius.se/-editorials/leica-cl/index.html">Leica CL</a> and <a href="https://www.35mmc.com/01/09/2023/5-frames-of-kodachrome-25-and-64-an-unromantic-retrospective-by-simon-foale/">Kodachrome 25</a> - yet everyone on Instagram thinks the pics are AI slop!</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Gabe found Jeff Bridges’ elusive and highly prized <a href="https://www.jeffbridges.com/store-tote/pictures-volume-1"><em>Pictures Vol. 1</em></a> at Goodwill for six bucks!</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">who sent Gabe a 110 camera? do tell!</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">happy birthday to our friend <a href="https://www.instagram.com/vancenotvance/?hl=en">Vance DeGeneres</a> - check out his incredible New Orleans New Wave band <a href="http://www.threechordcity.com/">The Cold</a>!</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Los Angelenos! look into <a href="http://imstilldeveloping.com">imstilldeveloping.com</a> and the <a href="https://www.lacameraexpo.com/">LA Camera Expo</a> - Gabe will be there!</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">and finally, we stick a pinky toe into the Prodigious Mailbag™</p>