I Dream of Cameras #32 We Gotcha Covid

<ul><li>Happy birthday to our patient patron <a href='https://www.instagram.com/myopic_me/?hl=en'>Graeme</a>!</li> <li>Gabe’s COVID ordeal</li> <li>A magical mailbag!</li> <li>Gabe’s recent shooting adventures: a daylong shoot with actor <a href='https://www.instagram.com/brentonthwaites/?hl=en'>Brenton Thwaites</a>, and <a href='https://www.instagram.com/unforettable/?hl=en'>Retta</a>’s pink party</li> <li>Jeff’s been a-travelin’, so let’s talk about the travel-camera conundrum. His favorite is the <a href='https://casualphotophile.com/2018/11/12/olympus-xa4-macro-review-great-things-in-small-packages/'>Olympus XA4 Macro</a> — what's yours?</li> <li>Visits to two great camera shops: <a href='https://www.uniquephoto.com/philadelphia'>Unique Photo</a> in Philadelphia and <a href='https://www.bhphotovideo.com/'>B&H</a> in New York</li> <li>In a stunning development, Gabe got a half-frame camera, a <a href='https://global.canon/en/c-museum/product/film124.html'>Canon Sure Shot Multi Tele</a> — how does half a cookie taste?</li> <li>copy stands are insanely expensive, so after much searching Jeff found a <a href='http://www.jollinger.com/photo/cam-coll/manuals/enlargers/durst/Durst_F30.pdf'>Durst F30</a> on Craigslist — it's the enlarger he learned on, and now the world’s cheapest copy stand</li> <li>We regret to inform you that Polaroid is at it again, with wildly overpriced Saint Laurent <a href='https://www.ysl.com/en-us/tech/polaroid-sx70-598683Y16071000.html'>cameras</a> and <a href='https://www.ysl.com/en-us/tech/polaroid-sx70-instant-film-627378YCL098486.html'>film</a> — damn you!!</li> <li><a href='https://www.instagram.com/claremariebailey/?hl=en'>Clare Marie Bailey</a> gave Jeff a print of her exquisite photo “<a href='https://www.instagram.com/p/CZvGCoeIiPZ/'>Memories of Summer</a>” - print and hang your stuff, swap with other photographers, physical media is nice!</li> <li>Looking for an inexpensive way to shoot Nikon glass? Don’t sleep on the <a href='https://imaging.nikon.com/history/chronicle/history-n