Episode 36 • Make It Wit Chu

I Dream of Cameras

Jeff is on location! Gabe’s just back from the frozen north! And they still manage to find time for a rollicking conversation with photographer and YouTuber Chris Chu. Tune in for the fascinating result — we did indeed rollick!

Gabe’s adventure at Downtown Camera in Toronto with Jessica Devic

which camera(s!) Jeff decided to bring on his trip to Atlanta and the UK: Rollei 35 SE and Minox LX

Polaroid’s new Green Duochrome is great!

a moderate dip into our moldering mailbag, with more talk of travel cameras and bulk-loading Ektachrome

Our rollicking interview with Chris Chu:

his abrupt decision to abandon a computer science degree in San Francisco to pursue his crazy dream of a photography career in Los Angeles

his journey into film photography, starting with the Canon P

and then into medium format with the Pentax 645, the Mamiya RB67 Pro SD and the Mamiya RZ67

Chris tries to convince Jeff to get a Big Ugly Box medium-format camera

his favorite film stocks Portra 160 and Ektar 100

shooting color when you're color-blind

what fueled his growing camera-collecting addiction

...but why no 35mm SLRs?

what he likes about the rangefinder shooting experience

zone focusing: setting a hyperfocal distance and training yourself to use it

camera bags — and how many cameras do you carry at once?

half-frame cameras: the half-a-cookie debate is reignited!

why own the same camera (Leica M6) in both chrome and black?

he's flirting with the Leica M-A - Jeff tries to save him by pitching the M3, M2 and CL

how do you refrain from getting that next camera? — he doesn’t! he just bought a Hasselblad 501CM!

Gabe shows off his 500ELM, an impulse buy at B&H Photo — it’s the Leica M5 of the Hasselblad line

Jeff implores Chris to talk him out of the Hasselblad XPan… and he does! whaddya need it for? you have the Widelux!

if you have to give away all but one of your cameras, which would you keep? the RZ67!

Chris on YouTube and Instagram and his website