Uncle Jonesy's Cameras Podcast #46: The Listeners Takeover!

 by Kevin Lane

Wayne and I finally got to record a type of podcast show that has been a dream of mine ever since the first UJC Podcast show aired back in 2017:  a show consisting only of listener-driven content. Our faithful listeners submitted some great questions, comments, tips, and stories, and we had a blast answering questions and giving highlight to what our listeners are doing with their photography. Our film photography community truly is filled with "wonderful people," as one of our listeners described them, and we dedicate this podcast to all of you with the hope that we all will learn something new (while having fun in the process!)

In the course of the show we cover a number of topics regarding darkroom workflows, enlarger types, water choices, contrast filter choices, the appropriateness of autofocus cameras, and films we'd love to shoot someday, as well as other interesting topics. I've included links to specific things and people that were mentioned below.

We'd love to hear from you before we record our next show. You can email us at unclejonesyscameras@gmail.com, and you also can find us on Instagram and Facebook, where you can post your questions, comments, tips, and stories. And if you do, you just might get your questions answered or hear your comment, tip, or story on a future show. It's all about community here at the UJC Podcast.

Thanks for listening and Happy Shooting!

Here is a link to a video tour of Wayne's darkroom.

And here is a look at Wayne's print washing setup that uses the Kodak Tray Siphon

Our good friend of the show Mark Gilliland is a talented professional photographer located in Ringgold, Georgia, near Chattanooga, Tennessee. You can find his work on Instagram here:  @magill3179.

Another friend of the show is Paul "Bear" Brown, who is a professor at Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. You can find him on Instagram here:  @filmprofesorbear.

We mentioned Jr Wyatt's latest darkroom work with pinhole images. You can see that image on Instagram here:  @wyattshootsfilm.

Wayne mentioned the Photographer's Formulary, and online store that sells all kinds of chemistry ingredients for mixing your own photography-related chemicals. You can find them here.

I recently purchased a Giottos AA1910 Medium Rocket Air Blaster as an alternative to cans of compressed air to dust off negatives and lenses. You can find it as Amazon here (we don't do affiliate links.)

I really enjoy reading the Casual Photophile website! Here is a well-written article on the subject of "not-so-cool" autofocus SLRs and why we should be using them.

And here is the ariticle that introduced me to Agfa Codex Rapid black and white film (rebranded as Nanotomic -X. I definitely want to give this film a try.

I also really enjoy reading the Cosmo Foto website, and I write for them occasionally. Here is an article I wrote in which I review the immensely successful Minolta Maxxum 7000, the first autofocus 35mm SLR with the focusing motor in the camera itself.