I Dream of Cameras

Episode 102 • The 20mm Anže Kopitar

27 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

“Gonna be your man in motion, all I need’s this pair of wheels...” The IDOC men are indeed in motion, with impending trips to exotic ports of ca...

Episode 101 • Today Is Her Birthday, They're Smoking Cigars

09 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It’s P’s birthday, but she’s working, leaving Jeff languishing at home with nothing but his vapid glad-hand for company. Perfect time to summon ...

Episode 100 • Only in My Dreams

15 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Three months without a new episode — you thought there’d be No More Rhyme? That Gabe and Jeff might go on shootin’ and chattin’ Without You? H...

Episode 99 • Weird ’flex but ok

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Leicaflex, Contarex, Rolleiflex, Magicflex, Omegaflex! Olivia Dean and Debbie Gibson! Seth Rogen’s gone pano and the Swiss Army’s gone XXL! It’s...

Episode 98 • Five Years, That's All We’ve Got

16 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How did these two mumbling malcontents pump out pods for five years and ninety-eight nattering episodes? In this one, the boys barely discuss that at ...

Episode 97 • La De Da, La De Da

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More like L.A. De Da, because both hosts are together in the City of Angels: scoring sibling Olympi at a camera show, talking “new” Kodak film sto...

Episode 96 • Here’s What We've Been Up To

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is it enough for these two “middle-aged men” to merely share “what they’ve been up to”? One peevish iTunes reviewer doesn’t think so! But ...

Episode 95 • Swiss Miss

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ach, der Schmerz! Aïe, la douleur! Jeff’s insanely rare, perpetually coveted, and newly repaired half-frame Alpa 10s has been lost by UPS. As you l...

Episode 94 • All Floral Wallpaper and Joy

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff’s been engaged for over a month, and is suffused with bonhomie and goodwill, while the normally sanguine Gabe is ENRAGED! At eBay sellers who s...

Episode 93 • Otherwise Engaged

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Vapid glad-handing? Try happy wed-banding, because Jeff and P are engaged! This blockbuster XL episode features a brief recap of the proposal and a le...

Episode 92 • A Sop to Mike Sopko

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode № 92 finds the boys in Sunset Strip rock clubs and sun-baked Czech vineyards, sampling exotic cinema film and strange European cameras, taki...

Episode 91 • Prague Rock

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Once again I Dream of Cameras spans the globe, with Jeff in Prague and Gabe in Los Angeles, and not even a nine-hour time difference can slow us down!...

Episode 90 • Hey Bulldog

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode starts out great, then gets better and better. It’s informative and witty, talking about the real joys of film. There are distinctive g...

Episode 89 • I Learned the Truth at One-Seven

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff’s back from the Caribbean island of St. Barth’s with a report on his new favorite beach camera, while out in the West, Gabe’s renewed camer...

Episode 88 • Jeff Spills Half a Coffee

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gabe spills the tea — about the cameras he’s hunting for as he rapidly rebuilds his collection — while Jeff spills the coffee. That’s it. He s...

Episode 87 • Gabe Eats Half a Cookie

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A long-awaited catch-up in which Gabe reviews the events of the past month. The biggest news: he bought a half-frame camera! WHAT IS UP WITH THIS DUDE...

Episode 86 • Marie, You Win

23 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 8:11 a.m. PST. Text from Gabe Sachs:“Well, all I can say is… I bet I have culled my camera collection faster than anyo...

Episode 85 • “He looks like that fella in the movies… you know… Ralph Bellamy”

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I Dream of Cameras kicks off the new year with another blockbuster XL episode! Jeff chillingly limns the hundred-degree delta between Jamaica and Icel...

Episode 84 • A Christmas Gift for You

25 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode № 84 is a special rush-released super-sized Christmas / Hanukkah episode — unwrap it and enjoy!Gabe’s been shooting with the Polaroid Bi...

Episode 83 • Five Years, My Brain Hurts a Lot

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I Dream of Cameras storms into the fifth year of its five-year mission with new life and new civilization! Gabe went on a photo tear through New York ...

Episode 82 • November Spawned a Monster

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“Four more years! Four more years!” Could you have ever imagined, when these two miscreants launched I Dream of Cameras on 11/20/20, that four yea...

Episode 81 • Gabe’s First White Shirt

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Like “Man in Black” Johnny Cash, Gabe Sachs is never seen without his signature ebon apparel. So what could coax him into donning a white dress sh...

Episode 80 • So Good

13 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our blockbuster eightieth episode includes talk of wedding shoots and model shoots, German Rolleis and Swiss Alpas, plastic Pentaxes and Pano Portrait...

Episode 79 • I Regret Nothing

29 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gabe Sachs, 25 years after Freaks and Geeks, is the Astrid Kirchherr of American comedy; Jeff Greenstein, 25 hours after Paris Fashion Week, is the De...

Episode 78 • Join the Car Crash Set

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hear the crushing steel, feel the steering wheel! Gabe lingers in NYC for more photographic and culinary adventures, while Jeff sees his reflection in...

Episode 77 • Today My Name Is Lois Mendez

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Talking Heads: 77 as the boys convene in New York City for a pilgrimage to B&H Photo, where they ambush veteran camera guru Michael Armato ...

Episode 76 • 10s, NE1?

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hurricane Debby brings a downpour of camera gear! Gabe’s out with his Leica III and Mamiya C330, while Jeff samples some digital Leicas. Gabe chats ...

Episode 75 • We Finally Accept Some Praise

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One of the Best Photography Podcasts To Listen To In 2024 (per Amateur Photographer magazine) returns to bask in some praise for a change! In this blo...

Episode 74 • Ubriaco A Roma

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Two glasses of white wine reduces Jeff to drunkenly raving about travel cameras, airport hand-check injustices and (predictably) his usual cast of bê...

Episode 73 • I Have Your Review in Front of Me

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“I am sitting in the smallest room of my house. I have your review before me. In a moment it will be behind me.” — Max Reger, German composer (1...

Episode 72 • Mint & Rare & Cameras & Coffee

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A transformational live-on-locational supersensational IDOCstravaganza! First we go to a Los Angeles Photography Club Cameras and Coffee meetup in Kor...

Episode 71 • Tucker: The Dog and His Dream

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Consulting Producer Tucker Sachs, the real brains behind I Dream of Cameras, has long lurked in the shadows with a bone and a chew toy, but in this ep...

Episode 70 • Say Hello to Vivian

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

He wouldn’t…. Now that the long-raging and ill-advisedly-ignited Vivian Maier debate has finally died down, Jeff wouldn’t throw gasoline on thos...

Episode 69 • P

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Paulina Porizkova joins the boys to offer her unique perspective on the art and business of fashion photography. How’d she get into it? What’s the...

Episode 68 • Peres-Troika

10 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s an xlent xlerated xtralarge xtravaganza as Gabe and Jeff hack and slash their way to the bottom of the Prodigious Mailbag™, which features a ...

Episode 67 • Your Extra Time and Your Kiss

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“Pablo Larraín, the film’s Chilean director, felt [Jackie] Kennedy’s love of beauty was so integral to her character that he requested [Natalie...

Episode 66 • To the Bathyscaphe!

03 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a voyage to the bottom of the Prodigious Mailbag™ on our Smash Hit Podcast™, but before that there’s talk of the year in photography 1957...

Episode 65 • Rebel Rebel

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You want more and you want it fast? Tune in to Episode № 65 of I Dream of Cameras, “Rebel Rebel,” in which Gabe and Jeff wax rhapsodic about the...

Episode 64 • By the Time I Get Some Phoenix

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The big news in Episode № 64 of I Dream of Cameras is the release of Harman Phoenix, a brand-new experimental color film from the company we insist ...

Episode 63 • Three Years of His Youth

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s our third anniversary episode, featuring celebrations galore and talk of cameras past, present and future. Plus the return of our Prodigious Ma...

Episode 62 • Austin to Austria

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Gabe goes to a celebrity wedding; Jeff appears in Vogue Portugal. Gabe has a birthday; Jeff has a breakdown. And all the while, they scour the globe i...

Episode 61 • More of You, Less of Us

14 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A rare treat: IDOC № 61 is dedicated to you, our legions of devoted listeners. In this XL episode, we take a deep, deep dive into our Prodigious Mai...

Episode 60 • I Dream of Genie

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode № 60 of I Dream of Cameras, Gabe and Jeff stun the photography world by boldly revealing the contents of their fiercely guarded eBay watc...

Episode 59 • Friends Was a Fun Job

26 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“So no one told you life was gonna be this way / Your Nikon’s in the shop, your XPan’s D.O.A....” Join Jeff and Gabe in Noo Yawk Cit-tay for a...

Episode 58 • Tumbling Dice

12 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There's fever in the funkhouse now for Episode № 58 of I Dream of Cameras, in which we introduce a startling new segment: we ROLL THE DICE to choose...

Episode 57 • P’s and Q’s

29 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode № 57 of I Dream of Cameras, we mind our P’s — Minolta’s little-known pocket XPan killer — and Q’s — diving into a particularl...

Episode 56 • A Night at the Opera

15 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“On Wednesday evening, at the start of the opera in the St. Margarethen quarry, the unbelievable happened: Carmen survived.” And this is just the ...

Episode 55 • Vienna Calling

25 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, oh-oh, Vienna calling! Jeff’s in the City of Dreams for Episode № 55 of I Dream of Cameras, featuring talk of travel, model shoots and bein...

Episode 54 • Imogen Cunningham Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle

11 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’re Feckless in Seattle for Episode № 54 of I Dream of Cameras, which features a visit to an amazing local camera shop, Gabe’s adventures at L...

Episode 53 • Can I Get a Witness

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

New York, London, Paris, Munich… there’s nowhere I Dream of Cameras won’t go in pursuit of our elusive dream camera. In Episode № 53, Jeff is ...

Episode 52 • Liberté, Égalité, Photographie

12 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bonjour nos amis! Play The Marseillaise, play it, because your letter of transit is here: Episode № 52 of I Dream of Cameras, “Liberté, Égalité...

Episode 51 • Photo Walk, Photo Sit, Photo Play Dead

18 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s back to the coalface for Episode № 51 of I Dream of Cameras, featuring notable cameras of 1973 (uh, the early ’70s), amnesty for the prodig...

Episode 50 • And I Can Kick

02 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s here, folks — the long (and we do mean long) awaited Episode № 50 of I Dream of Cameras! And courtesy of the filmmaking talents of our frie...

Episode 49 • IDOC Unplugged

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode № 49 of I Dream of Cameras, “IDOC Unplugged,” is our first unedited, unsmoothed, unexpurgated episode — meaning we didn’t have time ...

Episode 48 • Minox Idyll

18 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Half a cookie? Try one-twelfth of a cookie! After a deep dive into our bulging mailbag, we go big on one of the smallest cameras ever made: the mighty...

Episode 47 • Beyond the Valley of Marie Nikondo

16 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Part Three of the trilogy! Marie Nikondo has lain waste to Jeff’s camera collection — now the question is, how to dispose of the booty? What’s t...

Episode 46 • Battle for the Planet of Marie Nikondo

02 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Part Two! We made it halfway through Jeff's camera-cull in our last episode, so Gabe/Marie Nikondo has returned to help him through the second half —...

Episode 45 • The Revenge of Marie Nikondo

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

She's back! Everyone's favorite collection-culler returns, and this time she's out for blood! Jeff is contemplating a major purge, but those pesky ol'...

Episode 44 • Eyerolls and Rolleis

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After a dive into our prodigious mailbag, bulging with talk of the newly reissued Leica M6, we essay a sweeping survey of the mighty marque known as R...

Episode 42½ • Cheap Camera Challenge (A Bonus Episode)

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Gabe has a cold, so we’re bringing you this unaired Sunny 16 segment from April 2021: Jeff and Gabe suggest excellent cameras you can find for under...

Episode 42 • In a World

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Find the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything in I Dream of Cameras 42. New cameras, old cameras, new old cameras, old new cameras, and ways to...

Episode 41 • Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fashion

01 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

See? 41! The centerpiece of this episode is Gabe’s recap of his adventures at New York Fashion Week, but there’s also our newly engorged mailbag, ...

Episode 40 • This Is 40

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A signal show in which we finally step out of the shadow of Sunny 16 Presents and get our own podcast feed! Now you can search for I Dream of Cameras ...

Episode 39 • Laverne & Shirley Go to Fashion Week

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A blockbuster XL episode in which our friends Chris Chu and Rafael Hernandez help Gabe decide which cameras to bring to New York Fashion Week. Also, y...

Episode 38 • A Prodigious…!

13 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We always encourage the teeming millions to converse with us via eye dream of cam rahs at gee male dot calm, and in this episode, we attempt to empty ...

Episode 37 • This Is the Day of the XPanding Man

29 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A VERY SPECIAL EPISODE recapping Jeff’s absurd acquisition of a Hasselblad XPan, and more importantly, his trip to England and Wales to meet all fou...

Episode 36 • Make It Wit Chu

13 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Episode 35 • mm (feat. Talya Adams)

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The centerpiece of this episode is a delightful interview with motorcycle-ridin’ L.A. photographer Talya Adams. But first!Gabe’s bare-bones kit fo...

Episode 34 • Call Mr. Lee

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The jewel of this episode is our interview with Trev Lee, an excellent photographer and the social media voice of The Darkroom lab in San Clemente. Bu...

Episode 33 • Valentine’s Day

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The mailbag features talk of travel cameras, copy stands, and the allure of the Nikonos system. But the jewel of this episode is an interview with Fra...

Episode 32 • We Gotcha Covid

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Happy birthday to our patient patron Graeme!Gabe’s COVID ordealA magical mailbag!Gabe’s recent shooting adventures: a daylong shoot with actor Bre...

Episode 31 • Sissi Lu Who

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 31 • Sissi Lu WhoThe centerpiece of this episode is an extended interview with film photographer Sissi Lu, known to denizens of New York Cit...

Episode 30 • Sidewalk Crouches at Her Feet (feat. Jessica Devic)

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

an extravagant mailbag, featuring talk of Canons and bulk-loading3D-printable leader-trimmers from Thingiverse:One for normal film: https://www.thingi...

Episode 29 • It’s Canon Now

20 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our first XXL episode features a blockbuster mailbag, a recap of our latest photographic adventures, and a sweeping survey of the perennial Avis to Ni...

Episode 28 • I’ll Be Quirky

02 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The barbarian hordes return fire with a fusillade of emails, and Jeff and Gabe recount their recent travel photography adventures.The prodigious 🎶 ...

Episode 27 • Zeynep Bastik We Love You

13 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mailbag — which is way too male!Thoughts on rising film pricesHUGE news: the Leica wristwatches are outGabe stumbles upon a concert by Turkish pop s...

Episode 26 • Sexy MF

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What the heck is a Pentax MF? A Perkeo? An AE-1? Okay, the last one’s no mystery, but HOP ON your podspeeder for a freewheeling episode featuring pl...

Episode 25 • Where Have All the Cameras Gone?

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The mailbag!It's a New Year — once again, check your batteries and exercise your cameras!As of October 2021, Paul BG is no longer making The Thingy,...

Episode 24 • Yippee Kai Yay (A Christmas Episode)

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If loving Kai is Wong, we don't wanna be right! The centerpiece of this episode is our interview with Kai Wong, a YouTube mainstay for 15 years and au...

Episode 23 • Olympus Has Fallen

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 Fall...

Episode 22 • How Could I Dance With Another, Ooh, When Asahi Standing There

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is dedicated to the memory of John Whitmore.A few items from the mailbagreminder about our fabulous contest — compose a limerick whose ...

Episode 21 • Introspective / Camera Shop Boys

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After a dip into our bulging mailbag, an introspective episode:Why do we second-guess ourselves?What keeps us from getting out and experimenting?Why a...

Episode 20 • Catch Up, Soup and Purée

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Another freewheeling episode spanning a wide range of topics:thank-yous from Gabe for his NYFW adventurethe mailbagrecapping this week's Beers & C...

Episode 19 • Icons and Nikons

22 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

An XL episode boasting two blockbuster features: Gabe’s recap of his adventures covering New York Fashion Week, followed by our survey of the esteem...

Episode 18 • Fast and Furious 18

01 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a pulse-pounding thrill-ride (but really, the theme is family) as Jeff and Gabe attempt to cover 18 topics in 60 minutes. Among the items discu...

Episode 17 • Leica Damn Sociopath

11 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As long threatened, it’s our all-Leica show! Fear not if you’ve yet to be inducted into the sacred cult (pro tip: the password is MOOLY), because ...

Episode 16 • Reciprocity Success

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We asked for emails and DMs, and y’all reciprocated! In this freewheeling episode, Jeff and Gabe react to suggestions, corrections and emendations f...

Episode 15 • Fight Us Again

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Another episode of strong opinions!Gabe’s saga: reacquiring a Konica Hexar AF after letting one go many years agoJeff’s saga: trying to find an in...

Episode 14 • How We Shoot

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, the hosts turn the lens on themselves, examining their shooting styles, methods and subject matter.Jeff asks Gabe about his portraitu...

Episode 13 • The Purge (feat. Danielle Wrobleski)

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You’ve heard of Marie Kondo — meet Marie Nikondo! In this wildly entertaining episode, Jeff forces Gabe to remorselessly cull his camera collectio...

Episode 12 • The Hosts Gave Us Cameras

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we interview Fred Coury (composer of our theme song) and Keith Greenstein (designer of our logos, website and merch) about the vintag...

Episode 11 • The Polaroid Show (feat. Emily Earl)

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

State of instant photography 2021 - how much do you shoot instant?Favorite peel-apart cameras and films - scanning the negs using the bleach-gel trick...

Episode 10 • How We Are Weird

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate an extraordinary milestone — how many podcasts make it to ten episodes? — Jeff and Gabe run down a carefully curated selection of the...

Episode 9 • Disasterama!

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

we had a whole episode planned, but then my girlfriend and I broke up, so now we’re gonna talk about disasters (and perhaps how they could have been...

Episode 8 • Trust the Process

02 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

our new email address!recapping an eventful week: new acquisitions, road trip, etc.lab anxiety, choosing a lab, making friends with a labwhy you shoul...

Episode 7 • The Seven Deadly Sins

14 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

pride: showing off, bringing an exotic camera to a photo walk or camera show, etc. - the antidote: extending a hand to new photographers (as opposed t...

Episode 6 • The Search for Perfection, Your Own Predilection

27 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

buying from Japan, pros and cons — the cameras look perfect, but… (Jeff's recent Pen W, Widelux and M-1 experiences)how to suss out a sellereBay a...

Episode 5 • Fight Us

13 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

it’s a new year, check your batteries! How to replace the obsolete PX625: the MR-9 adapter, the Weincell, the 675 + paulbg ring, etc.wrongly valued ...

Episode 4 • The Unwanted

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Thank-yous: Fred Coury for the music, Keith Greenstein for the logos, mention launch of website and associated IDOC swagDo you lend? Cameras you borro...

Episode 3 • The Other Stuff

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lens collecting: is it exciting?Flashes, pro and conCamera bags, pro and conCaps and straps and such - Jeff is anti neck straps and lens caps, pro wri...