Episode 47 • Beyond the Valley of Marie Nikondo

I Dream of Cameras

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 the best way to divest yourself of camera equipment — sell online? Donate to salivating photography students? Give to a potential paramour? Find all the answers in this holiday classic.

was the Shroud of Turin the first contact print?

Jeff sold three lenses and one camera — thanks, listeners!

with the proceeds, he bought a vintage boombox and a 28mm f2.8 LW-Nikkor, an above-water lens for the Nikonos

posting panoramas to Instagram? check out the extremely useful (and free) Instagram Swipe Panorama iPhone shortcut

pushing film: Gabe has, Jeff never has!

our prodigious mailbag, including shots fired about the proper pronunciation of “Nikon”!

and now the main event: how to divest!

eBay, Craigslist, FaceBook Marketplace, and what to do when you fear people

the KEH option — in person at their Atlanta HQ, with their buyers when they come to your neighborhood, or shipping them gear for a quote? (there are similar protocols at Adorama, B&H and other online retailers)

local camera shops

the local film community: Beers and Cameras, meetups, etc.

ever had a bad experience as a seller?

the reseller’s creed: if you’re not using and enjoying an item, its value to you is not what you paid for it, nor what it might fetch on the open market… it’s zero

an alternate to selling: donating! The Film Photography Projects’s school donation program is great

Gabe’s sudden brainwave: an I Dream of Cameras Garage Sale! are y’all in?

another alternative: give a film camera to the new parents of a child or a puppy — or a gift for your date!

your IDOC photo assignment: shoot a portrait of a friend, shoot a portrait of a stranger — post on Instagram and tag us to be amplified!

’tis the season of giving, so why not check out our dazzling merch?

Chris Chu is hosting a photowalk in Venice, California on Sunday, December 18

Gabe got a $50 Mark O'Brien surprise package — which is another fun way to divest yourself of stuff!

Still available from the Greenstein collection — email or DM if intrigued!

Bell & Howell Dial 35 (with case)

Bolex H16 Reflex 16mm movie camera (with case and accessories)

Bolex 16mm lenses:

10mm f1.6 Kern-Paillard Switar

17.5mm-70mm f2.4 SOM Berthiot Pan-Cinor (with case, viewfinder and filters)

25mm f1.8 SOM Berthiot Lytar

75mm f2.8 Kern-Paillard Yvar

Canon Color Demi (red)

Canon Color Demi (blue; with cap and case)

Canon Color Demi (white; with case)

Canon Dial Rapid (nonfunctional)

Canon 110 ED 20 (with case)

Canon AE-1 with 55mm f1.2 FD

Kodak Bantam Special

Kodak No. 2 Folding Autographic Brownie

Konica Acom-1 with 50mm f1.7 Hexanon AR

Leica M3 (single-stroke)

Leica M lenses:

50mm f1.1 7Artisans (chrome)

50mm f2 Dual Range Summicron (with goggles and two cases)

90mm f2 APO-Summicron-M (with box, case and caps)

Minox B (with case and chain)

Minox BL (metric scale; with case and chain)

Nikon F with Photomic T Finder, Prism Finder and Action Finder and 50mm f1.4 Nikkor-S Auto and 55mm f3.5 Micro-Nikkor

Nikon Speed Magny

Nikonos III with 35mm f2.5 Nikkor

Olympus MFT lenses

9mm f8.0 fisheye body cap lens

14-42mm f3.5-5.6 M.Zuiko EZ ED MSC (silver, with caps)

Pentax Auto 110 Super with Pentax 110 flash

Pentax 110 lenses:

18mm f2.8 Pan Focus

20-40mm f2.8 Zoom

24mm f2.8

50mm f2.8

70mm f2.8

Pentax Electro Spotmatic with 55mm f1.8 SMC Takumar

Pentax 6×7 MLU (with TTL finder and wooden grip)

Pentax 6x7 lenses:

45mm f4 SMC Pentax-6×7 (with caps)

105mm f2.4 Super-Multi-Coated Takumar/6x7 (with caps)

Petri Color 35 (black; with cap and case)

Polaroid Big Swinger 3000 Land Camera

Polaroid i-Zone (blue) + three packs of film

Polaroid Snap (black) + several packs of Zink paper

Voigtländer Perkeo I (first version, Vaskar lens, Pronto shutter, with case)