Episode 77: Camerosity Blogging

In what is a record for the longest time between recording and release, Episode 77 is finally here!  Recorded more than 2 weeks ago, in this episode we follow up Episode 76 with a second episode about "stuff we know".  Before they were podcast superstars, Theo, Mike, and Paul have blogs and we wanted to share some behind the scenes secrets of the wonderful world of blogging. Joining us are fellow bloggers, Peggy Marsh, Alex Luyckx, Eric Jason, Dan Cuny, and Jim Grey who tell us their origin stories, what their process is for how they choose what to write about, and what's next for their blogs.  Joining us are non bloggers, A.J. Gentile and Will Pinkham who get inspired and consider making their own blog! As a group, we also discuss the state of blogging, has the luster of long form reviews been replaced by byte sized content from TikTok and Instagram Reels?  Alex discusses his experiences with Adox Scala and black and white reversal developers, Dan Cuny talks about his collection of vintage film negatives that he scans and posts online, and Paul reveals a guy he found in China that can modify standard Hasselblad backs, turning them into Hasselblad XPan sized panoramic backs. Because of a combination of regular delays along with a laptop crash which required this episode to be edited from beginning to end twice, Episode 78 has already been recorded before Episode 77 was ready for release.  Paul, Theo, and Mike had an intimate discussion with Johnny Martyr, A.J. Gentile, and Miles Libak about shooting medium format, Mike's favorite Japanese 4.5x6 folding camera, and how the process of professionally shooting film in the digital age has changed from before. Episode 79 will be all about medium format SLRs.  If you're interested in Bronica, Mamiya, Kowa, Norita, Praktisix, (but hot Hasselblad) SLRs, this is the episode for you!  We will record on Monday, October 14th at 7pm Central Daylight Time and 8pm Eastern Daylight Time. The guys and I rarely know where each episode is going to go until it happens, so if you’d like to join us on a future episode, be sure to look out for our show announcements on our Camerosity Podcast Facebook page, the Camerosity Discord server, and right here on mikeeckman.com. We usually record every other Monday and announcements, along with the Zoom link are typically shared 2-3 days in advance. In This Episode How Blogging Relates to This Podcast / A Private Blogger Facebook Chat Has Improve All Our Sites Will There Ever Be a Video Version of the Camerosity Podcast? Peggy Marsh from Camera Go Camera / Do Not Reverse Her Blog's Name / Argus C3 / Purma Special / Photavit 828 / Agilux Agimatic Alex Luyckx and His Origin Story / Alex Loves Seeing How Different Developers Can Change How a Film Looks Developing Adox Scala Film / Black & White Reversal Set a Realistic Time Table for New Articles to Maintain Excitement and Quality Paul Has a Blog and He Reviews One Camera Every Decade! Eric Jason from Aperture Preview / Samoca 35 II / Perfex Cameras / Radio Companies That Also Made Cameras / Clarus MS-35 Eric Works for Retrospekt Repairing Polaroids Has Blogging Lost Its Luster? / How Much Readership Is There? / TikTok and Reels Byte Sized Content / Mr. Beast Dan Cuny Gives Mike a Run for His Rare Camera Review Money / Inoca Six Stereo Camera Mike Has No Idea How Many Cameras He Has / Cornu Ontoflex TLR Dan Loves to Digitize Old Negatives and Plates / Old Images Tell A Great Story / Mike Doesn't Like Ansel Adams Jim Grey Joins the Show and Talks about Down the Road / Operation Thin the Herd Reply to Every Comment / Jim Acquires a Camera For the Purpose of Reviewing It AJ Started a Youtube Channel During the Pandemic to Stay Busy Tips For Starting a Photo Blog or Podcast / Do What You Love / Your Voice Matters / Have a Thick Skin / If You Want to Make a Blog, Do It! Perhaps the Greatest Thing About Blogging is the Content is Searchable / Sticky Content The Wayback Machine is Great for Web 1.0, But