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A weekly chat about manual focus lenses, old and new

So, after a summer break, it’s time again to brush up on your 2nd Grade classical history and moderately-sized furry mammal knowledge as it...

The Final Chapter of the Cocaine & Waffles Podcast Experiment Starring: Mike Eckman Johnny Sisson Theo Panagopoulos Anthony Rue Mark Faulkne...

A slew of Vivitar purchases by Simon is the inspiration for a Vivitar special show where we give something of a potted history of the once g...

The Cocaine & Waffles Podcast Experiment Starring: Mike Eckman Johnny Sisson Cheyenne Morrison Perry Ge Mike Novak Anthony Rue Eric Enrico J...

In July, 2019 (Episode #77), we thoroughly enjoyed having the rare talent that is Isabel Curdes on the show, so we are delighted to able to...

There's something in the air, it's almost tangible... that's right it's pent up GAS, and we've just released it! Perry finally (and properly...

It appears that taking a month off has not helped with the intelligence and lens knowledge of the three hosts. Perry struggles with cleaning...

Anil’s back and he’s brought his Unusual Eye with him. It’s just as well that we had Anil booked as Johnny had a Red Dot course to attend an...

We're back and winter lockdown boredom is playing havoc with our minds. What else could explain our desire to talk about early digital point...

Vlad Kern returns this week for another deep dive into the photographic world of the Former Soviet Union. We cover an extensive list of topi...

Following a lengthy discussion on stray Australian marsupials, we dive into a host of more pressing questions this week. Will Perry succumb...

Just when you thought that we could not keep it up for two weeks on the trot, another show turns up like a bad penny. The week sees us reach...

A short catch up this week along with a superficial comparison between the Pentax 50mm f/1.2 and the Konica 57mm f/1.2. The main event being...

Well we’ve had a three week break and it’s done us the world of good. We’re more relaxed and less opinionated than ever. A mountain of quali...

The much anticipated Frozen Pizza Episode is now here. SPOILER ALERT! Chicago Deep Dish Pizza is garbage (according to Simon). Trans Am Mull...

Simon strikes gold with a great haul of interesting lenses, Perry gives up buying cameras and lenses for the rest of 2020, (there are caveat...

Just when Simon thought that Johnny and Perry would be done talking about rangefinders after last week’s great show with Dan Tamarkin, he wa...

Johnny and Perry's wildest dreams comes true! We are joined by none other than Dan Tamarkin of Tamarkin Camera in Chicago, America's Premier...

Mike Eckman makes an overdue reappearance and we catch up on some of the things he’s been up to recently with his classic camera review webs...

Simon did not get the chance to do an update on his latest gear related activity last week, so he more than makes up for it this week. Plean...

Version 1: After two weeks of having guests on the show, Perry is bursting at the seams to tell us what he’s acquired. Although we finally g...

UK camera and lens repair guy, Lyndon Booth of Londinium Cameras dropped in for a chat and to answer listener emails. We had a great time wi...

Regular listeners will recognis(z)e the name Mike Epstein as he's a friend of Perry's and also starred in a video we have on our YouTube cha...

On last week’s show, Perry got big Rolleiflex GAS, so big that he was forced to buy one. SPOILER ALERT! However, Perry’s path to Xenotar enl...

Having tried and failed at math(s) last week, this week you can listen us decipher cryptic numbers and pictograms from the mid-20th Century....

We’ve been doing it wrong all the time: Perry explains why we should be relying on math(s) to help use choose which lenses to take with us o...

Nick Lyle, our guest from Show #61 (and the Homemade Camera Podcast), makes a triumphant return this week. Nick helps us out with a range of...

Simon's newly acquired Minolta X-500 appears to melting his stone cold heart when it comes to all things Rokkor, but don't get too excited,...

After throwing knobs in #89, Perry returns to the subject this week with an in depth discussion of his favorite appendage as well as his loc...

A short episode about current events that strike close to home. Johnny provides local insights the destruction of Central Camera Company in...

Back from the defeat by Mike Novak on last week’s Pub Quiz show, we’re handling it well, or at least two of us are. This week Simon opens hi...

So you think you know about lenses? Come and have a go at the Classic Lenses Podcast Pub Quiz! Quizmaster Perry Ge puts hosts Johnny & Simon...

Johnny has been allowed back into our own Facebook group and his ban seems to have done him and everybody else a world of good. The sun has...

Something of a quickie this week, but we managed to unload plenty of lens talk as well as discuss Chris Holland’s lens buying guide and intr...

Dr Karl Havens left us a year ago this week and we still miss him dearly. To mark his passing, we take Karl’s memory to our desert island an...

Johnny could not be with us this week, he’s felling a little better but he has other pressing concerns, so Perry and Simon man up and take o...

We're back after another two week lockdown lay-off and it seems that few things have changed. None of us has gone outside to shoot, Perry is...

Oh boy... The world has changed a little in the two weeks since our last recording, but thankfully Perry wants to talk about Exakta and Topc...

It’s finally here: we’ve made the long-awaited Digitization Special! In this episode we are joined by two titans of the digitization world,...

It's Pulaski Day in Chicago, and we're celebrating by talking about adapting lenses. We lose Simon part way through the episode, but Perry a...

The dust has only just settled from the fallout from last week’s show, as we had a record number of comments made about it in our small but...

Anil Mistry makes a very welcome return to CLP Towers this week and there’s not a Leica or RF lens in sight, much to the relief to those asp...

This week, Perry discusses life and photography in Hong Kong on Coronavirus lockdown, Simon attempts to survive the Great Stone-on-Trent Sno...

Johnny’s back and he’s got a new toy, Perry has moved on from shooting riots to shooting the Zombie Apocalypse that is Coronavirus Hong Kong...

Ethan Moses, esteemed podcast tart of Cameradactyl, Homemade Camera Podcast, and guest on every other podcast ever fame, joins us to talk ab...

Not content to bring one special lens to the party, Perry brings three absolute stunners with him, while Simon’s back shooting his Sony. We...

So, after our almost universally acclaimed and made for YouTube extravaganza better known as #100, we’re back on the radio/podcast. Normal s...

Our second anniversary and our 100th show. To mark the occasion professional lens designer, Jason Lane has returned and this time you get to...

So having done a Christmas show, the CLP has now completely sold out and done an awards show. So sit back and listen to a list of the usual...

The CLP breaks with tradition and actually does a Christmas show this year! So what lenses and cameras do Perry, Johnny and Simon want for C...