atomicFOTO Podcast Castos https://atomicfoto.com/podcast Filmmaking, photography, and the messy space in between. Don A. Kruse went to art school, landed in tech, and has plenty of stories, ideas, and contradictions to explore. There’s a lot to unpack. Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:06:45 +0000 en © 2026 https://episodes.castos.com/6801413b799be2-65465766/images/AF-Logo-2026-Podcast.jpg atomicFOTO Podcast https://atomicfoto.com/podcast Filmmaking, photography, and the messy space in between. Don A. Kruse went to art school, landed in tech, and has plenty of stories, ideas, and contradictions to explore. There’s a lot to unpack. Don Kruse episodic Filmmaking, photography, and the messy space in between. Don A. Kruse went to art school, landed in tech, and has plenty of stories, ideas, and contradictions to explore. There’s a lot to unpack. atomicFOTO | Don Kruse foto@atomicfoto.com false https://feeds.castos.com/pxd6k yes <![CDATA[Is This Thing Working?]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:06:45 +0000 Don Kruse https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/68913/episode/2427311 https://www.atomicfoto.com/podcast/auto-draft/ Five 35mm vintage cameras ready for a shoot...or not. Do any of them work? Each one has either a major or minor problem. This wasn't the expected outcome. Let's get into this a little deeper.

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The Trouble with Using Vintage Cameras turned into a little bit that turned into a lot about my background in photography. I love my vintage cameras but they are not the most reliable. After years of using reliable digital DSLRs I'm starting to reincorporate some analog 35mm into my art.

In this episode I'll talk about my Leica M3 rangefinder, Pentax LX SLR, and Pentax SF-1 SLR. All three are 35mm film cameras. I'll also be talking a lot—too much maybe—about my background as a photographer.

Chapters

  • (00:00:12) - Photography in the 1980s
  • (00:03:46) - Vintage cameras for photography
  • (00:11:05) - Experiments in Black and White Digital Cameras
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The Trouble with Using Vintage Cameras turned into a little bit that turned into a lot about my background in photography. I love my vintage cameras but they are not the most reliable. After years of using reliable digital DSLRs I'm starting to reincorporate some analog 35mm into my art.

In this episode I'll talk about my Leica M3 rangefinder, Pentax LX SLR, and Pentax SF-1 SLR. All three are 35mm film cameras. I'll also be talking a lot—too much maybe—about my background as a photographer.

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