Jay Maisel (1931–2026): Unpublished Interview Surfaces After His Death

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Jay Maisel died August 24 at 95. Steve Simon has released a 2011 interview with Maisel that was never published, recorded while Simon was working on a book about the Nikon system. Maisel talks cameras, lenses, gear he lost or dropped in the sea, and why he thought the camera was designed upside down.
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