Tag Archives: camera

Photographic Canadiana 44-2 goes to press

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Hey folks, our wonderful journal issue 44-2 goes to press this coming week. It will be in the mail to members a few short weeks later. Not a member? No problem! just hit the PayPal button on the right … Continue reading →

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Toronto Lithographing Co Photography Dept 1898

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Robert

  Toronto. We sometimes forget that our city once was the engine of industrial Canada. In 1898, the massive Toronto Lithographing Company, founded two decades earlier, commissioned  photographer A A Gray to record the interior facilities at the north-west corner … Continue reading →

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Movies with a Fran 8K

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Ever hear of a Fran 8K camcorder? I didn’t either until an email hit my desk last Saturday morning. The resolution is huge (47.7 MP at 24 fps)  and the concept timely. The camera, available for order late this … Continue reading →

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shooting movies in the 1920s

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. I visited my youngest grandson the other day. The eleven year old showed me his new iPad, bought with his own hard earned money. The past few weeks he has been busy creating animations. He has his own YouTube … Continue reading →

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the eve of destruction

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Ahh, the 1960s. I remember them well. One big hit in 1965 was the iconic song The Eve of Destruction sung by Barry McGuire. Sadly, unlike the song’s writer, the late P. F. Sloan, McGuire was a “one hit wonder”. … Continue reading →

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a hoot at the boot – our 8th trunk sale

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Bob Lansdale gave me a call last week to see if I was going to the trunk sale Sunday. I agreed to go and Bob suggested if we arrived around 10am that would be great. I picked Bob up … Continue reading →

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a tip of the hat to professionals

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. LIFE magazine back on May 21, 1951 published an advertisement by Ansco on page 95 encouraging families to get a professional portrait taken – using Ansco products, of course. For reasons best known by the Ansco advertising agency, the … Continue reading →

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Photo News 27-2, Summer 2018

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. At the end of May, I was at our latest photographica-fair and bumped into Norn Rosen, editor of the PHOTONews. I said to Norm that I had enjoyed the aricles in 27-1 about macro-photography. “Great!”, he replied, “there are … Continue reading →

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summer in the city

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. George Dunbar sent me this photo the other day, The Daily Mail in the UK was the source. NASA photographer Bill Ingalls set up a $3,000 plus camera remotely to shoot the Space X 9 Falcon as it shot … Continue reading →

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monkeying around with cameras

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. I followed with interest the saga of the macaque monkey and ownership of a photo (a selfie) he took in 2011. Back on July 15, 2017 PETA stepped in on its behalf, suing the photographer and owner of the camera … Continue reading →

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