Monthly Archives: October 2013

Mapping out the photographic network in 19th century Canada: a work in progress

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, Nov. 20, 2013. A WORK IN PROGRESS: Shannon Perry.  Ms Perry spoke with us on WWII Colour Photographs in November two years ago (2011 11 19). She is currently working as a photo archivist within the newly formed Archival … Continue reading

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Khumbu glacier in gigaplex

Toronto, October 28, 2013. Last December Ken Metcalfe out on the West Coast sent me an interesting article from the Washington Post. David Breashears photographed  the erosion of the Khumbu glacier (next to Mount Everest) from the inroads of climate … Continue reading

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Paris… in the fall

Toronto, October 25, 2013. Editor Bob Lansdale is back from the Daguerreian convention in France, home of the beginnings of photography. Bob shot many images of the Gallic city and his fellow members of the Daguerreian Society. You can see … Continue reading

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Running on Mavericks

Toronto October 25, 2013. That was simple. On Tuesday of this week Apple announced the release of Mavericks, its latest version of OS X – and it is free. The last couple of releases have been downloads that overwrite the … Continue reading

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Hooked on History – The Magical Movie Machines

Toronto, October 16th, 2013. Hooked on History – The Magical Movie Machines Last Wednesday was Movie Night at the PHSC meeting, complete with free popcorn. President Mark Singer brought his VHS recorder and showed a really interesting old video.  The VHS … Continue reading

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New Sony Full Frame Mirrorless Digital Cameras

Toronto, October 19, 2013. I wonder if we are seeing a new trend in cameras? My NEX-6 is a wonderful little camera to use with its APS-C  sensor. It was preceded by the NEX-7 model which has a higher resolution … Continue reading

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Newsletter 13-5

Toronto, October 14 2013. Well David’s latest opus has hit the emails Monday. We held the newsletter to get two important items. First, Dr Deepali Dewan’s changes to the review of her well received talk last month. We really appreciate … Continue reading

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Looking at the New Sony

Toronto, October 14, 2013. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. One of the blogs I frequently visit is “SonyAlphaRumours“. This site had been predicting a full frame digital from Sony in the NEX E-mount format for many months and expects to see the … Continue reading

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Obsolescence and Darkness

Toronto, October 12, 2013. I have been a fan of the Globe and Mail for over a half century now. I spotted this  photography related item this morning  in a Globe column called “Week in Preview” under a heading “Visual Art“. … Continue reading

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Movie Night: The Magical Movie Machines

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, October 16, 2013. MOVIE NIGHT: The Magical Movie Machines. We have a treat tonight. This is a rare old video tape called “Hooked on History – The Magical Movie Machines“. It is a  45 minute video … Continue reading

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