Monthly Archives: December 2016

PHSNE Snap Shots PDF now available

Toronto. The folks at PHSNE have produced Volume 22, Number 5 of their Snap Shots newsletter in pdf format. The newsletter announces the members auction next month. There are plans to have  a new website early in the new year. … Continue reading

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Steady as you go…

Toronto. Leitz sold many tripod adaptors and steadying gadgets before the war. The first table top tripod complete with a ball and socket head came out in 1949. The early models were code named TOOUG and had a black crackle … Continue reading

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Matthew Isenburg dead at 89

Toronto. Since I published a post just three days ago, both the Daguerreian Society and Dr Marcel Safier have posted an obituary. The Daguerreian Society obituary is on the lower left of that organization’s website and was distributed via the … Continue reading

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PHSC News pdf For December 2016

Toronto. Editor David Bridge has done a tasty issue for Christmas using the new layout and help from Assistant Editor Sonja Pushchak. This issue shows a photograph of ‘Window Dressing’ from the Toronto Archives Fonds of William James, a prominent … Continue reading

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“I,” said the page, beginning to fade.

Toronto. The title of this post is from a song by Pete Seeger. On March 15, 1979, I took my family to The Bay at Cloverdale (long gone – became Zellers, then Target, and now empty for over two years). … Continue reading

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Preservation of Digitally Printed Photographs

Toronto. On December 12 of this year, George Dunbar sent me a followup to his search for an explanation of how his digital prints were printed. George has always insisted that a paper print of any age can be viewed … Continue reading

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Matt Isenburg – November 14, 2016

Toronto. Bob Lansdale got word of the passing of Matt Isenburg on December 15th. It was confirmed by Elizabeth Isenburg that Matt passed away last month,  November 14th. I first heard of Matt when the PHSC sold me a copy … Continue reading

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Nikon One sells at auction for 384,000 Euros

Toronto. Remember when Japanese cameras were dismissed as German knock-offs? Stephan Musil of Westlicht Auction in Vienna sent me this press release a few days back. A Nikon One rangefinder camera sold for 384,000 Euros at auction was initially estimated … Continue reading

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Beginning of the digital camera era

Toronto. Do you remember Steve Sasson? No? Well you should! Steve was working for Kodak when he created the first digital camera. The massive gadget’s minuscule .01 mpx  B&W image saved on an audio tape belied the impact digital would … Continue reading

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Graflex Journal Issue 3 for 2016 published

Toronto. Ken Metcalf does a terrific job of finding and publishing articles on Kodak’s famous Graflex line of cameras from the giants used by professionals decades ago to the more personal 35mm cameras, based on designs once made by Ciro. … Continue reading

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