Monthly Archives: June 2020

Managing, cataloging, storing, and digitizing your daguerreotype collection

Posted on June 20, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. The above title is quite a mouthful! As announced for today by the Daguerreian Society, it is, ” A one hour presentation with Mike Robinson on digitizing your daguerreotypes, followed by Len Walle and Phil Nathanson discussing how to manage, … Continue reading →

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more than one way …

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. … to skin a cat, as the old saying goes. Film was no different. Kodak touted its 126 film size (35mm sans traditional sprocket holes and paper backed) Kodapak for its instamatic cameras eliminating the “klutzy” confusion of loading and … Continue reading →

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coping with COVID

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. The pandemic that swept the world this year caused a seismic change in photographic historical societies. The societies reacted in various ways. Our group (PHSC) took advantage of our MailChimp account used to disseminate our newsletter “PHSC News” by … Continue reading →

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we lost Mike Mitchell at 76

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. I received very sad news on June 16th from our treasurer, John Morden.  John came across an AGO article written just yesterday (June 16th) announcing the death of Michael Mitchell in Hamilton on May 18, 2020. The article was written … Continue reading →

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ghosties and ghoulies …

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. … and things that go bump in the night. An old saying to scare children silly in the days before electrical lighting. In the 19th century, few people understood exactly how photography worked. These folk often fell victim to … Continue reading →

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the iconic SX-70

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Expensive media may have been needed for Polaroid cameras, but the cameras themselves where technical marvels. Typical of this genre of camera was the iconic SX-70 introduced in 1972. The media used in this camera is still available today! … Continue reading →

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PHRC Conference 2020 De Montfort University

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Our Programme co-ordinator, Celio Barreto, is joining this prestigious conference on photographic history in Leicester U.K. tomorrow and Tuesday (June 15, 16). Everything (including registration) will be online in this time of COVID-19. The full title of the conference  at … Continue reading →

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PHSC News for June 2020

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. My, it’s June 2020 already and the infamous COVID-19 pandemic is in decline (or is it waiting to re-emerge even deadlier this winter, like the 1918 Spanish Flu did in late 1918 and early 1919?). Meantime, our editor extraordinaire, … Continue reading →

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idiot proofing film loading

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. The giant Kodak corporation of mid last century dictated film sizes and packaging. One of their extensive studies showed that amateurs had a difficult time changing film. To simplify this task, Kodak invented the instamatic film pack. This 126 … Continue reading →

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far far away

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Star Wars movies always began with a scroll beginning … in a galaxy far, far, away … . We often call any lens that brings in distant objects closer and compress the perspective a telephoto lens. But the actual … Continue reading →

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