Monthly Archives: October 2022

a bridge too far …

Posted on October 21, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. The other day, George Dunbar sent me an article on the Lethbridge, Alberta ‘High Level Bridge’ over the ‘Oldman River Valley’. The article is illustrated with a photo by the late Toronto photographer Jane Hinton (1936-2020). Some of Ms … Continue reading →

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October PHSC Meeting this coming Saturday

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. You may have noticed we were rather silent this Wednesday as the usual locale is still not open for meetings as yet. Our program chair has lined up an alternative session for this Saturday at the RIC. Celio writes, … Continue reading →

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sometimes a camera is really special

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. Take for example the camera in this 1934 advertisement. Two years earlier in 1932, Kodak began marketing a new smaller film format for the family ‘movie’ photographer  starting out during the great depression when money and jobs were so … Continue reading →

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time gentlemen please

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Robert

Toronto.  For decades companies would rebadge fancy watches for sales staff and other folk, As a youth, I bought a Bulova Accutron which is a mechanism driven by a tuning fork in turn driven by a transistor. Companies like Amanda … Continue reading →

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fiddling with film

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. Birgit Buchart over at Lomography sent me a note the other day. Lomography announced a new 35mm camera with a bunch of accessories to bring out the experimental side of the snap shooter. The camera is offered in two … Continue reading →

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trey trays

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. In the glory days of film photography anyone in the know would have or have the use of a darkroom to develop black and white prints. Common to almost all darkrooms was a trio of trays. The first held … Continue reading →

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red light district

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. In the days of analogue (film) photography  seasoned photographers knew their way around a darkroom – often having one. Photographic paper was usually insensitive to red so it was common in movies or on TV to see darkrooms in … Continue reading →

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reminiscing

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. Those were the days my friend when we thought COVID would never end … Apologies to Gene Raskin who wrote the English words to this old Russian song and poem. Well COVID did end (or at least the pandemic … Continue reading →

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cheap shot

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. Sometimes when you can’t offer better specs, you can suggest the offering has many pieces. I fell for this gambit as a kid. I bought a “computer” from NYC which was touted as having 100s of parts. Turned out … Continue reading →

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book covers

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. There is a saying – you can’t tell a book by its cover. In the early days of miniature cameras, it was the same for model type. For example through-out the screw mount era, Leitz cameras were all ‘Leicas’. … Continue reading →

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