Monthly Archives: July 2024

lights out …

Posted on July 31, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. The photo at left shows closing day at Simpson Brothers in Toronto. The year was 1955 and it was the end of the skylight and dry-plate era. Since the 1800s, photo studios clustered around the Yonge-King-Queen corner of Toronto. … Continue reading →

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flashes of fancy

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Our then recently appointed editor, Ev Roseborough wrote an engaging story in issue 13-5 called, “The Twenty-fourth of May – everyday”. Ev’s skills as a photographer make a point that to be a good editor one must be devoted … Continue reading →

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kudos to Kodak

Posted on July 29, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. In 1888, George Eastman down in Rochester broke new ground with his then iconic “Kodak” camera. This marvellous invention has a name speakable in most languages. For the first time in photography it was a camera that used roll … Continue reading →

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all a-whirl …

Posted on July 28, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. In the days before motion pictures, people congregated to see ‘magic lantern‘ slides projected on a screen with commentary by the projectionist or an assistant. In order to add motion to the slides, some had added means to move … Continue reading →

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helping the bacon

Posted on July 27, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. In issue 13-1, I reviewed the book, “#16 – Champlin on Fine Grain”. This 1938 text gave a detailed explanation and developer formulae for fine grain processing while maintaining film speed. At the time there was considerable effort to … Continue reading →

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a merry Kodak Christmas

Posted on July 26, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Early in our history, Canadian Kodak contributed to us for printing a vintage ad from CKC on the back page of our journal. This ad for an art-deco folder announced a perfect Christmas gift. Unfortunately it was the May/June … Continue reading →

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a dime a dozen?

Posted on July 25, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Photo collectors and historians can attest to the fact that only the wealthy could hire an artist to use his talent and paints to create a ‘likeness’ before 1839 and photography opened up creation of a ‘likeness’ to millions. … Continue reading →

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ain’t no wreck!

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. If you can stand it, here is another Kodak Canada ad from the back cover of issue 12-5.  The ad shows the result of Kodak’s decision to buy a German factory which  manufactured precision cameras. This ad covers the … Continue reading →

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some fall down … sort of

Posted on July 23, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Most film enlargers are constructed to project an image vertically downward, but not all. In this article acquisition of a Klito horizontal enlarger is discussed (Klito is a UK trademark  for Houghton products). Sometimes you are in the right … Continue reading →

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an enlightening experience

Posted on July 22, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Collectors can relate to (Professor) Lindsay Lambert in his late spring 2004 tale.  Living up Ottawa way, Lindsay is known for collecting and talking on magic lanterns and their  assorted extras. That spring, we produced issue 30-1 of our … Continue reading →

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