Author Archives: Robert

first 8mm magazine loading movie camera

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. Remember the Revere movie camera? Sure we do! Remember the Briskin 8? The what? Never heard of it. The Briskin 8 was created by the son of the owner of Revere, Ted Briskin, when he decided to branch out … Continue reading →

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CNE Gooderham Fountain

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. Every year the arrival of the “EX” mid August signifies the end of summer. And the end of the “EX” after labour day with the air show tells us in the city that fall is upon us. This photograph … Continue reading →

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mirror be gone

Posted on May 4, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. I mentioned some weeks back on  October 12th, 2018 that mirrorless DSLRS would replace the bulkier DSLRs with their mirror boxes and through the taking lens framing via the pentaprism above the mirror. Nikon has recently announced their Z7 … Continue reading →

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burning down the house

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. Michael Mitchel spoke to the PHSC twice, each time on his experience with the cabinet cards of Charles Eisenmann and his current descendants. He is an author and a photographer. His latest book, Final Fire, is published by a … Continue reading →

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paper it over

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. Once you have film negatives, they must be printed on photographic paper to be reversed. In the hey-day of film you had a wide number of choices to make: paper size, surface treatment, colour, manufacturer, grade, thickness, contact or … Continue reading →

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roll your own

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. When film and 35mm cameras were all the rage, a significant savings could be realized by buying bulk 25, 50, or 100 foot rolls of 35mm film, In the darkroom, the film roll was placed in a light tight … Continue reading →

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Photographic Museum of Ontario (PMO)

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. The PMO is hosting a fundraiser on May 18th, 2019 out in Ajax. Some members are or were members of the PHSC or have spoken at one of our meetings. Shelton Chen is a local expert on Karsh. Peter … Continue reading →

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when core memory was king

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. When I first joined the Business Information Systems (BIS) section of Bell in 1966, 64,000 bytes of memory was huge. Today, of course that amount is so tiny you could not begin to load a modern day operating system … Continue reading →

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where were you 33 years ago?

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. I was living here in Toronto on April 26, 1986 when I heard the ghastly news that a cataclysmic explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant threatened to end life on earth as we knew it. The plant was … Continue reading →

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pictures on the spot

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. In the last half of the last century, photography had a number of goals for improvement for amateurs. Three come to mind: Faster media, so pictures could be taken indoors or at night; colour at lower cost; and faster … Continue reading →

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