Author Archives: Robert

sober second thoughts

Posted on August 16, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. I often suggested the smartphone – always in your pocket – is the best camera option these days. However a review of the Sony RX1-r111 with a 35mm f/2 Zeiss lens gave me serious pause to re-consider. The camera … Continue reading →

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cover shot – Niagara Falls c1891

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Editor Bob Lansdale went to great lengths to source the cover shot for each journal issue – giving precedent to Canadian content. For issue 25-2, Bob returned to Niagara Falls using one of a stereo card pair taken by … Continue reading →

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remembering Walter …

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Continuing with the exchange member  ‘guest’ article to celebrate our 25th anniversary year [1999], editor Bob Lansdale chose this piece from the Leica Historical Society of America (LHSA) titled, “Long Live the Leica M! A tribute to Walter Kluck, … Continue reading →

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three for the money …

Posted on August 13, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. As collectors of photographica know, tintypes have been around for years as a cheap means to capture a likeness (mid 1800s to mid 1900s). Easily mailed – no glass to break – and fast to make, tintypes became popular … Continue reading →

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1974 and all that …

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Look at our web site header and you will see my note “founded 1974”. Did you ever wonder why I chose that year to display as our founding year? Issue 25-2 of our journal explains it all in an … Continue reading →

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what’s an Alexanderplatz?

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. To all you film junkies out there, Lomography announces their latest release- the Alexanderplatz edition of a film camera. Lomography cameras tend to be film based and simple to use, but with features that allow the user to experiment. … Continue reading →

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memories …

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Many families collected old photos in an album, or shoe box, etc. A lady I once knew routinely captured her growing family and took the time to put the photos in an album. The photos trigged memories to family … Continue reading →

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a weird lens

Posted on August 9, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. In issue 25-1 (June 1999), Bill Belier has a very strange lens in his column “A Treasure from My Collection“. Bill explains, “This month’s “treasure” comes from Gerard Spiegel of Scarsdale, New York. A member of P.H.S.C. for over … Continue reading →

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moving shadows at home

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. As mentioned in an earlier post, in issue 25-1 we have a collection of reprints from exchange organizations. This one originally appeared in sixteen frames – the journal of the Movie Machine Society (MMS). In “The Vitak Story”, Alan … Continue reading →

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freaky fotos

Posted on August 7, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. In the 1800s, people became fascinated with the dead and tried to see if ghosts existed and if so could they be photographed. … Well, with that kind of opening, savvy photographers leapt in to action and created photographs … Continue reading →

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