Author Archives: Robert

Photo News Spring 2018 (27-1)

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Last Tuesday morning as I opened my Globe and Mail over breakfast, I was delighted to see Norm Rosen’s latest publication was a free insert for subscribers. It was especially welcome as it featured some Macro Photography special articles, … Continue reading →

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PHSC News 17-09 for March 2018

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Editor Sonja Puschak has produced another delightful edition of the popular PHSC News. To read and down load this issue, just click here or on the Bauer 88B home movie camera at left (a high end model with an … Continue reading →

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no place like gnome …

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. From its earliest years the famous little Leica camera was offered with a companion projector. Various models were made to project black and white positives and especially film strips. When I was a school boy in the 1940s I … Continue reading →

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E &H T Anthony Catalogue – 1888

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Well before the young George Eastman established his glass plate manufacturing business and later the famous Kodak camera, the Anthony’s had established a thriving business selling photographic equipment and materials. Our treasurer and head of the PHSC Press, John … Continue reading →

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Stephen Hawking 1942 – 2018

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. He wasn’t known as a photographer but as an author and physicist. Stephen Hawking contracted ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) while doing his doctorate at Cambridge. It was diagnosed when he was only 21 but progressed so slowly that he … Continue reading →

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Fancy a Leica? a pricey Leica?

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. The 32nd WestLicht auction ended March 10, 2018 and a null Leica (Leica-0 series) in great shape sold for nearly $3 million dollars US! According to WestLicht, ” Only approximately 25 of these cameras were produced to test the market … Continue reading →

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Kryptar B&W film

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Last Saturday, George Dunbar asked an interesting question, “Anyone ever heard of this film?” I certainly hadn’t. In 1948 I would have been in grade six and my family used only Kodak products as did most Canadians of the … Continue reading →

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Oscar Munoz – Hasselblad award winner 2018

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Our membership secretary, Wayne Gilbert, dropped me a note the other day that announced this year’s winner of the Hasselbald award, photographer Oscar Munoz courtesy of the Mynewsdesk site. After the second war, the Hasselblad camera became famous as … Continue reading →

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Kodak pushes its folders in 1948

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. As a kid I can remember my father’s Kodak folder. It was a step up from the Kodak box camera he took west with him in the 1920s. If you wanted a better (higher resolution, faster speed, more flexible) … Continue reading →

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Wollensak

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. The Wollensak company in Rochester NY made many fine optical components many years ago including lenses for the screw mount Leicas during the war when authentic Leitz lenses were unavailable. Communication companies like Bell Canada used their products (photographing … Continue reading →

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