Author Archives: Robert

Photographic Canadiana 43-3 is coming

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Robert

Toronto. Okay all you folk who are members – the latest exciting issue of our favourite journal will be packaged late this week! We have the Toronto Notes column up front covering the first two fall meetings. This column is … Continue reading →

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and then there was the smartphone…

Posted on December 2, 2017 by Robert

Toronto. When I first bought a Sony F-828 camera at the end of its production and marketing, I bought my wife a thin, pocket sized Sony point and shoot T7 with a 3:1 Zeiss zoom lens and a 3.3 megapixel … Continue reading →

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the era of digital cameras

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Robert

Toronto. The trend from the beginning of photography in 1839 was improved simplicity and accuracy. Today, with the era of digital photography, the making of a photograph is simplicity beyond belief: Focus, exposure, light balance, speed, and aperture are set … Continue reading →

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Dr Orpana of ROM on Family Photo Archives

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Robert

Toronto. PHSC Meeting, Wednesday, Dec 20, 2017 Christmas Snapshots from the Family Archives Dr Jennifer Orpana of the ROM Come out and listen to Dr Orpana speak on the Christmas snapshots in the family archives held by the ROM. Bring along … Continue reading →

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snap-shots for the common man

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Robert

Toronto. in the 1900s photography took off. Almost everyone could afford a Kodak and shoot family photographs. My dad took this snap c1940 with his trusty Kodak Jr Brownie Six-20 folder. Like millions of families world-wide, my father photographed every … Continue reading →

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enjoy Photo News 26-4

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Robert

Toronto. A few weeks back, I had the pleasure of bumping into Norm Rosen at our fall fair. Norm is the editor of the magazine PHOTO NEWS. Then just last week, I enjoyed Norm’s latest opus at breakfast – the … Continue reading →

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Let George do it

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Robert

Toronto. The dry plate process as described by Dr Maddox quickly reached North America and served as the basis for George Eastman to quit his bank job and establish the Eastman Plate Company in 1881. He had experimented with dry … Continue reading →

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Getting closer to a universal hobby

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Robert

Toronto. In 1871, photography crept another step closer to simplicity.  Using gelatin instead of collodion, Dr Maddox was able to create dry plates that were even faster than wet plate technology and for the first time instantaneous pictures (about1/15th of … Continue reading →

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Sloppy, but it works

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Robert

Toronto. When Scott Archer announced his invention, most photographs were studio portraits by Daguerreotypists; while some people used Fox Talbot’s salted paper negatives and prints. Both processes were slow in camera and very technical requiring care and precision to obtain … Continue reading →

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Mike Carmichael 1932 – 2017

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Robert

Toronto. The Globe and Mail has a good article by Susan Ferrier MacKay yesterday on the late Mike Carmichael, a journalist who worked for the Globe, Telly and Sun newspapers in Toronto and the Canadian Magazine. Mike is pictured at right with … Continue reading →

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