Author Archives: Robert

reeling

Toronto. In the days of film, photographers developed the strip of film in a reel. Professionals could develop many reels of film at once using devices like that at left [photo courtesy of Patrick Gunn]. Once correctly developed, the best … Continue reading

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the importance of connections …

Toronto. When Ev Roseborough took over as editor of Photographic Canadiana, we entered a new era. Ev’s vast network of fellow professional photographers  brought in many new members, some speakers, and a wealth of experience in the photographic industry. This … Continue reading

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winging it …

Toronto. The latest issue of the Photogram is now available to all members of the Michigan PHS (MiPHS). Included in issue 52, 4 is this article on the “Amateur’s Enlarging Camera No. 1” by Rob Niederman. As Rob explains, until … Continue reading

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squaring a different circle …

Toronto. From the beginnings of photography until well into the last century a common camera design was the field camera or its many variations. Basically the sensitive media was separated from the lens and (when needed) shutter mechanism by a … Continue reading

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a book for November …

Toronto. .. to paraphrase the Walter Lord tale, “A Night to Remember” about the Titanic – I Read it about sixty or so years go. One of the books in today’s auction is CAMERAS by the late Brian Coe, curator … Continue reading

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by any other name …

Toronto. One of my co-workers commented years ago that a client (he was in the debt consolidation business at the time) had given him a new ‘Leica’ and the accessory lenses. Well, that sparked my interest. My family visited his … Continue reading

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lots and lots to list

Toronto. Our fall estate auction is coming up quickly (this coming Sunday, Nov 24, 2024). In addition to the slide show of lots, Clint has provided a list of items in the auction. Both the photos and list are updated … Continue reading

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if it moves, shoot it ….

Toronto. The old military expression was “If it moves salute it; fi it doesn’t, paint it” In this post I had in mind movie cameras. Our coming auction this Sunday has a wealth of lots – camera, lenses, movie cameras, … Continue reading

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origami and photography

Toronto. You may wonder what on earth the Japanese art of paper folding has to do with our favourite pastime – photography. Glad you asked. Origami takes a flat object like a sheet of paper and in a few folds, … Continue reading

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lots of little boxes

Toronto. Our fall auction on November 24th (Sunday)  will have many box lots – this feature means a successful bid will take all in the box (the auctioneer will emphasize the rare case when a box lot is not so … Continue reading

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