Author Archives: Robert

strutting yer stuff

Posted on February 22, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. A recent post mentioned a popular camera design for plate or film. The so called folder (or klapp in German). This clever design uses a bellows to separate the media holder from the lens board holding the two the … Continue reading →

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hey! tonight’s the night!

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Robert
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bunch of Klapp

Posted on February 20, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. In English, we say a camera is a folder if it has a bellows that can be folded so the body and lens are more compact – like Kodak folders. In German, the term is klapp, not folder. The … Continue reading →

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our February 21, 2024 Show and Tell meeting

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Join us on the 21st at 8:00 pm for “The Photographica I Love: Show & Tell” and see what members bring from their collection. This is a traditional Show and Tell  but via ZOOM with selected members showing items … Continue reading →

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an archives to remember

Posted on February 18, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. The Yukon Archives pulled together a nifty little illustrated pdf covering their history from 1972 to 2012 including a selection of photographs and memorabilia from its fonds. Like other provinces and territories, the Yukon has many lakes. To the … Continue reading →

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Lewis Frissell movie maker 1903 – 1931

Posted on February 17, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. My good friend George Dunbar noticed this article on the late Lewis Frissell while browsing the Dictionary of Canadian Biography website. While Frissell was born in NYC, his thirst for adventure and doing something meaningful with his life brought … Continue reading →

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eyes wide open …

Posted on February 16, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Alexa sent me an email the other day announcing a new camera from Lomography. The Sprocket Rocket comes in red or blue. It is a panoramic camera. Alexa writes, “We are excited to announce that TWO new Sprocket Rocket … Continue reading →

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a different tank

Posted on February 15, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Did you ever wonder about tanks – military, not photographic? The tanks of WW1 were much different from those of WW2. And again, without photography we would have to rely on words and sketches. The Canadian War Museum has … Continue reading →

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Anton Vogee, photographer, Yukon

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. For some years Scott Rickard was our programme director (and a speaker in the fall of 2015).  Scott and his wife had recently moved south after operating a photo studio up in Dawson. Scott joined the re-enactment of a … Continue reading →

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BHM – British Columbia’s Black Pioneers

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. My good friend, George Dunbar, discovered a site managed by Digital Museums Canada. This site, Community Stories, offers a timely story titled, “British Columbia’s Black Pioneers: Their Industry and Character Influenced the Vision of Canada“. “Their story is unlike … Continue reading →

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