Category Archives: activities-other

postcard show February 22nd 2026

Posted on January 16, 2026 by Robert

Toronto. We often find old photographs and postcards with old photographs. Here in Toronto we have an enthusiastic group of collectors, some of whom are also PHSC members. Here is a note (and postcard – what else) on the next … Continue reading →

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seeing double in Motor City

Posted on January 9, 2026 by Robert

Toronto. One of my “uncles” moved down to Detroit in the 1930s. I remember my dad saying he drove my grandfather to Detroit on occasion to see his brother. Those were the days when we crossed the border – either … Continue reading →

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bird shot

Posted on December 21, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. While we collectors are busy searching for old photos, old camera, etc. for our collections, modern day photographers are busy taking photos that future collectors will lust after. A case in point is the 2025/6 exhibit of the exquisite … Continue reading →

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the napalm girl in the news …

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. The Vietnamese child photographed in 1972 showing the horrors of  napalm now lives in the GTA. Recently, as noted in many papers such as the Globe and Mail here and the Guardian in the UK, a recent video on … Continue reading →

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one rare bird redux …

Posted on December 8, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. A few days back on Nov 29th, 2025,  I posted a note about “a couple of rare birds“, the cover shot for issue 25-5.  In the following issue, 26-1 editor Lansdale notes an e-mail from Paul Nelson, up Ottawa … Continue reading →

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like no other …

Posted on November 23, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. The name Petzval is familiar to photographic historians and collectors. The original lens won a contest for a fast portrait lens shortly after the invention of the Daguerreotype technology was released. Eder’s book on the History of Photography (Dover … Continue reading →

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get a move on …

Posted on November 22, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Our favourite editor is at it again! The latest issue of photoEd – the MOVEMENT edition – is out now. See Rita Godlevskis’s latest opus on newsstands now and read her latest photo posting here. Some introductory statements (at … Continue reading →

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a game changer

Posted on November 20, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. When 35mm movie film ‘ends’ were common, various cameras using the ends were sold, but failed to gain traction – until a century ago when a little German camera from a optical house specializing in microscopes introduced the Leica … Continue reading →

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lest we forget …

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Robert

In Flanders Fields BY JOHN MCCRAE In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row,     That mark our place; and in the sky     The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are … Continue reading →

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meet the Lomo MC-A

Posted on October 25, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. While this little guy is not currently a collectible, it may well be in the future! Lomography has long supported those niche folk who relish the  look of analogue images created on film, not a sensor. Time, patience and … Continue reading →

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