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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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it’s fall! it’s CAMERAMA time!

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Hey gang! Gary’s show for the fall is this Sunday, September 28th!

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Christie’s at it again …

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. What’s an auction house without auctions? Well our friends at Christie’s always seem to have an auction on the go. This one features photographs, like the fire engine at left, from various collections. Daguerreotypes are featured plus many other … Continue reading →

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memories …

Posted on September 13, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. In the late 1880s Eastman invented his famous Kodak and created the first roll film for it. The rest is history. Photography became easy enough and cheap enough to be attractive to everyone. Suddenly families had shoe-boxes or albums … Continue reading →

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ACI art talk – Sept 29th, 2025 – Toronto

Posted on September 11, 2025 by Robert
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