Category Archives: activities-other

Lutz Dille’s Photos on display

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, November 4, 2013. According to U of T Magazine, the UTAC (University of Toronto Art Centre) is hosting 22 gelatine silver prints of the city taken by photographer Lutz Dille, a German-born photographer and filmmaker who lived in this … Continue reading →

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Nikon Df Full Frame Digital DSLR

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, November 4, 2013. Member Paul Pasquarello of Buffalo sent me this interesting tidbit this morning on the imminent Nikon full frame small DSLR answer to the recent Sony A7 and A7r announcement. The images come courtesy of the Nikon … Continue reading →

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Khumbu glacier in gigaplex

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, October 28, 2013. Last December Ken Metcalfe out on the West Coast sent me an interesting article from the Washington Post. David Breashears photographed  the erosion of the Khumbu glacier (next to Mount Everest) from the inroads of climate … Continue reading →

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Paris… in the fall

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, October 25, 2013. Editor Bob Lansdale is back from the Daguerreian convention in France, home of the beginnings of photography. Bob shot many images of the Gallic city and his fellow members of the Daguerreian Society. You can see … Continue reading →

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Running on Mavericks

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Robert

Toronto October 25, 2013. That was simple. On Tuesday of this week Apple announced the release of Mavericks, its latest version of OS X – and it is free. The last couple of releases have been downloads that overwrite the … Continue reading →

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Looking at the New Sony

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, October 14, 2013. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. One of the blogs I frequently visit is “SonyAlphaRumours“. This site had been predicting a full frame digital from Sony in the NEX E-mount format for many months and expects to see the … Continue reading →

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Heritage Toronto Awards October 15, 2013.

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Robert

Toronto October 5, 2013. The Heritage Toronto Awards and Wm. Kilbourn Memorial Lecture will take place this month. For details and tickets call or visit the Royal Conservatory of Music Box Office at 416 408-0208. For information use these services: … Continue reading →

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layar – making newspapers interactive

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, September 20, 2013. On Friday, Carol looked up from the Toronto Star and said, “What’s this mean”?  pointing to a funny little cell phone icon next to a photo.  “It must let you see more,” I said. Turning to the … Continue reading →

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Back from the brink – Way Back

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, September 12, 2003. Have you ever done something dumb – and instantly regretted it? Some months back I pulled John Krug’s “Photographers of Ontario” link because I thought his site was closed. Not so. The other day John emailed … Continue reading →

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Toronto International Camera Show, Sunday, Sep. 22, 2013

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Robert

TORONTO September 6, 2013. Gary Perry is hosting his latest show on  Sunday  September 22, 2013 at a new location: Days Hotel and Conference Centre in Toronto. The Days  Hotel is at 185 Yorkland Bl. (near Highway 404 and Sheppard) – good parking … Continue reading →

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