Category Archives: history

the man who died too soon

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Ev Roseborough could have been a renaissance man his interest were so wide spread. He owned his own photo studio; was our journal editor; collected both photographica and microscopes; once considered a medical career; organist at the local church, … Continue reading →

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Spicing it up

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. To the surprise of many folk, Canada has an active movie industry. It has expanded in recent decades with the burgeoning North American television industry and its constant thirst for new fodder. In issue 19-4 (some three plus decades … Continue reading →

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deepfake

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. As Photo/Camera collectors, we have been bombarded with fakes over the years. Easy manipulation of cheap items to create very expensive ones are the rage. I once looked at ‘black’ Leicas that were so poorly painted they were obvious … Continue reading →

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everything old is new again …

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. This old chestnut seems to apply to early digital cameras now. Past president Les Jones dropped me a note the other day (followed by current president Clint Hryhorijiw with same link) about an article he read on the CBC … Continue reading →

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Little Pictures Difficult to See

Posted on December 28, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Ev and future editor Bob Lansdale visited the GEH in 1993 to join the Daguerreian Society’s 5th annual symposium. The symposium speakers were reviewed in issue 19-4 by Renaté Wickens-Feldman who taught photography in the Department of Visual Arts … Continue reading →

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measure for measure

Posted on December 27, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Are you aware that Leitz once offered a tape measure as an accessory? The company actually offered a few differing only in the type of attachment arm. The tape was black with  chrome markings – extending for 1-1/2 metres … Continue reading →

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a Canadian-made enlarger

Posted on December 26, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Editor Ev Roseborough seems to have known and met dozens of eccentric folk in the photography business. Makers of darkroom equipment like enlargers were no different. Ev has an article in issue 19-4 of our journal titled, “J.M. Paquin, … Continue reading →

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revisiting an Italian viewer

Posted on December 24, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. The summer of 2019, I did a post on an Italian knock-off of a focussing slide viewer. The Al Who [L WHOO] mentioned in the above link was the code name for a Leitz 30x magnifier designed for the … Continue reading →

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some are good, some are not …

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. …business plans that is. While we can’t be sure of the web site (very cryptic today), the product announced in June, 2017 never arrived as far as I can tell. My good friend George Dunbar (who no longer has … Continue reading →

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frame subjects from afar

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Robert

  Toronto.   In early 1981, at one of our fairs, I bought an odd looking viewfinder from a Mr Hyman. Actually, he had a box of Leica stuff that I picked up. Most items were for use with  Telyt … Continue reading →

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