Larry Gubas in 2003 courtesy of Bob Lansdale
Toronto. Larry was our Zeiss expert. He completed his massive opus on Zeiss and Photography (©2015) just a few years before he shuffled off this mortal coil, after 78 years. The dates and some material used here are courtesy of his widow, Nancy Gubas. As noted in a 2003 post, Larry spoke to the PHSC in Toronto in May of that year. The photo at left is from that meeting and was adjusted in Topaz Photo AI.
In a more recent post, Mike Eckman mentioned on his site that Larry was the last president of the Zeiss Historica Society (ZHS) which ceased to exist in 2016. Larry spent many years in the ZHS and published three books on Zeiss products: Microscopes, Binoculars, and Photographic items. To write the books, Larry visited many collectors as well as the Zeiss facilities in Europe.
His enthusiasm and knowledge will be missed by all of us at the PHSC as well as Zeiss enthusiasts everywhere.
A Note on the ZHS: Unlike most photo collector societies, ZHS focused on ALL Zeiss products, not just cameras and accessories. At its peak, the ZHS numbered about 500 members world wide. By 2016 when it closed forever, membership was down to Larry as president and editor, and a second gentleman as treasurer (he was preparing to retire from the duty). Some of the PHSC members were also ZHS members and for a brief period the journal, Zeiss Historica, was published and printed here in Toronto.
