Everett Roseborough

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Robert

LONDON, Ontario. Our editor-emeritus and honorary life member, Everett Roseborough passed away peacefully at 5 pm this afternoon. Ev was editor of our journal Photographic Canadiana from November 1987 through November 1996 during which time he modernized the magazine’s style, tightened up deadlines, and increased original Canadian content. Ev was instrumental in encouraging our current editor, Robert Lansdale, to take over editorship. While his profession was studio photography, his interests were wide reaching and included playing the church organ and investigating the marvels of microscopy. His career spanned the 1930s through the 1990s. He was 98.

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Daguerreian Society Call for Speakers

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Robert

The Daguerreian Society has announced a “call for speakers” for its 2011 symposium this fall. Email them at info@daguerre.org for details.

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High Dynamic Range Photography

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Robert

I received an email from Jennifer Bedford of Cambridge Galleries, just a short drive west of Toronto.  They are offering a course this spring in capture and creation of High Dynamic Range images. The instructor is well known photographer Tom Vogel. As you can see from Tom’s site, his work is superb! (It’s a Flash based site, so it loads slow, but is well worth the wait.) Continue reading →

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Tele-Arton f/5.5 240mm

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Robert

Schneider Kreuznach Tele-Arton f/5.5 240mm

The other day I pulled out my old Tele-Arton having in mind shooting the full moon – lousy weather deferred that plan.

I picked up this little handful in the mid 1980s at one of our Photographica-fairs. Jim McKeen had used the lens to photograph birds – his hobby was bird-watching. The lens is capable of very high quality images – fitting since Jim used it with his Leica and a bellows. Continue reading →

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Newsletter 10-10

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Robert

Newsletter 10-10 April 2011 Shows, Palmer Search, Dunlap Observatory
Click this image to see the Newsletter.

Our latest Newsletter covers some shows this weekend and later; a visit to the Arlington VA show; the Dunlap Observatory 42 years later; search for Eli John Palmer; and another corn-on-the cob portrait -this one an Ambrotype.

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International Camera Show Spring 2011

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Robert

Join Sue & John Wooten and the gang at the Thornhill Community Centre this Sunday March 27, 2011. This will be their last show at this venue. We will announce the new venue later this year. Details are shown in the image at the left. And drop by the Old Book and Paper show on the same date – see my March 23 post.

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Old Book & Paper Show 2011

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Robert

Steven Evans sends us a reminder that he will have his vintage images at the Old Book & Paper show this Sunday, March 27th. You can drop in on the Wootten show at the Thornhill Community centre (see my March 23rd post above) and this show too! Click on the icon at the left for details.

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Stockholms Auktionsverk

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Robert

Item from Swedish auction

We received word that the Swedish “Stockholms Auktionsverk” is holding an auction of photographica material on April 4, 2011. Viewing is April 1 – 3. Click the stereo viewer image at left to visit their online catalogue.

 

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Spring Auction Sunday April 3, 2011

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Robert

 

This Sunday, we are once again hosting our popular auction at the Canadian Legion, Branch 344, 1395 Lake Shore Bl West, Toronto

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to buy and sell photographic items. Clint, John, Doug, and other PHSC volunteers will be there to present another terrific auction.

Please read the buyer/seller rules on acceptable goods for auction.
Everyone is welcome! Click here for poster and here for buyer/seller rules.

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Making Kodak Film

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Robert

Making Kodak Film

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. November 7, 2010. Do you have fond memories of Kodak film? Verichrome, Super-XX, Tri-X, Kodachrome, Ektachrome and all those other marvellous and magical bits of plastic that recorded your life? Then you will want a copy of Robert Shanebrook’s “Making Kodak Film” an illustrated story of the state-of-art photographic film manufacturing process in the Kodak facilities.

Mr Shanebrook had first hand experience in the manufacture of Kodak film with 35 years at the Eastman Kodak company before retiring in 2003. The book draws on his personal experience plus the expertise of some ninety others including Kodak retirees, current Kodak experts, and others in the film industry. In preparing the book he had full access to Kodak Park in Rochester and the people responsible for manufacturing this most famous line of photographic films. Click the book icon to visit the author’s web site.

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