40 years ago, I never thought that the PHSC would evolve and thrive the way it has. We are blessed with a large progressive and articulate executive board running the gamut from youngsters in their 20s to elders in their 80s. Tons of professional talent and every bit is unpaid volunteer work!
I joined the new camera collecting group just after the charter membership ended. At the time, I lived in Montreal and flew frequently to Toronto on business. I bought a Leica M4 a couple of years earlier, shortly after my second daughter was born, and was searching for lenses and accessories. Each trip I checked the Toronto Star want ads (427). One night I saw an invitation to a meeting at the North York library. I delayed my return home a few hours and went to the meeting. I have been a member ever since.
Bob Lansdale took over the task of editor 17 years ago in January 1997. He first edited issue 22-4 and with this issue he will have been editor for almost half the years we have published the journal. He certainly has made his mark! Each issue is well researched and type-set. Typos are enthusiastically searched out and squashed by a small but devoted group before each issue is printed.
Issue 40-1 is the first issue of our 40th anniversary year. It is appropriate that the main article is by editor Bob Lansdale himself: The Complete Self-Instructing Library of Practical Photography. This opus is a 10 volume hard cover set first published in 1909. A number of other articles are printed in 40-1 including John Kantymir’s Samocaflex in his column, A Treasure from my Collection, Stan White’s contemporary collecting article on digital cameras, Stan White is Addicted to Digital Cameras, and reviews of the first three Toronto programs by president Mark Singer in his Toronto Notes column.
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