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a field of reads

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Ken Metcalf sent along the issue 2 2023 of the Graflex  Journal devoted to, “SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT GRAFLEX AND THEIR CAMERAS”. You can see the back issues by visiting the journal web site here. Issue 2 2023 has these … Continue reading →

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getting to know you

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. In the days of print, camera makers, photographic chemistry manufacturers, studios, etc. used printed media to promote their wares. In fact George Dunbar has used the various magazine ads and articles of yesteryear as a source of photographic history. … Continue reading →

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have you ever seen a Foton walking … ?

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. Back in September of last year, I did a post on the ill-fated B&H Foton camera. Since then, my good friend George Dunbar found another advertisement on the Futon, this time using the famous movie star Joan Crawford as … Continue reading →

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going for gold – a Kodak moment

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. The late Jack Addison and wife Marge were very active in the society, especially in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. Jack was president, journal editor, CNE Exhibits coordinator, curator, etc. while wife Marge was membership secretary when I joined … Continue reading →

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out of the blue

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Journalists reporting battles in the Korean War came across a very high quality, professional camera made in Japan. A well known maker of microscopes in Japan, Nippon Kogaku, expanded into cameras post war and were selling them under the … Continue reading →

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PHSC News newsletter for October 2021

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. At right top of page 1 in the latest PHSC News newsletter is another British camera This one, c1889 was made by the American Camera Company of London, England. October, 2021 is well underway, and our editor, Sonja and … Continue reading →

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look-a-like-a-leica

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. After WW2, the world was inundated with Leica lookalikes. Some were  flat out copies like the Russian FED and Zorki models; some were copies of Leica features like Canon; and some were marketed as improvements on Leica like the … Continue reading →

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B B B

Posted on July 7, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Some decades back, my VP elected to meet with very junior staff. To break the ice and ease the tension of the many level spread between VP and computer staff, he wore a T-Shirt emblazoned with this alliteration: “Bullshit … Continue reading →

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hooray for the old B and J

Posted on June 19, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. If you believe this old advertisement from August 1943’s Popular Photography magazine, familiar scenes and family snaps were doubly welcomed by America’s fighting men when taken with a 4×5 B&J press camera or were enlarged with a B&J Solar … Continue reading →

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nothin’ but blue skies

Posted on June 18, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Aerial cameras made many images for maps and other critical analysis functions. This camera was manufactured by a company founded in 1927 as the Fairchild Camera and Instrument company. After WW2, when transistors began to take on the functions … Continue reading →

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