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remembering john vanderpant

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. In issue 25-2, editor Bob Lansdale published Sheryl Salloum’s copyright 1999 article on the famous Vancouver based John Vanderpant titled, “John Vanderpant’s Vibrating “Voice” and Vision”. Ms Salloum’s article begins with this prècis. “From 1919 to 1939, the Dutch-Canadian photographer … Continue reading →

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an exciting century anniversary

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. 1999 was an exciting time in photography. Digital technology was underway and taking on the mantle once proudly worn by film. That year, however, Kodak Canada was stilll in Kodak Heights and a major presence in Canadian photography. CKC … Continue reading →

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remembering Walter …

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Continuing with the exchange member  ‘guest’ article to celebrate our 25th anniversary year [1999], editor Bob Lansdale chose this piece from the Leica Historical Society of America (LHSA) titled, “Long Live the Leica M! A tribute to Walter Kluck, … Continue reading →

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1974 and all that …

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Look at our web site header and you will see my note “founded 1974”. Did you ever wonder why I chose that year to display as our founding year? Issue 25-2 of our journal explains it all in an … Continue reading →

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moving shadows at home

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. As mentioned in an earlier post, in issue 25-1 we have a collection of reprints from exchange organizations. This one originally appeared in sixteen frames – the journal of the Movie Machine Society (MMS). In “The Vitak Story”, Alan … Continue reading →

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let there be light …

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. As mentioned in recent posts, our late editor Bob Lansdale was able to convince exchange members to submit articles for reprint as we celebrated our 25th anniversary of the journal in 1999. John Naslanic, editor of  the MiPHS’ Photogram, … Continue reading →

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ride ’em cowboy!

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. You likely never heard of the Weha camera – its name sounds more like a cowboy shouting a top a horse! However in the WW2 time frame, the little Japanese camera was sold in the far east. As I … Continue reading →

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not all cameras are badged for the west …

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. With issue 25-1, late editor Bob Lansdale celebrated the society’s 25th anniversary with a number of stories that originally appeared in other journals.  One such article by the late Larry Gubas was titled ‘”Anonymous” Zeiss Ikon Cameras’. This article … Continue reading →

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another kind of brownie …

Posted on July 28, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. …. not the tasty chocolate treat mother used to make. These are cartoon characters created over a century ago and a popular brand of less expensive Kodak cameras as illustrated in this post. In issue 25-1, a reprint from … Continue reading →

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a thorny pick

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. I often wondered what happened to the pre-eminent British camera maker, Thornton-Pickard. By the time I became interested in old cameras, we occasionally saw a small box with a shutter. The box attached to the front of a lens … Continue reading →

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