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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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browsing …

Posted on July 19, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. The late Bob Lansdale as our editor worried that exchange journals sat unnoticed in our storage. Certainly I did not know about them until I became an executive member. At the time such journals were given limited circulation. Bob … Continue reading →

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time, gentlemen …

Posted on July 18, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. When dry plates came along, cameras required a shutter to snap a fraction of a second exposure in sunlight. The late Stan White picked up a Kodak 1A along the way and experimented with it. The Bulb setting allowed … Continue reading →

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two eyes are better than one …

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. In issue 24-4, the late Bill Belier continued to publish his column, “A Treasure From My Collection”. As you may know, Bill spent much of his career in photography. In the early days after WW2, as a sales representative, … Continue reading →

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nightmare at the fair …

Posted on July 12, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Our one time journal editor, the late Ev Roseborough was great story teller. Ev ran his own photography studio and being  a risk taker in the business, he had a wealth of fascinating tales. For editor Bob Lansdale’s issue … Continue reading →

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