Tag Archives: cameras

W. J Moore Panorama Photographs

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, August 12, 2013. I am a fan of BC’s public television. Occasionally the Vancouver station (Knowledge Network) shows a brief story featuring a Vancouver area panorama by W J Moore. If your TV able etc company doesn’t carry Knowledge … Continue reading →

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Newsletter 13-3

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Robert

Editor David Bridge rounds up some juicy stories for this month: From left: Cover of 13-3. Trunk show, auction this fall and PHSC honours Harry Joy. Book and journal reviews. Revisiting the fireman daguerreotype. A dummy cheap infra-red plant camera. … Continue reading →

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Good night, Carl

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, July 7, 2013. Those of us familiar with German optical firms recognize Carl Zeiss Jena and its products as famous since the late 1800s. The Tessar and Biotar lenses are immediately known to collectors and users of fine equipment. … Continue reading →

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3rd Annual Trunk Sale – July 14, 2013

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Robert

TORONTO, June 21, 2013. As our Toronto presentations program breaks for summer, we announce our third annual summer event, The Larry Boccioletti Memorial Trunk Sale held outside the Soccer Centre as in the past two years. Click here or on the … Continue reading →

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Antique Photographica – The Collector’s Vision

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Robert

TORONTO, June 12, 2013. Bob Lansdale mentioned that his colleagues Bryan and Page Ginns have recently published a selection of articles in a book titled Antique Photographica, The Collector’s Vision. Both Amazon USA and Amazon Canada have the book available … Continue reading →

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Old 3D Views at Nerd’s World Site

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Robert

TORONTO May 12, 2013. George Dunbar emailed me to suggest these fine old stereo views. The stereos were posted by members Chris and Grace Hughes on their store web site. Chris and Grace have a photography studio at 986 Bathurst … Continue reading →

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Newsletter 13-2

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Robert

Time goes fast when you are having fun…  or so the story goes. Here is another newsletter from our newsletter editor David Bridge. It is an interesting bit of reading introducing  our June speaker, another well known photographer, Richard Lautens. … Continue reading →

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What’s in a name, Eh Kodak?

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Robert

TORONTO April 30, 2013. “Dat your Kodak?”, asked Quebecois farmer Plouffe who lived on his farm across the road from my friend Yves Tessier up in rural La Chute Quebec. It was not a Kodak that I had with me … Continue reading →

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SPRING FAIR May 26, 2013

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Robert

TORONTO (WOODBRIDGE) May 26, 2013. Every Spring we host the largest fair around featuring photographica – cameras, books, ephemera, images. This year our fair is on Sunday May 26, 2013 and features an exhibit of the works of the late … Continue reading →

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In View: Moments from Canadian Photographic History

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Robert

TORONTO May 2, 2013. Toronto Pearson International Airport invites you to  join us for a reception to celebrate In View: Moments from Canadian Photographic History. The exhibition features items from the collections of members of the Photographic Historical Society of Canada. … Continue reading →

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