Tag Archives: close up

measure for measure

Posted on December 27, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Are you aware that Leitz once offered a tape measure as an accessory? The company actually offered a few differing only in the type of attachment arm. The tape was black with  chrome markings – extending for 1-1/2 metres … Continue reading →

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revisiting an Italian viewer

Posted on December 24, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. The summer of 2019, I did a post on an Italian knock-off of a focussing slide viewer. The Al Who [L WHOO] mentioned in the above link was the code name for a Leitz 30x magnifier designed for the … Continue reading →

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June Bug

Posted on May 12, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Entomology is the science of bugs. An offshoot of photography is close-up shots of bugs and bug parts for books, magazines, education, study, etc. Each spring we experience white grubs just below the surface. Skunks consider them delicacies and … Continue reading →

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modern day macro photography

Posted on April 20, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. In the days of film and film cameras, lenses rarely focussed on subjects closer than a metre. Newer lenses would focus down to a half metre or some times a few inches closer. Macro shots were initially taken with … Continue reading →

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close call

Posted on February 1, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. One of my favourite past times is closeup photography. With the digital era this is like Dickens and his “Tale of Two Cities” – “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …”. Digital technology … Continue reading →

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another one bites the dust

Posted on June 1, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Well, May 2o23 is but a memory. I guess the late Freddie Mercury said it  best (just ignore how he looks). Speaking of closeups, capturing photos of tiny objects at life size or even larger takes extra care with … Continue reading →

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a book for the bug brigade

Posted on February 12, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. In the days of film photography large manufactures produced not only advertisements for their products but many booklets, books, brochures, pamphlets, etc showing how to do various photographs using a manufacturer’s products. Kodak was no different. Their written materials … Continue reading →

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open wide

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. The Yashika Dental Eye is a strange little film camera with a lens intended ONLY for close-ups. It includes a ring flash that surrounds the lens to create shadowless images. The camera uses 35mm film and came initially with … Continue reading →

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tiny, I can see you

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. The makers of rangefinder cameras such as the Leica went to great lengths with accessories to allow the cameras to be used for any photographic project. On page 85 of the April 1951 Popular Photography magazine, Leitz NY ran … Continue reading →

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time to learn more …

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Our friends down in Niagara are tackling the current COVID-19 pandemic with a series of on line speakers. The NFRCC is linking with Hunt’s Photo and Video in New England to present their monthly speaker program. The NFRCC says, “[it] is … Continue reading →

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