Tag Archives: Digital

up, up, and away

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. After minicams became common, time and effort was spent to create developers that would reduce film grain and provided finer detail so negatives could be enlarged more without resulting in so called ’empty magnification’. A similar situation in digital … Continue reading →

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pushing all buttons

Posted on January 25, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. The invention of the dry plate in 1871 opened the door to sub-second exposures in sunlight through a normal photographic lens. And with sub-second performance came a need for shutters. And with shutters came a need for shutter buttons. … Continue reading →

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Lazarus

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. The famous little Leica and 35mm film have a long and storied history. The evolution of the current Leica Camera group from the old E Leitz organization is nicely covered by Dennis Laney in his 1992 “Leica Collectors Guide“. … Continue reading →

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mr roboto

Posted on January 22, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. After the 1807s when the faster ‘off the shelf’ dry plates became available, camera makers looked at ways to speed up the photograph taking process. It became evident that the way to speed things up was to find a … Continue reading →

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will that be cash or …

Posted on January 21, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. … ChargeX (later VISA)! The digital era in photography brought many things – both good and bad. For much of the glass plate/silver plate/film era, cameras were all mechanical and relatively easy for an experienced camera repairman to clean … Continue reading →

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Camerama Feb 4, 2024

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. My friend Gary Perry sent me this reminder recently: “Happy New Year Everyone!  Please note that our next Camerama Camera Show is coming up on Sunday, February 04, 2024. See flyer attached for details. Now in our 28th Year! … Continue reading →

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to smartphone or not to smartphone

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. … with apologies to Will Shakespeare. Over many posts I have commented on using a smartphone camera. While I personally use the now out-of-date iPod Touch camera and its 8mp sensor; our Samsung smartphone sensor has a greater mp … Continue reading →

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sunrise, sunset

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. A new post by photographer Brian Matiash discusses photos taken at the beginning and end of the day. His advice by and large applies to digital today as it did to film years ago.  As a kid wet behind … Continue reading →

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boxer

Posted on December 26, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. And here we are once again at an official boxing day! To commemorate this event, at left is an old film box camera from a recent auction lot. Box cameras are the basic camera design: a fixed focus lens … Continue reading →

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a subjective choice

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. We are about an hour’s drive from one of the world’s most famous falls – Niagara. The photo at left is from the late 1970s on Kodachrome transparency film. In spite of its slow speed and high contrast, Kodachome … Continue reading →

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