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It’s here! It’s here!

Toronto. After a lengthy hiatus, our latest newsletter has arrived!  It was distributed yesterday to all on our MailChimp list. It is also available here and on the NEWSLETTER menu item under Vol 23 (2024). Please welcome our new editor … Continue reading

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flying cameras

Toronto. This photo of a Montreal landmark, St Joseph’s Oratory on Queen Mary Road, was taken by an Exakta and 135mm Steinheil lens on Kodachrome from a CJAD news helicopter. Aerial photos have been taken since the late 1850s when … Continue reading

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wild thing

Toronto. One sector of photography is photographs of the wilderness and its inhabitants. At our January, 2012   Toronto meeting, we featured photographer Roy Ramsay and his magazine “Outdoor Photography in Canada“.  Photos of wild animals and their terrain have … Continue reading

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’twas the night …

Toronto. … before Christmas … as Clement Moore  said in his popular Christmas tale first published in 1823. I didn’t have a decent mouse shot so these hamsters in a Dektol tin will have to do. I took this photo at … Continue reading

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PHSC News newsletter for March 2022

Toronto. The FED II shown here is from the right top of page 1 in this month’s PHSC News newsletter. The FED was a Ukrainian copy of an early Leica camera, converted to interchangeable lenses. What do you know? It’s … Continue reading

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PHSC News newsletter for November 2021

Toronto. At right top of page 1 in November’s PHSC News newsletter is the famous Minolta CLE. The camera design was also badged as a Leica CL. Leica justified the difference in retail price as the result of a more … Continue reading

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PHSC News newsletter for October 2021

Toronto. At right top of page 1 in the latest PHSC News newsletter is another British camera This one, c1889 was made by the American Camera Company of London, England. October, 2021 is well underway, and our editor, Sonja and … Continue reading

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want more about cabinet cards?

Toronto. You are in luck! Our sister organization, the Daguerreian Society in the States is hosting an online talk this Saturday (July 10, 2021) afternoon by Senior Curator of Photographs, John Rohrbach, of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art … Continue reading

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PHSC News for March 2021 (Vol 20-09)

Toronto. At right top of page 1 in this issue is the FLIR Scout TK camera – digital technology with a twist! This tiny digital device records the thermal image of the viewed scene! As the third month of 2021 … Continue reading

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PHSC News for September 2019

Toronto. Editor Sonja Pushchak and her team serve up a tasty newsletter issue to kick off our fall session after the summer break. The issue begins with some photos by the late Jane Hope Bown of Britain. Next page introduces … Continue reading

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