Tag Archives: film

Emerald isle thoughts and a camera question

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. And a fine St Pattie’s day to you too! On this lovely Monday, we share a tale from our friend and past president, author, sports photographer, collector, etc., etc., Les Jones. I received an email from Les asking if … Continue reading →

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remember using D-76

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. As a youth, I bought an old chemical balance and a whack of Kodak chemicals to make my own developers, stop bath, and fixer bath. Later on I bought ready-made Kodak chemicals like D-76 for developing negatives and DEKTOL … Continue reading →

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Newsletter 25-2 issued

Posted on March 1, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Editor Patrick Gunn has put together an impressive issue for February. A fine example of his artistic and writing talent – the issues just keep getting better! Patrick tells us the basic framework including non time-sensitive articles are already … Continue reading →

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a visit to the great yellow father (north)

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. In March of 1996 (same year as this site was launched), president Les Jones and two side-kicks, Bill Kantymir and Larry Boccioletti visited the facilities of Canadian Kodak. The photo at right is from the issue 22-1 enhanced by … Continue reading →

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a weird little camera …

Posted on February 14, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. … from a fair nearly three decades ago. The photographs and text by Bob Lnsdale appear in issue 21-4. The writing for this camera says, “Mystery ‘Argus’ camera which has brevittato stamped on the front (Italian for patented). With an Equator … Continue reading →

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a Danish treat

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. When Ev was our editor, one of our exchange journals was the Danish publication “Objektiv”. Ev prided himself in the ability to read other languages, including Danish in this case. In his Editor’s Notebook for issue 20-5,  Ev recounted … Continue reading →

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a different kind of rolls

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. We have all seen the famous British Rolls Royce automobiles and the aircraft engines of the same name. But what about rolls of B&W film? Eastman Kodak made many different ones for their cameras (and the films were used … Continue reading →

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toy land, toy land, dear old …

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. … girl and boy land … It’s that season once again. Some folk collect toy cameras. In the days of film, these cameras may or may not have worked. If they did, the result was even worse than a … Continue reading →

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half the size but twice the fun …

Posted on December 1, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Last century, when Oskar Barnack designed the first Leica, he chose to use cut off pieces of movie film but at double the frame size (1 x 1.5 inch) rather than movie frame size (1 x .75 inch) to … Continue reading →

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reeling

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. In the days of film, photographers developed the strip of film in a reel. Professionals could develop many reels of film at once using devices like that at left [photo courtesy of Patrick Gunn]. Once correctly developed, the best … Continue reading →

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