Tag Archives: half-tone

illustrating books, etc.

Posted on March 17, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Books, newspapers, and magazines were illustrated on occasion with lithographs or drawings transposed to engraved plates. In the 1820s, there was considerable interest in capturing a scene by the effect of sunlight. A young Frenchman, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, liked … Continue reading →

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the value of photography to history

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. As we sit back in our easy chair and view a colour video clip of a catastrophe (from nature, man,  or war) on the other side of the globe, we seldom think about the impact photography has had on … Continue reading →

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a Kodak moment …

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. In the 1990s and early 2000s, Kodak produced a series of professional digital cameras in its Digital Camera System (DCS) using  a Kodak sensor and electronics plus a Nikon  or Canon film camera. My friend John Linsky called me … Continue reading →

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