Tag Archives: Hasselblad

on the move again …

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. After Leitz sold its Midland plant to the American military contractor  Hughes Aircraft (Los Angeles), Leica sales and repair in Canada bounced from one distributor to another, landing briefly at Lisle-Kelco who closed in 2003. The brief article accompanying … Continue reading →

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ol’ two eyes

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Just picture the charm of lot 244 – a two lens stereo camera with what appears to be a frame ‘sports finder’. This is just one of the 3D cameras and accessories in our Museum Auction this Sunday. The … Continue reading →

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shooting birds of different feathers …

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Victor learned his hobby before ww2 and post ww2 he designed what he felt was an ideal ‘birder’ camera, and built it in his own factory. It was a 2-1/4 SLR using a Kodak lens. The initial commercial model … Continue reading →

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a camera for my lovely …

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. … with apologies to Ray Chandler and his 1940 dark mystery, “Farewell, My Lovely“. Sometime late in the last century, Hasselblad sold a life size crystal version of its 500C/M model. The crystal model was made in Sweden and … Continue reading →

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high-end stereo

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. There are many ways to take stereo photographs. One method is by using two  identical cameras and concocting a means to set off both shutters simultaneously. Then member, photographer  Alldyn Clark, built his own stereo base and used a … Continue reading →

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where there’s a will …

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. … there’s a way. This old chestnut came to mind when I saw George’s email showing the famous NYC store, Willowbys, advertising the anvailability of Hasselblad cameras. A couple of words of explanation: Willowbys was a block-long 5th ave … Continue reading →

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pet shop boys

Posted on August 15, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. One niche area in photography is pet photography which has grown in popularity. You can also read this article dated May 26, 2015 in The Guardian or this one on historic photos of dogs dated April 2, 2015 in … Continue reading →

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ya gotta light, mister

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. For decades photographic studios were the epitome of Photographic businesses. In reality, the studios usually cranked out technically sound portraits using a tried and true combination of lighting including facial lights for modelling the features, background lights to illuminate … Continue reading →

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… the sincerest form ….

Posted on December 13, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. A very common expression is, “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery“. And all the makers of high end cameras had it in spades! Manufactures in Russia, Japan, and even fellow German firms aped the design of the Leica, … Continue reading →

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the trouble with normal …

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. … is it always gets worse, or so sang Bruce Cockburn in the early 1980s in the song he wrote of the same name. Shown at left is the famous Zeiss Planar 80mm f/2.8 lens used as a normal … Continue reading →

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