Tag Archives: history

watcha doin’ Sport?

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Growing up, camera innovation seemed to be mostly German with a dash of other European and American tossed in. But Russian? Really? According to this article from BBC’s Future site, dated 18th May 2016, by Stephen Dowling, “How this odd-looking … Continue reading →

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don’t give me the gears

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. A short time after moving back to Montreal, I joined the company Camera Club and offered a shutter and lens test. This was with good reason. My trusty Exakta VXIIa had shown a wavy anomaly in my fast shutter tests … Continue reading →

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Amalgamated Newsletters 2-3

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. A good month so far, although my wife says we usually get snow later in March. Be that as it may, Editor Bob Lansdale has put together the latest amalgamation of newsletters in his supplement – Vol 2-3. All … Continue reading →

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Wow! That’s BIG

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. A massive JPEG called ‘The First 5000 Days‘  was recently auctioned at Christie’s. The image was a collage of the daily posts made by the artist ‘Beeple‘ since the year 2007. The collage sold for $69 Million US. What … Continue reading →

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where the heck is my video camera?

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Well, miniaturization and convenience finally merged to make a tiny clip on camera that takes videos anywhere – check out the video here on DPReview! The Insta360 GO 2 camera is a marvel letting you be totally creative for … Continue reading →

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we get letters

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. More information on the cameras once made in Montreal and Toronto. Brian Hudson of Edmonton unleashed a tsunami of information with his question on them. Last Saturday, Dr Irwin Reichstein in Ottawa sent an email to us. He spotted … Continue reading →

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premo-nition

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Around 1979, the late Jack Addison sold me a 4×5 woodie missing its name plate. He thought it might be a POCO camera. Perhaps it was a PREMO? In May or June of 1984, founder and first president of the … Continue reading →

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Photographic Canadiana Vol 46-5

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Enjoying the sudden cold spell (at least here in the big smoke)? Yesterday, members WITH an email address received another delightful magazine via pdf. It  is  the Photographic Canadiana 46-5 dated February 2021 – April 2021. This is a 20 page … Continue reading →

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Lorraine Monk 1922 – 2020

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Robert

Toronto.  We were saddened to learn that Ms Lorraine Monk died December 17th, 2020 at 98. Her life was recorded in this Globe and Mail obituary by Judy Stoffman printed exactly a month ago. Lorraine was our keynote speaker at … Continue reading →

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fries with that?

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. We often think German cameras like Zeiss, Zeiss-Ikon, Rollei, Leica, Nagel, Retina etc. but what about Franka (not hot dogs)? On J. Noir’s site, many cameras are described including those of the Franka Kamera Werk in Bayreuth, Germany, at … Continue reading →

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