Tag Archives: lens

what about the …

Posted on November 24, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. …Tasmanian Leica Lens? In celebration of our 25th anniversary, editor Bob Lansdale cajoled the editors of our exchange journals to offer up an article for Photographic Canadiana. Ray Moss of the LHSA submitted Chris Kok’s article, “The Tasmanian Leica … Continue reading →

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like no other …

Posted on November 23, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. The name Petzval is familiar to photographic historians and collectors. The original lens won a contest for a fast portrait lens shortly after the invention of the Daguerreotype technology was released. Eder’s book on the History of Photography (Dover … Continue reading →

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Film Formats 1930-60

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Those of us who know only digital photography, likely never used film. For our 25th Anniversary, editor Lansdale prodded exchange member editors to offer one article each for our anniversary edition of Photographic Canadiana. The boys from ‘Down Under’ … Continue reading →

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autumn leaves

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Fall is here once again. The boys of summer are working hard to win the race for the pennant and possibly enter the ‘World Series’. If you watch baseball, you know the Jays are leading their division at the … Continue reading →

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latest Graflex Journal now published

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. In a recent email Ken Metcalf, editor of the Graflex Journal, tells me the latest 2025 issue is now available. Back issues (both the older Graflex Historic Quarterly and the newer Graflex Journal Quarterly) are available up to 2022 … Continue reading →

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so what is a camera …really?

Posted on August 25, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. At left is a c1544 drawing of a camera obscura showing a solar eclipse. In the image, the  left wall has a pin-hole to let in the light. The right wall acts as a screen to allow the image … Continue reading →

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a weird lens

Posted on August 9, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. In issue 25-1 (June 1999), Bill Belier has a very strange lens in his column “A Treasure from My Collection“. Bill explains, “This month’s “treasure” comes from Gerard Spiegel of Scarsdale, New York. A member of P.H.S.C. for over … Continue reading →

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suddenly, a shot rang out …

Posted on June 11, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. In the pre-ww2 days of film, the media was relatively slow and lenses were of generally smaller aperture, especially as the focal length increased. The result was to make it difficult to keep longer focal length lenses steady for … Continue reading →

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the old is new again …

Posted on June 7, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. … or is nothing sacred these days? In 1975 I bought a 35mm summicron for my new Leica. I later (much later) learned it was the third iteration of  the lens and designed up in Midland by Dr Mandler. … Continue reading →

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fair findings c1997

Posted on May 25, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. The spring fair back in 1997 was a resounding success by all accounts. The late Bob Lansdale, assisted by another PHSC stalwart, Tiit Kodar, photographed selected cameras to accompany fair chairman Mark Singer’s report. Now, 28 years later, we … Continue reading →

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