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a different kind of rolls

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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you’re stringing me on …

Toronto. … a comment that may have entered the mind of an 1888 photographer seeing Eastman’s ad for his new camera. Before the Kodak was offered, cameras were mainly large, heavy devices that took only a few shots at most. … Continue reading

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stretching it

Toronto. Good friend, PHSC member, and photographic historian George Dunbar shared this bit of whimsey with me. The February 1928 issue of “Science and Invention” included an article titled, “Enlarging Photos by Stretching” attributed to an “A W Herbert”. Herbert … Continue reading

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