Tag Archives: viewers

so who needs slow speeds anyway?

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. … Besides, the IIf Leica was less expensive to buy than a IIIf. This cosmetically clean c1951 black dial IIf Leica with the correct 5cm f/2 collapsible Summitar lens is lot 201 at next Sunday’s PHSC Museum Auction. The … Continue reading →

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buzzing about …

Posted on November 2, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Bees and flowers seem to go together. At left a bee extracts nectar from a blossom and leaves some pollen behind. While this photo is obviously too recent to be a collectible, the idea of a collection sub-group of … Continue reading →

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Museum Auction November 9, 2025

Posted on November 1, 2025 by Robert

Toronto.  Coming fast – our Fall 2025 Museum Auction, Sunday, November 9, 2025 in Long Branch (south west Toronto) at the usual venue BUT at the slightly later time (see poster) – free parking [OVERFLOW AT GO TRAIN LOT JUST … Continue reading →

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on stereo viewing

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Our brain is a marvellous organ. Each eye sees a scene/person at a slightly different angle. The brain merges these two images to create what we see as a stereo or 3D ‘picture’ of the scene or person we … Continue reading →

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look, see, mini she

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Today we can snap a photo on our smartphone and with a touch see the result tout de suite! But it wasn’t always so simple and fast. In the era of 35mm and 2 1/4 square colour slides you … Continue reading →

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