Tag Archives: Zoom

ye gads, a tryclopes

Posted on April 27, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Greek mythology had the Cyclopes – a gang of scary giants with one eye in the middle of the forehead! Issue 23-3 uses a photo of an unusual “three-eye” turret device mounted on a Leica camera as its cover … Continue reading →

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just zoomin’ along

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. In the late 1950s, when I bought my Exakta, ZOOM lenses for 35mm cameras were rather short on focal length range, slower than prime lenses,  heavier, had serious distortion, and were far more expensive. In 1959, Kilfitt in Germany … Continue reading →

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smile – you’re on candid camera

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. We have all heard that in the 1800s people in photos had a stern, serious, unsmiling  expression. A ZOOM talk this month on October 10th (tomorrow) sheds some light on this assumption.  Our friends at the Monmouth County (NJ) … Continue reading →

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Executive Meeting No 45 via ZOOM

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. March is heading into hot weather – we held our 45th ZOOM executive meeting last Wednesday of which this a brief recap. The latest PHSC newsletter by editor Katrin Faridani is due out in March. For any viewer wishing … Continue reading →

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ZOOMing into the future

Posted on March 10, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. When COVID hit, the PHSC resorted to online meetings, finally settling on ZOOM for executive meetings. At the time, ZOOM did not offer a means to control visitors nor did it offer any statistics. After investigation for programme use, … Continue reading →

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our February 21, 2024 Show and Tell meeting

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Join us on the 21st at 8:00 pm for “The Photographica I Love: Show & Tell” and see what members bring from their collection. This is a traditional Show and Tell  but via ZOOM with selected members showing items … Continue reading →

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the future is now …

Posted on February 12, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. In years gone by, extreme wide angle lenses were very special. A lens was attached to a camera to capture a specific angle of view. In many cases, the lens was stopped down to avoid unintentional vignetting. Specialty wide … Continue reading →

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lots of stuff …

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Robert

Toronto.  As we start another new year, PHSC has began to get some dates firmed up. Our next Toronto Meeting will be a Show and Tell on ZOOM next month (February, 2024); The next auction takes place May 5th at … Continue reading →

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see you in September (or at the TrunkShow!)

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Hi folks, as promised this is a followup to an earlier post on June 16th. At that time, we tentatively moved the June Toronto presentation to late July while we investigated alternative halls. Unfortunately we were unable to find … Continue reading →

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cheaper by the yard …

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Our meeting number 36 by ZOOM (3 years). It’s hard to imagine that just days ago we were still struggling with a nasty winter. As I write this (on the 9th of April) many folks up Ottawa way and … Continue reading →

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