{"id":25942,"date":"2023-05-19T01:03:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T05:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=25942"},"modified":"2023-05-19T00:37:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T04:37:41","slug":"cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/cool\/","title":{"rendered":"cool!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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an upside down view – February 1953 article in Popular Mechanics<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. When I saw this article sent to me by George Dunbar, it reminded me of two things: the movie shorts about \u00a0‘Our Gang<\/a>‘ and the Saturday Evening Post sketches by well known illustrator, Norman Rockwell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anyone who studied optics or anatomy knows the world we see is really upside down, and righted by our brain. Modern generations often have smart phones – even grade school kids – and no idea that the old film field cameras with a ground glass back for framing and focussing show the scene reversed and upside down<\/a>! Photographers of that period were use to the ground glass image.<\/p>\n

A big thank you goes to George Dunbar, that great photo historian, for finding and<\/em> sharing the article with us.<\/p>\n

Note: This post is in memory of an old 1960s band called, “Spanky and Our Gang<\/a>“. Here they sing one of their top songs on Sunday night’s Ed Sullivan Show<\/a>, “Sunday will Never be the Same<\/a>“.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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