{"id":30821,"date":"2025-02-20T01:03:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T05:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=30821"},"modified":"2025-02-17T23:43:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T03:43:55","slug":"queen-st-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/queen-st-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen St King"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Erik Olesen 1942 – 1995<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. I remember Erik since my user camera at the time was a Leica M4. As a Leic a rep for Walter Carveth, I often saw him in camera shops buying used cameras in good condition. Erik (briefly a member of the PHSC) attended our fairs both as a buyer and a table holder.<\/p>\n

The photo at left is from the Journal, upscaled in Topaz Photo AI and adjusted with both Topaz AI and Focus Magic.<\/p>\n

In 1979, Erik opened his own shop, Queen Street Camera Exchange<\/em><\/a>, saying it was time Toronto had a true camera exchange store once again. I first visited the recently opened shop in May of that year.<\/p>\n

A few years after the tremendously successful opening, the shop expanded to encompass a facility just east of the store. Later, it began to struggle, and \u00a0later still disappeared. \u00a0Erik opened another store called Hayden Camera.<\/p>\n

Erik himself was in poor shape after the Queen Street facility closed and died a short time later. Ev wrote a brief memoriam for issue 21-4 as follows, “A<\/span>l<\/span>ways to be <\/span>seen <\/span>at <\/span>our <\/span>Fa<\/span>ir<\/span>s with\u00a0<\/span>i<\/span>nt<\/span>er<\/span>estin<\/span>g i<\/span>tems, Erik <\/span>O<\/span>l<\/span>esen <\/span>was we<\/span>ll\u00a0<\/span>kn<\/span>own <\/span>acr<\/span>oss Ca<\/span>n<\/span>ada <\/span>t<\/span>o bot<\/span>h <\/span>am<\/span>at<\/span>eur <\/span>and <\/span>professi<\/span>o<\/span>n<\/span>a<\/span>l <\/span>ph<\/span>o<\/span>t<\/span>og<\/span>r<\/span>ap<\/span>h<\/span>e<\/span>r<\/span>s. <\/span>B<\/span>o<\/span>rn <\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>Bo<\/span>wm<\/span>an<\/span>vill<\/span>e, ON,\u00a0<\/span>h<\/span>e b<\/span>ecam<\/span>e associ<\/span>at<\/span>ed\u00a0<\/span>wi<\/span>t<\/span>h <\/span>Walt<\/span>er <\/span>Ca<\/span>r<\/span>ve<\/span>th <\/span>wh<\/span>en <\/span>the <\/span>L<\/span>ei<\/span>ca <\/span>was\u00a0i<\/span>ntrodu<\/span>ced [to Carveth], l<\/span>ater <\/span>beco<\/span>min<\/span>g S<\/span>al<\/span>es <\/span>M<\/span>an<\/span>ager\u00a0<\/span>f<\/span>or L<\/span>ei<\/span>t<\/span>z.<\/span><\/p>\n

See<\/span>in<\/span>g a wi<\/span>der <\/span>m<\/span>ark<\/span>et, <\/span>h<\/span>e op<\/span>en<\/span>ed <\/span>th<\/span>e\u00a0we<\/span>ll <\/span>kn<\/span>own <\/span>Qu<\/span>een <\/span>Stree<\/span>t <\/span>Ca<\/span>m<\/span>er<\/span>a\u00a0Exch<\/span>an<\/span>ge<\/em>, a profess<\/span>i<\/span>on<\/span>al <\/span>and <\/span>am<\/span>at<\/span>eur\u00a0<\/span>su<\/span>pp<\/span>l<\/span>y h<\/span>ou<\/span>se, <\/span>and <\/span>l<\/span>at<\/span>er<\/span>, <\/span>H<\/span>ayden <\/span>Ca<\/span>m<\/span>er<\/span>a.\u00a0<\/span>Th<\/span>er<\/span>e was al<\/span>ways a l<\/span>a<\/span>r<\/span>ge hi<\/span>stori<\/span>ca<\/span>l\u00a0<\/span>d<\/span>i<\/span>spl<\/span>ay <\/span>in <\/span>ad<\/span>diti<\/span>on <\/span>t<\/span>o a vast L<\/span>ei<\/span>ca case\u00a0a<\/span>nd <\/span>th<\/span>e <\/span>l<\/span>a<\/span>t<\/span>es<\/span>t i<\/span>tems o<\/span>n <\/span>th<\/span>e <\/span>m<\/span>a<\/span>rk<\/span>e<\/span>t<\/span>, <\/span>about\u00a0w<\/span>hi<\/span>c<\/span>h h<\/span>e <\/span>d<\/span>i<\/span>sp<\/span>l<\/span>aye<\/span>d e<\/span>nc<\/span>y<\/span>clopedi<\/span>c\u00a0knowl<\/span>e<\/span>dge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Er<\/span>i<\/span>k <\/span>di<\/span>ed <\/span>at <\/span>th<\/span>e age of <\/span>53<\/span>, <\/span>l<\/span>eavin<\/span>g <\/span>hi<\/span>s\u00a0w<\/span>if<\/span>e<\/span>, <\/span>K<\/span>e<\/span>ll<\/span>y<\/span>, <\/span>a<\/span>nd <\/span>th<\/span>e<\/span>ir <\/span>children, <\/span>Co<\/span>lle<\/span>e<\/span>n<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Phili<\/span>p <\/span>a<\/span>nd <\/span>Erin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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