{"id":33128,"date":"2026-01-08T01:03:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=33128"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T02:31:12","slug":"ever-see-an-ugly-duckling-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/ever-see-an-ugly-duckling-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"ever see an &#8216;ugly duckling&#8217; camera?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_33129\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ugly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33129\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33129\" src=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ugly-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ugly-sm.jpg 225w, https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ugly-sm-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">front details of Rob&#8217;s &#8220;Ugly Ducking&#8221; camera<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Toronto<\/strong>, \u00a0I received my copy of the MiPHSC Photogram (53-4, Winter 2025) a few weeks back. In it was an article by Rob Niederman (known for his collection and knowledge of cameras) titled &#8220;My Collection Has An Ugly Duckling&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Join the MiPHS to see what Rob wrote, and why he warmed up to this camera as ugly as it is.<\/p>\n<p>The articles and illustrations in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miphs.org\/photogram\">Photogram<\/a> make joining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miphs.org\/\">MiPHS<\/a> very worthwhile. In this issue you will \u00a0spot our own president Clint in his definitive maroon\/red top. Clint helped out with the auction held in the fall of 2025. And likewise, we see PHSC visits &#8211; and talks &#8211; by Cindy Motzenbecker of MiPHS fame.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan is but a short drive from the big smoke (I have relatives there as does our late journal editor, Bob Lansdale).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto, \u00a0I received my copy of the MiPHSC Photogram (53-4, Winter 2025) a few weeks back. In it was an article by Rob Niederman (known for his collection and knowledge of cameras) titled &#8220;My Collection Has An Ugly Duckling&#8221;. Join &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/ever-see-an-ugly-duckling-camera\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1944],"tags":[2017,398,403],"class_list":["post-33128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","tag-article","tag-camera","tag-journal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33128"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33132,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33128\/revisions\/33132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}