{"id":34422,"date":"2026-06-25T01:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T05:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=34422"},"modified":"2026-06-23T23:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T03:36:10","slug":"rare-replicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/rare-replicate\/","title":{"rendered":"rare replicate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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a replica of the famous brass Voigtlander camera that uses the Petzval lens.<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. Some of the early cameras are so rare that replicates are made. Case in point is the brass Voigtlander Daguerreotype camera<\/a> that featured the famous Petzval lens. We saw this one in person at the Ryerson (now TMU) library along with its maker and member Willi Nassau.<\/p>\n

As collectors and photo-historians may know, the early Daguerreotype camera suffered from seriously slow speed resulting in a competition being announced for a fast lens. The mathematician Petzval won and his famous lens was initially mounted on the brass Voigtlander camera.<\/p>\n

While we can’t say you will find an original or even a replicate at one of our events, you will find items that nicely add to your personal collection. Next in our 2026 events is the famous outdoors Trunk Sale<\/a> which is held each July.<\/p>\n

This year the Trunk Sale will be on July 12th, come rain or shine, on the grounds of the Legion Hall #101 in Long Branch (far southwest part of Toronto). The Hall is familiar as our location for PHSC auctions. Email Clint at fair@phsc.ca<\/a> to reserve a spot, or find an answer to your Trunk Sale questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toronto. Some of the early cameras are so rare that replicates are made. Case in point is the brass Voigtlander Daguerreotype camera that featured the famous Petzval lens. We saw this one in person at the Ryerson (now TMU) library … Continue reading →<\/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":[302],"tags":[500,34,279,388],"class_list":["post-34422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities","tag-accessories","tag-cameras","tag-lenses","tag-trunk-sale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34422","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=34422"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34426,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34422\/revisions\/34426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}