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Toronto. Around the time we entered the 20th century, much of camera manufacture changed from wood to metal. Cameras were all black or black with chrome or nickel trim (perhaps glo...
Toronto. Many old photo collectors specialize in industrial or outdoor images. Such images are harder to find, as the vast majority offered seem to be portraits – some even of famo...
Toronto. The early colour processes were usually additive and as such incredibly slow. In to the mid last century the alternative was to take a good B&W portrait and colour it...
Toronto. … and in with the new. Many image collectors strive for special photos other than the common place portraits – like outdoor, or industry images. Bell was turfing the old ‘...
Toronto. Old photo collectors often search for very old and very interesting photos. Consider photos shot outdoors (almost necessary for pre early 1900 photos) in the rain to add a...
Toronto. In the 1870s dry plates began to get traction and the day of the hand-held camera began. And briefly some cameras used clever disguises and were called detective cameras....
Toronto. For some image collectors, outdoor shots; weather shots; equipment shots; etc all prove attractive. While the photo at left covers all these categories, at c1958 it is a w...
Toronto. For most of the 1800s, after photography was announced in 1839, street photographers were easy to spot: big wooden camera; sturdy tripod; and big focussing cloth. Two even...
Old photographs of New York stir up a surprising amount of feeling. Perhaps it’s catching a glimpse of Times Square before neon lights and digital billboards dominated the scene. M...
by Skip CohenIt's Throwback Thursday, one of my favorite days of the week.Long before digital, Polaroid manufactured an ID camera that became one of the best ways for companies and...
Toronto. Collectors often categorize their collection, dividing it into various groups. One group might be called ‘accidents’. The photo at left is a digital copy of a film print f...
Toronto. … to start a collection. While the very old and very rare cameras and images may be priced a bit too high for your pocket, there are many others that are still reasonable....
History often seems far away when it’s just a collection of dates, names, and textbook facts. But put a camera in the picture, and the past springs to life. Rare historical photos...
The Olympus XA2 is a 35mm clamshell camera from the mid-1980s with exactly three focus positions and zero manual exposure control. That sounds like a recipe for frustration, but St...
A photographer believed to have taken the very first portrait of the British Royal Family has been honored with a blue plaque in the English city of Brighton. [Read More]
Toronto. Old photo collectors are an interesting bunch. The fully exposed image is sought but a less than perfect one fits the bill until a better one is spotted and the less than...
Shooting large format film in an abandoned Welsh slate quarry sounds like a niche pursuit, but the images that come out of locations like this are unlike anything a modern digital...
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 t...
Toronto. For over 30 years now, light values have been of little interest, especially to those brought up on digital technology. Built-in metering and very fast sensitive media aut...
The BBC has been sharing footage from its archives on YouTube, and one video caught our attention. The clip is from the Tomorrow's World programme, and it was originally broadcast...
Every photo has a story. But before lightning-fast autofocus, mirrorless technology, and smartphones that fit in your pocket, photography depended on beautifully engineered cameras...
Toronto. Toy cameras came on the market decades ago. I remember purchasing an old Fisher Price toy camera back in the 1970s. Some toy cameras were also made in the digital era and...
Vintage-inspired, retro-styled cheap digital cameras are everywhere these days. The new Leaf Camera is yet another affordable digital camera trying to be the next Kodak PixPro. [Re...
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