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PHSC Monthly Meetingsare held on the third Wednesday from September to June in the Gold Room, of Memorial Hall in the basement of the North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge St., North York, Ontario. The meeting officially begins at 8:00 p.m. but is preceded by a Buy & Sell and social gathering from 7:00 p.m. onwards. For information contact the PHSC at info@phsc.ca

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June 19, 2013-Photographer Richard Lautens

September 18, 2013- ROM Curator Deepali Dewan

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"Photojournalism: get-ting more meaning and message"Since starting at the Toronto Star 26 years ago, Richard Lautens has traveled all over the world for the Star, covering sports, news, fashion and features. In addition to photojournalism, Richard also writes regularly at the Star, trains other journalists, blogs, is an occasional assignment editor, shoots video and assembles multi-media stories for the web.

Richard’s photographs have appeared on posters, magazines, books, exhibitions, CD covers and newspapers and he has won local, national and international awards for his work.

Meetings in the Gold Room, (basement) of the North York Central Library, at 5120 Yonge Street. Handy TTC Subway stop and plenty of underground parking.

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Coming Up in July!The PHSC 3rd Annual Larry Boccioletti Memorial

Outdoor Photographic Trunk Sale

July 14, 2013, 8:00 AM - 1:00 PMin the Laneway, N. Side of The Soccer Centre7601 Martin Grove Rd., Woodbridge, Ontario½ km south of Highway 7 on the east side

A tailgate flea market featuring vintage and used cameras, digital, images, darkroom and movie equipment, optics, lenses books, magazines and more!

Free Admission - Free Parking

Our June Program:Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 8:00 PMToronto Star Photographer Richard Lautens

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Interestingly, something passed over by newer technology, like film movie cameras, is still in use and available.

“Why would people want to use the older technologies?”

“Where can equipment and stock be found?”

We don’t know the answer to the first question, but in answer to the second, we do know where the equipment and stock can be found! That place is the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT).

LIFT is an artist-run charitable organization dedicated to facilitating excellence in the moving image. Located at the corner of Gladstone and Dupont streets, it has been providing film, equipment and facilities for 8mm, super 8, 16mm and 35mm film since 1981.

Our speaker for the night was Chris Kennedy, the newly elected executive director of LIFT. Chris, who has been a member of LIFT since 1999, gave us a brief overview of the organization.

LIFT consists of five staff members plus numerous volunteers. It has some 500 registered members who make active use of the facilities shooting and editing all four formats plus LIFT has an emerging digital shooting and editing technology. The film and video subject matter covers everything from home movies to documentaries, stories, and art. Some members work alone, while others work as part of a film crew. A serious limitation to using film is the cost of stock. For example, 16mm film costs $50.00 to shoot 2 1/2 minutes compared to digital and the relatively cheap and ubiquitous SD cards. As a side project, Chris shows 16mm films in his “Early Monthly Segments” series at the old Gladstone Hotel. Chris

assured the listeners that he has enough 16mm films to last “‘til the world ends!”

LIFT is funded by arts grants from various levels of government, charitable donations of money and equipment, the sale of film stock, facilities & equipment rental, and workshop fees. LIFT is always looking for donations of equipment. What they cannot use, they promise to try to find a good home.

The film stock LIFT sells is all new. It offers editing, mixing and projection facilities as well as equipment rental (including cameras and audio gear). LIFT holds about 180 workshops annually (outlined in the course catalogues) covering all aspects of filmmaking from script writing to editing. LIFT also offers courses in different forms of animation including drawing right on the film. There is even a workshop on how to make film emulsion - more relevant as film stock dwindles.

LIFT is also getting more digital equipment for the newer formats.

Sophisticatd digital cameras rent for as much as $200 per day, or you can rent a Bolex 16mm camera kit for as little as $10 a day. At LIFT, you can also convert film to a digital format to make the editing process faster and easier. Once you shoot digital you can easily edit it at home (if you have the editing software) or you can rent a digital editing suite at LIFT.

LIFT is host to visiting artists from all over the world. These film makers come to LIFT to hone their craft. The organization often has guest speakers such as Richard Tuohy, who spoke on the Chromoflex method (using black and white film stock, and then applying tape to colourize and change the film frame by frame).

It is getting harder to find film as fewer and fewer companies continue making it. For example, Agfa still makes film, but sells it only in large orders. Older companies producing still formats are beginning to add movie film to their line as well. ADOX, well known to European and North American users of cameras such as Minox and Leica, are now selling their own super 8 black and white film. Some companies, like the former East German company ORWO, make film and sell it through their North American distributor.

LIFT is always on the hunt for film stock and chemicals to process the film but sources are becoming few and far between. If you have old equipment to donate, or know a film or chemistry source, contact LIFT online at www.lift.ca.

The talk by Chris Kennedy tonight was a fascinating look at how old technologies can be still used and how LIFT is both embracing the past and looking to the (digital) future.

Toronto Notes Reported by Mark SingerOur May 2013 Meeting: Chris Kennedy of LIFT

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A Visit to the PHSC Spring Fair

Lincoln Ross appraising a print This beautiful shiny brass telescope was a standout on the floor – ideal for a cottage on the lake.

The floor was fairly packed all day as visitors kept drib-bling in for bargains. PHSC info table in the foreground.

Bob Wilson had child's slide projector – kerosene lamp.

Rarely seen 2x3 Auto Graf-lex Jr. with roll film back.

Take your pick from all these 35mm camera bodies.

Pristine 4x5 Super D Graflex with roll-film adapter and flash holder.

Imperial reflex box camera, 6x6cm, metal, ca 1950-54.

Another successful PHSC Spring Photographica fair took place May 26th. Our bi-annual sale and show is known as the “Big One” be-cause of the enormous selection of cameras and images available, and this year’s spring show was no exception. With nearly 100 tables filling almost an entire indoor soc-cer field, the show enticed attend-ees with the usual rich variety of well-priced photographic classics. Demand was strong, and as usu-al a lineup snaked down the hall in the Soccer Centre before the 10 AM opening. Many also ar-rived early on the first run of the PHSC-provided free shuttle bus from the Kipling Subway station.

A wide range of equipment was seen, both inexpensive “user” clas-sic cameras for the new collector or active film photographer on a bud-get, and more esoteric or unique cameras and images for the serious collector. Highlights for the collec-tor included an unusual 2x3 Auto Graflex, and a box of 19th century

albumen prints of India including some by Samuel Bourne. For the users there were scads of 35mm and medium format cameras, lens-es and accessories. Slightly older digital equipment was available at a steal. Film addicts made a beeline to vendors selling unexposed film of various emulsions and formats.

In addition to the buy and sell, the PHSC added another attraction with its popular Community Cen-tre, which for this show featured an exclusive exhibition of images by the recently deceased legend-ary Canadian photographer George Hunter. Included were exhibition prints of his images that were used on a previous range of Canadian $5, $10 and $20 bills, and a strik-ing set of his work in the North photographing the Inuit people. PHSC volunteers were on hand to answer questions and promote the benefits of membership in PHSC.

Business was brisk through-out the fair, with lots of selec-tion up to closing time at 3 PM.

The tremendous effort of all the many PHSC volunteers involved in the planning, setup, operation, se-curity and takedown of the show is greatly appreciated. A special thanks to our fair chairman, Mark Singer, who managed fair arrange-ments pre-fair for several months, and arrived at the Soccer Center in the wee morning hours to super-vise table/chair and other set-up. Mark remained until the last clean-up and sellers’ departure - a long and productive day indeed!

The good news is that, if you missed this one, there will be another one in the fall! Watch this newsletter for details soon and mark your calendar!

by David Bridgephotos by Robert Lansdale

Sam Schlifer gets marked by door-keepers Gu-lian Morasutti, Ed Warner and Egon Kellner.

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You never know what you will find or who you will see at a PHSC Fair. The volunteers make it come together and then take it apart for another six months until the next one rolls around. The Community Center with its exhibit adds much to the show.

Tom Bochsler acted as host to the George Hunter exhibit, explain its history to visitor.

Visitors took time to see the exhibit and watch a Keynote presentation on the monitor.

Bob Carter admires the selection of photo-graphs that typified George Hunter's work.

It all has to come back off the field as Labour-Ready crew use cart to gather all tables.

David Bridge and Ashley Cook bubble-wrap the prize photos for shipment back to Hunter estate.

It starts Saturday night with the tables. Mark Singer, Fair Chairman giving instructions.

The wares for Mike Veldic and Drago Tufegdzich.

Hans Kotiesen offered this wooden 8x10 field camera.

Rarely seen is 18 multi-reel rack by Robert McIntyre.

A peak at a stereo disc to get the right one of many.

John Bock had his collec-tion listed & ready for sale.

Strange indeed, this hand-made school photog-raphy camera with a roll of 35mm negatives.

Inside of the school camera shows various adaptations from movie camera system.

Adaptation of reflex camera with controls for triggering.

Front ticket sales were ably handled by Win Mor-ris, Sonja Pushchak and John Morden.

Tom Bochsler signs his book for Ernie Kerr. Tom spoke to PHSC on his commercial photography.

All varieties of folders and black box cameras were on the tables for collectors choices.

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THE CANADIAN MILITIA IN PHOTOGRAPHS 1860-1910

by Major (ret'd) Warren Everett and Mark Cain

a book review by Clint Hryhorijiw

The Canadian Militia in Photographs 1860-1910 brings, through the eye of the contemporary photograph, a glimpse into military life in Canada during the critical formative years of the nation.

Well-illustrated with numerous photographs, the book will appeal to both mavens of British North American history and early Canadian photography. The authors, both from Canada, have had a very long interest in uniforms, weap-ons, badges and the like, and have combined this with photographs from personal, private and public collections.

In choosing the time period 1860-1910, the authors have chosen well: as they have indicated in their pref- ace, it was a span "…characterized by the wearing of uniforms that had considerable social significance; that reflected a myriad of local interpretations of dress regu-lations; and, that contributed to the essential esprit de corps that helped transform militia units into a cogent national fighting force." And importantly pointing out that despite the fact that Canadian dress regulations were based on those of Britain, there were significant de-viations, which resulted in uniquely Canadian uniforms.

Page by page, the book describes in great de-tail the uniform of the subject of the photog-rapher, the activities of his unit, and finally, a paragraph about the photographer or studio.

Fans of early Canadian photography will appreci-ate the range of photographers represented. Although acknowledgement is given to William Notman’s works from the McCord Museum in Montreal, many others are included amongst the 51 photographs, including Hynes of Toronto, Brooke of Dundas, In-glis of Montreal, Henderson of Kingston, and Climo of Saint John.

The Canadian Militia in Photographs 1860-1910by Major (ret'd) Warren Everett and Mark CainHard cover, ISBN 978-0-9919167-0-2, 15.2 x 22.8 cm, 104 pages, B&W, 139 illustrations, $15.00 plus postal charges,Published by Willingdon Room Publications, Kingston, ON

E-mail to canadianmilitiaphotos@gmail.com for an order form, or call 613-545-9316.

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By joining now you also receive four issues/year of the latest Photographic Canadiana plus all the PHSC membership benefits. It’s a real bonanza!

Through the 182 issues from Volume 1 #1 onwards, you can visit a veritable li-brary of photographs and published words.

Join using PAY-PAL on our web site www.phsc.ca

PHSC Research Award AnnouncedThe PHSC is honoured to announce the awarding of a PHSC Annual Re-search Award to Edith Cuerrier of Newfoundland. While a student in Canada and the United States she presented a thesis project in par-tial fulfillment of the requirements to Ryerson University in Toronto and the George Eastman House in Rochester for the degree of Mas-ter of Arts in the Program of Pho-tographic Preservation and Collec-tions Management. Ms. Cuerrier's

thesis sheds a fascinating light on George Eastman's holiday trips to Newfoundland. Members can read an adptation of this excellent work in their PHSC journal Vol 37-3, De-cember 2011-Jan 2012.

The PHSC Annual Research

Award is presented to a Canadian student who has researched a Ca-nadian photographic topic.

Edith Cuerrier

From the Sublime to Ridiculous Department:

We have some text from the iTunes site describing a new photo app available for iPhones/iPads called Koloid:

"Take photos and develop them with your own hands. Tilt the de-vice to spread the chemical liquid and make your picture emerge!

"Everything depends on your patience and manual skills. Holding

the liquid in one place for too long will result in a burned area. Omit-ting a part of the picture will leave it undeveloped. Don't be afraid to experiment. Each photo is unique!

"When you feel the picture's ready, stop the process. Wait a sec for the chemistry to sink in and... voila!

"Inspired by 19th century's col-lodion photography, Koloid lets you create one of the kind, b&w photos that are truly yours."

Coming up Next Month!

Sunday July 14, 20138 AM - 1 PM

the PHSC 3rd annual Larry Boccioletti memorial

Outdoor Photographic Trunk Salein the Laneway, north side ofTHE SOCCER CENTRE

7601 Martin Grove Rd.Woodbridge (Toronto), Ont.

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FROM THE NET by Robert Lansdale

Shawn Low of CNET Asia writes: If you've always wanted a pair of HD digital binoculars, you could very well get your own with-out shelling out the big bucks with this new smartphone acces-sory called Snapzoom.

This contraption allows you to mate your smartphone camera with the optical scope of a pair binoculars, dramatically increas-ing the reach of your handset. The iPhone 5, for instance, would get its normal 33mm focal length boosted to 330mm on a 10x spot-ting scope. Compatible with most smartphones (with or without a case), the Snapzoom can be mounted on all single- and dual-eyepiece scopes which includes the usual binoculars, spotting scopes, telescopes and even microscopes. The accessory also automatically locks your phone in the landscape mode so that it produces videos that are easy to view on a large screen.

According to the Wall Street Journal for US$2 million dollars, you can now experience the same IMAX movie-viewing experience in the comfort of your own home. The new private IMAX movie the-ater will come with a curved screen, which spans from floor-to-ceiling and stretches from wall-to-wall. Projecting 2D and 3D pictures are two high-resolu-tion beamers, while surround-sound is reproduced via laser-aligned and self-calibrating speakers.

Even if you're willing to splurge, space could be a poten-tial constraint. That's because the projectors are heavy-duty com-

mercial models, each measuring around 1.5 x 0.7 x 1.2m. Moreover, you'll not be able to watch IMAX movies on the same day of pre-miere, but the company is cur-rently sorting out this problem. One of IMAX's customers is from the US, who is reportedly building a sprawling 1,020 square meters villa in Miami Beach.

Panasonic recently announced the midrange Lumix DMC-G6 mid-range mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (ILC), which comes as an update to the G5 which was

released the later part of last year. The new 16-megapixel ILC now sports a redesigned chassis, a higher-resolution 1,440k-dot OLED electronic viewfinder and a 1,040k-dot, articulating touch-screen display. Besides wireless capabilities, the G6 can capture seven consecutive frames per second and record 1080p full-HD movies, too. Improved electronic viewfinder: The G6's electronic viewfinder sees an upgrade to a 1,440k-dot OLED variant. The proximity sensor around the eye-piece has also been tweaked for better sensitivity. Focus peaking: This feature highlights portions of the scene that are in focus. The edges of objects in the scene are highlighted in light blue, and fades in and out, depending on the direc-

tion in which you turn the focus ring. The new camera obviously comes with some cosmetic changes, with a chassis that's more rounded on top. We can't help but feel that the cosmetic changes made the G6 look somewhat like a miniature Leica S2.

Released with G6 is a new Lumix G Vario 14-140mm F3.5-5.6 Asph Power O.I.S zoom lens which offers a general-purpose 28 to 280mm (35mm equivalent) focal range. Equipped with optical image stabilization, the new lens promises steadier stills and videos in less-than-ideal lighting condi-tions. A stepper motor system has also been implemented in the lens to provide quieter operation and

lessen the interruption of audio recording during video capture. Other features such as specialized lens coating to reduce lens flare against direct light sources as well as aspherical lens elements in the lens construction have also been used to give users better image quality.

Can you believe it. Apple's App Store passed another major benchmark, topping 50 billion app downloads. That's according to the countdown timer on Apple's Web site and in iTunes. Apple also confirmed the benchmark on Twitter. The person who down-loaded the 50 billionth app will get a US$10,000 App Store gift card from Apple, and the 50 people who downloaded apps right after that each will receive a US$500 gift card. There's no word yet on who the winners are. Apple says the announcement is coming.

Our thanks to CNET-Asia

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PASS IT ON TO A FRIEND – LET EVERYONE READ THIS NEWSLETTERCurrent Events

MALTON AIRPORT GALLERY, TORONTO PEARSON AIRPORT Moments from Canadian Photographic History Treasures from PHSC Members' collections. Until September 2013, Terminal 1, Outside Security.

STEPHEN BULGER GALLERYBetween art & Art. Vid Engelevics "impersonates" the work of usually anonymous museum staff photog-raphers of the past, noting how their work seemed to be situated some-where between the “art” of photog-raphy – usually understood as tech-nical practice - and the “Art” that was often their subject. Exhibition Dates: June 22 - July 20, 2013. 1026 Queen Street West, Toronto.

THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUMBetween Princely India & the British Raj: The Photography of Raja Deen Dayal, a feature exhibi-tion in this year’s Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, highlighting the photographic work of Raja Deen Dayal (1844-1905). Our September PHSC meeting will feature the exhibit's curator Deepali Dewan! April 20, 2013 through January 12th 2014. Level 3, Hilary and Galen Weston Wing, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto.

CITY OF TORONTO ARCHIVES Life on the Grid: 100 years of street photography in Toronto. With images ranging from the acci-dental to the deliberate, this exhibit highlights the wide variety of street photography in the holdings of the City of Toronto Archives. Opens June 27, until May, 2014. 255 Spadina Rd., Monday to Friday 9 AM to 4.30 PM

RYERSON IMAGE CENTRE Arthur S. Goss: Works and Days, During his long tenure as Toronto’s official photographer (1911-1940), Arthur S. Goss created thousands of images that illustrate in fine detail the Victorian city’s ambitious, but often difficult, re-invention of itself as a modern Canadian metropolis. May 1 – June 2 and June 19 – August 25, 2013 Free Admission, 33 Gould St., Toronto. See www. ryerson.ca/ric/

Want Ads…

WantedOur friend and former presenter Lindsay Lambert is looking for replacement bellows for a No.3 Folding Pocket Kodak. This cam-era is to be donated to museum. Contact him at m.lindsaylambert@gmail.comBuy/SellCameraShopper is offering to all PHSC members free access to CameraShopper online for 30 days. It's so easy. Go to camera-shopper.com. Click on green "online" link, enter user name "member". enter password "camera". It's so easy. The arti-cles are great. The colour is amazing.

WantedGround glass back for a B&W Press King camera. Please con-tact Doug Lister at trainmandoug@yahoo.ca with details and price.

For SaleLarge selection of cabinet cards, CDVs, lantern slides, stereoviews, dags & ambrotypes, tin-types, real photo postcards, viewmaster reels, stanhopes, sports memora-bilia etc. Email your interests to Jones: lesjones@ca.inter.net

WantedWell-heeled private collector will pay CASH for your photographic collections and estates. Nothing too big or too small. Contact John Kantymir at 905-371-0111 or Niagaracc@gmail.com.

WantedBicycle & Motorcycle photography – all related items. Contact Lorne Shields, P.O. Box 87588, 300 John St. P.O., Thornhill, ON., L3T 7R3, lorne-shields@rogers.com

For SaleStock reduction. Stereo views (5,000) sold in bundles of 50 by topic. Old postcards (20,000), Derek@DaltonsCollectables.com

WantedBritish photography catalogues and literature pre-1930 including

pre-1910 BJP Almanacs. Marcel Safier, msafier@ozemail.com.au, Brisbane, Australia.

WantedFujichrome Q1 Digital camera (not the APS version). Stan White: stanon@sympatico.ca

WantedLooking for a non-functioning Hassleblad 500 EL to be used as the base for a mock-up of the Apollo moon camera. Any condi-tion will work. I am also looking for a non-working 70 mm back. Contact Tad Nelson at Tad.Nelson@halton.ca

Zeiss Historica SocietyZeiss Historica Society members receive the excellent Zeiss Historica publication twice yearly. To join see zeisshistorica.org.

Toronto International Camera Show

Sunday, Sept. 22, 201310:00 AM - 3 PM

NEW LOCATION:Days Hotel

& Conference Centre185 Yorkland Blvd.

Toronto, Ont.FREE PARKING - ADMISSION $7