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| rowid | artifactNumber | ObjectName | GeneralDescription | model | SerialNumber | Manufacturer | ManuCountry | ManuProvince | ManuCity | BeginDate | EndDate | date_qualifier | patent | NumberOfComponents | ArtifactFinish | ContextCanada | ContextFunction | ContextTechnical | group1 | category1 | subcategory1 | group2 | category2 | subcategory2 | group3 | category3 | subcategory3 | material | Length | Width | Height | Thickness | Weight | Diameter | image | thumbnail | |
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| 102323 | 2009.0360.001 | Screwdriver | Bright silver metal slot head screwdriver has octagonal-shaped distal end; midsection is ribbed to improve grip. | 3 | Unknown | Japan | 1 | Bright silver metal slot head screwdriver has octagonal-shaped distal end; midsection is ribbed to improve grip. | Among items owned and used by Fred Phipps a professional photographer based in Toronto and employed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Mr. Phipps studied photography at Ryerson Polytechnic Institute. Running short of funds he left the program before graduation in January 1957 to take a job with the CBC photography department. He remained with the CBC for almost 35 years during which he worked as a staff photographer and as National Photo Editor. After retirement in 1992 he continued to produce photos for the CBC as a freelancer. Over his long career Mr. Phipps completed thousands of portraits and candid photos of CBC personalities and productions (e.g. David Suzuki Foster Hewitt Joe Schlesinger Front Page Challenge The Beachcombers Friendly Giant Mr. Dressup Seeing Things). These were circulated to print media for publicity purposes or were used internally as “ID slides” for on-air program promotion. Attracted by the Leica’s reputation for craftsmanship and excellent optics Mr. Phipps purchased his M4-P around 1982 from Toronto Camera Exchange (Rutherford Photographic). Although Mr. Phipps was also using Nikon and Hasselblad SLRs at the time he liked his MP-4 for use in the television studio because its quiet operation (without winder) was less likely to be picked up by microphones. This was a feature that Leica promoted in its marketing of the M4-P. With its bright high contrast viewfinder and fitted with the Summilux 35 mm f/1.4 lens the camera was also excellent for shooting in available studio light where a flash would again have been disruptive. Offering a wide angle of view and good depth of field the Summilux was his preferred lens for candid studio shots where he wished to show the performers in context. Its optics were so good that a 35 mm negative could be enlarged to 16x20 inches with minimal grain. [Ref. 1] | Used to insert and tighten or to remove miniature slot-head screws by applying pressure while turning them. | This jeweller's screwdriver presumably used for fine adjustment of camera equipment. | Photography | Still camera accessories | Miscellaneous | Industrial Technology | Tools & equipment-trades | Jewellery maker | Industrial Technology | Tools-Hand | Tools | metal | 8.6 | http://source.techno-science.ca/artifacts-artefacts/images/2009.0360.001.aa.cs.png | http://source.techno-science.ca/artifacts-artefacts/images/2009.0360.001.aa.cs.thumb.png |
