Fonds contains photographic camera equipment used by the photographer Alfred S. Upton, and an exhibition catalogue that accompanied a 1987 exhibition of his work at the Pearl Street Gallery in Hamilton, Ontario.

Item is a Rolleiflex 3.5 F, a medium format camera for 6 x 6cm exposures on 120 or 220 format roll film. Includes a Synchro Compur MXV shutter with self timer, built in in exposure meter mounted on the focus knob, and Zeiss Planar 75 mm lens.

Item is a Rolleiflex lens hood with 2 lens filters for photographing in black and white, green (for photographing foliage, sparating greens from other colours0 and yellow (for photographing landscapes, darkens the sky and differentiates different shades of green in foliage).

Item contains 2 sets of close-up lenses for use with the Rolleiflex 3.5 F. Each set contains 2 lenses, one for the viewing lens and one for the photographing lens on the twin lens reflex camera. A Rolleinar 1 alters the focusing range of the 75mm (normal) lens to 55.8-107 cm and the Rolleinar 2 changes the range to 68-213 cm.

Item is a soft focus lens attachment designed for use with the Rolleiflex 3.5 F. The lens produces softens lines and details and produces halos around light sources.

Item is a medium orange filter for black and white photographer. This filter is designed for landscape photography, eliminating haze in the distance.

Item is an exhibition catalogue published to coincide with an exhibition of Alfred S. Upton's photographs at the Pearl Street Gallery in Hamilton, Ontario from October 3 - 31, 1987.