Andrew,
If an Oly is to make a TRIP around the world, don't you think the choice
is clear?
Earl
Andrew McPhee wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>While browsing photo.net tonight I came across an idea called "Camera
>travels the world"
>Thread 1: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00BKYf
>Thread 2: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00BLLX
>Thread 3: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00BMP0
>Thread 4: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00BOgr
>
>A similar thing has also been done by the Rangefinder Forum in their "Pass
>the Camera" project:
>http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=50778#post50778
>(with which I see Natalia is involved)
>
>And I've noticed that some Minolt* aficionados have done a similar thing.
>
>How about we do a similar thing and send an Olympus on a world tour? After
>all, we can't have those Minolt* guys and gals getting all the glory now
>can we? ;-)
>
>Here's some basic rules that I've thought up (comments welcome):
>
>Each participant has the camera for three days.
>Subject matter is open - anything goes.
>Each participant supplies a film of their choice and develops it at their
>expense.
>Participant picks four images, scans them and emails them to me for
>inclusion on a website.
>Participant mails the camera (at their expense) on to the next person on
>the list.
>
>I have two cameras that I think would be candidates. My first thought was
>to send a Trip 35 on the tour because of it's name, cheapness, reliabilty,
>ease of use and no battery to worry about. The only downside could be it's
>weight. My second choice is an XA1 which wins on all points except for the
>natty name but it scores better on weight. I own an example of both of
>these models and I'd be happy to contribute one to the project.
>
>The "Camera travels the world" and "Pass the Camera" projects each have a
>guestmap that enables participants to place a "pin" on a map to show the
>camera's progress around the globe. I think this is a cool idea for us to
>implement as well.
>
>I would be happy to organise the project, create the website and the
>guestmap, and donate the camera.
>
>So here's some questions I'd like answered:
>
>Should we do this?
>What camera should we use?
>What do you think about the rules - discussion is most welcome.
>And finally...who wants to participate?
>
>Regards,
>Andrew McPhee
>
>
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