I've never understood the interest in contests such as this anyway, but
with the added restriction to digital while allowing for image
manipulation, it's an even less inviting event. I understand many
others will have a different take, but I'd rather go shoot with simple
internal motivation.
Earl
Geilfuss Charles wrote:
>Scott,
> In refering to "dim viewfinders" I meant the DSLR's not the OM's. I've
> never had a problem seeing/focusing with an OM body.
> The Film/Scan route would not work in the contest due to time
> constraints. In past years the shooting period is between 3pm friday until
> 2pm Saturday. All film is collected and sent to Asheville for overnight
> processing (about 160 rolls). Your slides are returned to you Sunday morning
> and you have til 9 am to make your selections to submit. Now that the event
> is going digital, they have no arrangements for film processing , etc.
> Under the new digital rules, you will need to bring or have access to a
> laptop to download, edit, and burn your images to a CD for submission. You
> will be allowed to adjust contrast, saturation and sharpening but after that
> its a little vague as to image manipulation.
>
>Charlie
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
>Behalf Of ScottGee1
>Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 12:59 PM
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: [OM]Grandfather Mtn/Appalachian Trail
>
>
>
>Charlie, have you considered continuing to use your OM system and having
>your film scanned? That would meet the 'digital' requirement and allow you
>to use the tools you know so well.
> Also, if your VF is dim, you might try a '2' series Oly screen or send a
>couple of your existing screens to Bill Maxwell to have him apply the HiLux
>process to them.
> hth/ScottGee1
>
>
> On 6/16/05, Geilfuss Charles <Charles.Geilfuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>>Greetings All,
>>This past tuesday evening I attended our monthly church Men's Club meeting
>>mainly to hear the guest speaker, a fellow in his early 40's who, back in
>>1988 after getting out of the Airforce, decided to take some time and hike
>>the entire Appalachian Trail start-to-finish in one trip. He began his trip
>>on Mt. Spencer, Georgia in mid-April and 2100 miles later reached the summit
>>of Mt. Katahdin (sic), Maine around mid-October. His presentation was an
>>informal account of his adventures while showing color transparencies he
>>took along the way. During the question-and -answer period I posed the
>>following questions: how many pairs of boots did you go through?; how many
>>rolls of film did you shoot?; and what camera did you use? The answers:
>>three pairs of good quality boots, 20 rolls of Ektachrome
>>and........................(drum roll please)............. an Olympus XA! It
>>warmed my heart.
>>
>>Some months back you may recall I posted a message about an upcoming Photo
>>contest at Grandfather Mtn, NC. Well the event was held the weekend of June
>>3rd and I had a very good time. The weather was a bit dicey on Friday
>>(rained all day), but Sat/Sun were great...bright cloudy both days. So not
>>much in the way of sunset/sunrise photos but great light for just about
>>anything else. The winning entries should be posted any day now on their
>>website:
>>
>>www.grandfather.com/ <http://www.grandfather.com/>
>>
>>Look for Special Events 2006.
>>
>>The only bad news (at least for me), they announced that this would be the
>>last year of the contest for film; from here on out digital only. Scattered
>>boo and hiss drowned out by the cheers from the younger crowd who made the
>>switch a long time ago. Well this may force my hand into making the digital
>>plunge. I've looked at a number of DSLR's the last few days and I must says
>>that none of them are anywhere near as comfortable as any of my OM's and the
>>array of buttons and menu's make my head spin. I must admit though, I could
>>get used to auto-focus. Kind of makes up for the dimmer viewfinder. So far
>>I'm partial to the Pent*x D ist and the C*non Rebel XL/ 350D. Would love to
>>check out Oly E-300 and E-1 but I can't get my hands on either in
>>Charleston. Will likely in the next few weeks be putting up the FS sign to
>>finance what ever I decide to buy. All advice on selection welcome since I
>>don't know didily about digital.
>>
>>Charlie Geilfuss
>>
>>
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