Hi there all of you
By now you would have known that Ken and I discussed this 'competition' and
felt that Zone-10 can humbly offer a platform to provide gallery space so
that your images can be displayed collectively in separate member accounts
for all to view and appreciate. I for one am quite excited by this prospect
and hopefully all of you will take advantage and showcase your best images.
With regards to the parameters, let us first deal with the issue of whether
or not this is a competition. I have given this a bit of thought on my own
although I have yet to discussed this with AG Schnozz. Here are my
thoughts:
a. It's only a competition for the sheer heck of it. It's not going to be a
'serious' one but one that draws all of us together like a community that is
partial to all things OM. Since this list is about those who appreciate OM,
then the competition is held in a similar spirit.
b. As a competition, we certainly don't have the resources (not yet anyway!)
to provide a lucrative drawcard in the form of excellent prizes. AG
mentioned turning his OM-3Ti into an Odyssey camera. That is a nice idea and
a generous one on his part. All the same, we're not in the position to do
anything else unless others within this same community were to offer his/her
wares...I understand that NSURIT has some wonderful inventory to contribute
in this regard :)
c. And so it is, in effect, a competition then, but my idea is that everyone
contributes individual points to the images on show. You visit an album
belonging to one of the competitors and assess the images, then accord them
individual scores, say, out of a perfect score of 10 for each. You may of
course ignore those images you don't think even deserve any scoring if you
like.
d. After a certain period of time, we close all scoring and then tally the
images. We can, for example, suggest that the top five scoring images get
the privilege to participate in the OM-3Ti Odyssey (just an idea only -
ditch it if you don't like it or have a better alternative).
As for the types of cameras that qualify, Chris (Crawford) had even
mentioned the 'Blad. Hmmm. Some others have suggested OMs other than the
3/3Ti. The idea that all of you seem to be centring on is that so long as
you use it in Manual mode, it should be alright.
I'm not sure what AG thinks of this but my humble opinion is that it ought
to be OM. Maybe we should think about keeping it 35mm and then stick with
OM. So long as you use Manual mode, you can use any of the following then:
OM-1/1MD/1n, OM-2/2n, OM-2S Program, OM-3/3Ti, OM-4/4Ti as well as...
OM-10/10QD, OM-20, OM-30/G, OM-40/PC and OM-2000
You might also include the following (although they are not full-frame
35mm):
Pen, Pen-EE, Pen-EED, Pen-F, Pen-FT, Pen-FV
I suppose that there should not be any restriction to the use of focal
length lens not to mention brand. You don't have to stick to Zuiko but it
would be nice if you do. As for focal length, we might open this up or
should we confine it to a range, say, from 24mm to 300mm or something like
that?
As for the topic, Minimalism is actually a very nice idea. However to define
it might be a little more challenging. Let's see what and how everyone
thinks of describing it. Maybe then we can 'formulate' the definition of
Minimalism within the context of this competition.
K.
2008/12/10 John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Yes, yes, OM-2 and OM4 (on manual).
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> Dawid Loubser wrote:
> > Hmm... I would imagine it's a more purpose-driven and specific
> > competition if using
> > manual-only cameras, but if there is enough interest for using 2's and
> > 4's
> > then so be it...?
> >
> > If we let loose on the OM gear that can be used, then I do think some
> > specific
> > guidelines around the subject matter are in order. So, does everybody
> > think
> > "minimalism" makes for a good topic for the subject matter?
> >
> > It would be interesting to see how you all interpret such a topic
> > photographically -
> >
> > Lastly, any idea around time frames? Perhaps its a good idea to look
> > at results after December,
> > since during this holiday period many people will have a lot of time
> > to photograph, but not
> > to process and think about things.
> >
> > And our enlarger's timer is still busted :-) *and* I still need to
> > learn to do hand printing
> > properly...
> >
> > P.S. I really do feel that it would be preferable to limit to OM-1 and
> > OM-3 (all-mechanical
> > bodies) - not because the result necessarily looks any different from
> > the electronic bodies, but
> > because it was my rant on the photographic process with an OM-1/3 -
> > which we have somehow "lost"
> > with modern equipment - which got this idea started, and those bodies
> > exemplify that process.
> > Not only that, they enforce it. Even though, of course, we can follow
> > it with any other body.
> >
> > I have been doing manual exposure + incident metering for quite some
> > time with my 9FPS Canon EOS,
> > which is why I could let it go so easily. But it's somehow not the
> > same thing.
> >
> > Your thoughts? And Wayne, I don't think an OM-3 has any advantage over
> > an OM-4 in terms of producing
> > the photographic result, so there may not be anything to see...
> >
> >
> > On 10 Dec 2008, at 4:18 AM, WayneS wrote:
> >
> >> Further amend proposal: to allow shooting in manual mode on an OM.
> >> That way we can see if the 3Ti really has any advantage over
> >> a 4T for instance. And to really see if it works, to use slide film,
> >> which is less forgiving than print film..... As I recall, the shutter
> >> on the OM-4t is still mechanical, come to think of it, so is the
> >> E-1...
> >>
> >> WayneS
> >>
> >> At 12:51 PM 12/9/2008, David wrote:
> >>> Dear AG, now you are really stirring the pot.
> >>>
> >>> May I propose an amendment to your proposal, whereby a shooting
> >>> event/
> >>> competition does not only include those (lucky buggers) who own
> >>> an OM-3Ti, but rather to include the mechanical bodies in general?
> >> ...
> >
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