I'm in. This would give me a nudge to use the Deardorff.
Paul Braun WD9GCO
Certified Music Junkie
"It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." -- David St. Hubbins
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Berthold Auerbach
> On Mar 23, 2016, at 16:16, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I've been stewing on an idea for a new project that would be different
> than what we did before.
>
> Here is the idea:
>
> 1. Every participant is responsible for purchasing ONE roll of B&W film.
> 2. Every participant will shoot said roll of film in whatever film
> camera they can scare up, but preferably an Olympus camera.
> 3. Every participant is responsible for mailing the UNPROCESSED roll
> of film to me.
> 4. I will process each and every roll, digitize and post in the
> Zone-10 TOPE2 Gallery.
> 5. To help defray the costs, I can set up a tip jar for anybody who
> wants to contribute.
>
> The key to this is that everybody will be treated equally, and all
> pictures (except the odd one that might not be SFW) will be posted in
> the gallery. Nobody gets to see their pictures before hand, process or
> select. This is an all or nothing project. Mistakes and all.
>
> As an added bonus, as long as I have the darkroom with enlarger setup,
> I can custom print any shot that any of you want and mail it off to
> you.
>
> What's in it for me? Three things: It keeps the OM System alive. It
> keeps this list alive. It means that I might make a little money off
> of some custom reprints.
>
> By doing it this way, we can defray a lot of costs, risks, etc., of
> mailing a camera around and trying to figure out the logistics of film
> development and digitization.
>
> As an added bonus, I can process any film up to 4x5. So, for those of
> you without an OM camera, but still have an ancient MF camera lurking
> around deep in the closet, or sitting on your fireplace, it gives you
> a chance to wipe the dust off.
>
> AG Schnozz
>
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> Ken Norton
> ken@xxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.zone-10.com
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