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Subject: [OM] Re: Sending an Olympus on a world trip
From: asud journal <asudjournal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:22:51 +0100
Hi andrew,
I think that a trip 35 could be the good one.
I am entousiast with this idea and i 'd like to join the world trip for 
Paris.
Regards.
Loïc Courtais
Paris-France.

Le 17 mars 05, à 14:23, Andrew McPhee a écrit :

> 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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