I'm with you Winsor, don't want to dampen everyone's enthusiasm, but it does
seem
pointless to ship a body around the world only to shoot our own film in it,
after all it's
just a box to hold the film in the correct position.
...Wayne
> Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> The problems of shipping a camera around for picture taking and the
> attendant problems has taken on a life of its own. I don't get part of
> it, but I do get the concept of a sequential day-in-the-life picture
> taking activity. We are all on the OM list. We all have an Olympus
> camera of some sort, some have dozens. Why ship a camera around? (One
> lens I sold took 3 weeks to clear customs in Greece.) Since everyone is
>
> supplying his own film, processing, editing, submission this is
> different process than a disposable camera shipped and a frame popped
> off at each location that I have seen done on other forums.
>
> After taking your pictures, why not just send an email to the next
> person on the list to begin their picture set? It would accomplish the
> same thing without the shipping headaches. You get the day in the life
> and you get the sequence. Or don't I get it?
>
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
> On Mar 21, 2005, at 9:50 AM, Thomas Clausen wrote:
>
> >
> > Another possibility is to profit from the fact that some on the list
> > are normadic -- and organize for trans-customs-zone-shipping via
> those
> > individuals. Of course, some coordination is required, but several
> 100s
> > of Eur can be saved that way, I suppose......
> >
> > --thomas
> >
> > On 21 Mar 2005, at 18:43, Steve Dropkin wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Quoting Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx>:
> >>
> >>> If I received that shipment from John, I would have to pay 20% on
> >>> ($200
> >>> value of goods + $35 shipping + $20 clearance fee). Sounds like
> $50
> >>> to me.
> >>> Let's hope they are CAD not USD.
> >>
> >> A suggestion:
> >>
> >> I know some folks have volunteered to be the intercontinental
> >> "jumping-off"
> >> point for the camera. I'm not sure I've seen posts from volunteers
> >> willing to
> >> _receive_ the camera from another continent. But it's obvious there
> >> will be
> >> some significant charges incurred.
> >>
> >> I would be willing to contribute toward a general fund to reimburse
> >> those people
> >> who end up paying VAT/GST, large shipping costs, etc. With, say, 40
> >> participants, it would take only US$2 or 3 per person to defray the
> >> extra
> >> costs. If there's money left over, maybe it should go to Andrew for
> >> procuring
> >> the domain name and to help pay for the space. If we start running
> out
> >> of
> >> money, it's time to pass the hat (no, not _that_ hat!) again. PayPal
> >> probably
> >> would work well; I think most members have some way to forward funds
> >> like that.
> >>
> >> Comments?
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
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