Dare I say.. Camera 8?

Rick A · Jun 6, 2011

Shawn Rahman said:
Never understood why photography attracts such restless people. Or maybe it is the cause of restlessness?

Seriously - it's not like we're not gonna be here this time next year tryin' to figure out where these cameras are.

Latest update: The Nikon is loaded and ready to go. We are waiting for Sile to get the Portra I mailed to her and she will load up the Canon, and hopefully we'll get the cameras shipped off simultaneously very, very soon.

Black Dog · Jun 6, 2011

It's not mission difficult, it's mission impossible........

semeuse · Jun 6, 2011

Síle said:
Well I'm certainly doing my bit for the cause..

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ooooo...that looks good

flatulent1 · Jun 7, 2011

semeuse said:
ooooo...that looks good

My first thought was of how painful that must have been. Ooooh, ouch!

Simplicius · Jun 7, 2011

after suffering neural meltdown trying to decifer the last few pages of this thread and getting hungry looking at chicken roasted on beer cans, or so it seems. I have failed to understand one thing:confused:. Where is the camera now?

Síle · Jun 7, 2011

Simplicius said:
after suffering neural meltdown trying to decifer the last few pages of this thread and getting hungry looking at chicken roasted on beer cans, or so it seems. I have failed to understand one thing:confused:. Where is the camera now?

One of the things you'll need for this project Anthony is patience.. the other is a degree in cryptology to decipher the thread..

Luckily for you I have both

The camera(s) are in mine and ShawnRahmens houses.. there is a Portra film winging it's way across the Atlantic as we speak (type) and as soon as that is here and the camera is loaded both Shawn and I will send the camera's off simultaneously and ceremoniously.. with or without chicken.

Now wasn't that clear as mud..

Oh and the beer can chicken.. tasted even better than it looked..

And also what Blackdog said!

Matthew Rusbarsky · Jun 7, 2011

Síle said:
I am so proud of you all....
Thanks to ShawnRahmen for looking after the film survey and purchasing.. and for the Nikon.. the camera's should be ready to set sail in the next week. There will be a change of list as one camera will now start with him (makes way more sense that way) and the other begins here with the exact same film.

I'm looking forward to the new list. I was #2 on the old list, right below Rick A. I want to be on the bottom of the list! Half the fun seems to be cursing everyone above you when the camera goes MIA for months at a time.

Síle · Jun 7, 2011

Matthew Rusbarsky said:
I'm looking forward to the new list. I was #2 on the old list, right below Rick A. I want to be on the bottom of the list! Half the fun seems to be cursing everyone above you when the camera goes MIA for months at a time.

That's the spirit Matthew!!

You're quite right.. there's no fun in everything going smoothly.. we all need a little action in our lives

mooseontheloose · Jun 7, 2011

Síle said:
That's the spirit Matthew!!

You're quite right.. there's no fun in everything going smoothly.. we all need a little action in our lives

Like a postal strike in Canada?

Black Dog · Jun 8, 2011

We might be having one too...

Síle · Jun 8, 2011

mooseontheloose said:
Like a postal strike in Canada?

Black Dog said:
We might be having one too...

Stop the madness both of you... surely there's something you can do to avert disaster!

hpulley · Jun 8, 2011

Still need people from Canada or all full? We can hand deliver in the event of a strike...

Shawn Rahman · Jun 8, 2011

hpulley said:
Still need people from Canada or all full? We can hand deliver in the event of a strike...

Careful what you wish for... with our luck we'll get someone from Newfoundland.

Matthew Rusbarsky · Jun 9, 2011

I don't have the patience to go through the 100s of pages in the old Traveling Camera threads. Is there any tradition of sending bonus items along with the camera to the next person on the list? Not necessarily photography related, could be something cheap and regional.

hpulley · Jun 9, 2011

Or Yellowknife or Whitehorse but the drive would be scenic at least!

Shawn Rahman said:
Careful what you wish for... with our luck we'll get someone from Newfoundland.

cdholden · Jun 9, 2011

Matthew Rusbarsky said:
I don't have the patience to go through the 100s of pages in the old Traveling Camera threads. Is there any tradition of sending bonus items along with the camera to the next person on the list? Not necessarily photography related, could be something cheap and regional.

In the Camera v6.0, someone added cyanotypes for everyone "downstream" from him on the mailing list. I thought that was pretty cool. Before that, I had only seen them online. I'm about to take a stab at doing some carbon prints in the next month or so. If I can get some decent results, I may do this with 5x7 prints (the smallest good contact priint, IMHO).

Chris

Shawn Rahman · Jun 9, 2011

Síle said:
I am so proud of you all....

No poultry will be safe for the next 6-12 months (yes I'm being optimistic!)..

Amen!

Síle · Jun 10, 2011

Shawn Rahman said:
Amen!

Holy cow.. Is that a cat or a Leopard??

Steve Smith · Jun 10, 2011

Síle said:
Holy cow.. Is that a cat or a Leopard??

Or possibly both!

Steve.

Shawn Rahman · Jun 10, 2011

Síle said:
Holy cow.. Is that a cat or a Leopard??

No idea, but I bet that's the last thing this chicken was thinking!

Síle · Jun 10, 2011

The film has landed...

The Portra is loaded in the Sureshot.. the battery has been changed.. and my photo has been taken...

Looks like we're ready to go folks! It's only page twenty of the thread....

The list for travel IS changing however.. Shawn is starting one camera and I the other. So We're going to move things about a bit. I have already PM'd the person who I hope to be second to receive the SureShot so if I hear back soon it'll be in the mail tomorrow morning..

I knew it would all come out in the end

Síle · Jun 11, 2011

Ok everyone this is it... the complete and utter final list. There are 16 participants in each camera group. Hpulley unfortunately I couldn't include you this time, but hopefully there will be more rounds and you'll be top of our list.

There have been changes.. The cameras will start and end in the same place and logistics have moved addresses with it.

The rules are simple..
(a) You receive the camera
(b) You PM The person next to you on the list for their address
(c) You BCC the PM to either Shawn or myself (dependant on which camera you are using) to let us know what the progress is and post in the Camera thread to tell everyone else
(d) You take a photo within ONE WEEK.
(e) You mail it to the address given to you by the next name on the list.
(f) You relax... you did a great job

Camera 1 - Nikon L35AF loaded with Portra

1 ShawnRahman New York USA
2 MA Longmore (Ron) New York USA
3 rcam72 New York USA
4 Newt_On_Strings NYC
5 Rick A Pennsylvania USA
6 Jnanian Rhode Island USA
7 MatthewRusbarskyMaryland USA
8 MattKing BC Canada
9 Segedi Alberta Canada
10 MartinB Alberta Canada
11 Thebanana Manitoba Canada
12 Wallbergb Manitoba Canada
13 Axle Ontario Canada
14 Flatulent1 Washington USA
15 JohnNikon Washington USA
16 Lmn Washington USA
Home- ShawnRahman New York USA

Camera 2 - Sureshot loaded with Portra

1 Síle Ireland Europe
2 Mooseontheloose Japan
3 polyglot Australia
4 Kraker Netherlands Europe
5 pcyco Austria Europe
6 Black Dog Derbyshire UK
7 SteveSmith Isle of Wight UK
8 Semeuse Florida USA
9 cdholden Tennessee USA
10 FilmSprocket Michigan USA
11 J Rollinger Illinois USA
12 Toro_mike Colorado USA
13 KJupiter California USA
14 Guissimo California USA
15 Akaa California USA
16 Simplicius Ireland Europe
Home Síle Ireland Europe

The Nikon is ready to go and I will bring it to the Post Office this morning. As there's no service over the weekend in Ireland, it won't begin it's journey until Monday morning.. whereupon Shawn will begin his camera journey at the same time..

Mooseontheloose confirmed her address by return PM so she's a shining example to you all... let the games commence...

Rick A · Jun 11, 2011

Is there a theme or do we shoot whatever we want, how many shots do we get?

Síle · Jun 11, 2011

Rick A said:
Is there a theme or do we shoot whatever we want, how many shots do we get?

Shoot whatever you want.. and two shots each.. 36 shots in the Portra - 16 people in each group = two shots each.

Apparently the post office close on a Saturday so my package is due to set sail Monday all the way to Japan.. Watch out Moose there's a camera on the loose

Dare I say.. Camera 8?

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