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Leica & Stylus Around the World: Round #9
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After three weeks, I really can't hold my breath any longer. Did anything happen in the meantime, anything Olympus Stylus-related that we know of?
If I had known (although there is no way I could have), I would have shipped the camera directly to Steve instead of sending it to Nicholai. Heck, I could have strapped it to the back of a tortoise, point the tortoise in the general direction of Isle of Wight and let it walk and Steve would have received the camera weeks ago.
PV544 - you still see one or two of them running around the valley.
Wow - someone is taking this stuff WAAAAY too seriously! Where's the holiday spirit, brother?
Actually, I have some good news.
and i thought i was going to miss the camera drop to me this summer when i was overseas
where's the chicken!
There's still a camera coming to you, John. Just don't know when.
The Olympus is still missing in Denmark somewhere with Nicholai, who really is quite effective with his promises. Maybe he'll actually honor one of them soon!
No - but the Leica has made it home. Back in my hands one year and two days after I first sent it out.
Steve was extremely patient the last few weeks - waiting for me to get out of my real-life mode. The handoff of the Leica happened about two hours ago in a dark corner of a downtown NYC bar. It was great to meet him and his very upbeat group of friends, and of course to check out the new Wista the man was sporting (I think he said Wista - definitely a 4 x 5). One of his friends seemed amused that people actually still used these things!
So one half of Round 10 is complete!
Now to get the Stylus home somehow.
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Serious? No I'm... ferget it. The Holiday spirit is in soon to be in the shaker getting iced down. Martini or Manhattan... In honor of the Leica, it's going to be a Manhattan.
tim in san jose
It was good to see you Shawn! Cant wait for the pics to come out. I think my last shots were of the Village halloween parade, really working the leica and its flash in the dimness. You were right, it was a wista sp i had with me. It was probably the linhof lens that threw you off. First outing with it today to test it too.
That is good news regarding the Leica, Shawn! However, a round is not complete until we actually see images. A few rounds ago the film from a traveling camera was processed at a drugstore and several images were lost one of them mine. But I am happy the Leica is back!
Tim, I'm certain, has the holiday spirit as I'm sure we all do. But his frustration targeted on our fun little project here, and only our fun little project, is indeed shared. It is amazing how long these things take. It's great to be positive about things and patience is a great characteristic to have but, come on, eventually something has to give and I'd say the 'fun factor' here has indeed been fading away a bit.
Regarding the Stylus, and speaking of patience, the good people on that list should have a new camera and I'm willing to donate one, you know, being the holidays and all and having too many cameras in my possession. I don't feel like checking the archives of this thread so if a camera is already on stand-by, never mind. : )
Happy Holidays to all and to all, good night!
-Marc
I'd like to wait on developing and posting the pics from the Leica until we are reasonably sure about the Stylus.
I do indeed have another Olympus loaded with Tri-X and ready to go to complete this round, but the Leica also has 8 shots left on it. I'll dwell on the logistics for the next several days.
Right now I'm thinking I should send the Leica out again to two more shooters on the Olympus list here in the U.S. At the same time, perhaps get the new Olympus out to Steve in the U.K.
Open to all suggestions though!
I do indeed have another Olympus loaded with Tri-X and ready to go to complete this round, but the Leica also has 8 shots left on it. I'll dwell on the logistics for the next several days.
Right now I'm thinking I should send the Leica out again to two more shooters on the Olympus list here in the U.S. At the same time, perhaps get the new Olympus out to Steve in the U.K.
Open to all suggestions though!
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Great meeting up with you too, Steve. I'm gonna unpack my 6x7 when the weather gets a little warmer and let's get together and have people make fun of us for using these ancient cameras. Looking forward to it!
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Makes me wish I was in Wicklow.
Catch the next tumbleweed . . And come on over 
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Tumbleweed? Really, Ms. Jackson???? I mean, it has hardly been over a year since we started
.Seriously - I've made several attempts to reach Nicholai in the past two weeks, and where he at least used to reply with apologies and a promise or two, he is very obviously playing the avoidance game right now. Such a shame, because in addition to the disappointment and tendency to make people lose interest in the project, this makes it difficult to trust the new participants who have not been APUG members for long.
It is not our intention or spirit to exclude anyone, but maybe we need rethink ways to minimize the risk of this happening. At least in the last round we had people who knew Ralph and gently prodded him to bring forth the camera. But Nicholai is out in Denmark and - I think - unknown to any one else here. If anyone knows any other forums where Nicholai lurks, let's collectively put some pressure on him to get this camera back if we can.
I've had a new camera loaded and ready to go to "finish" this round and circle back to the shooters on the list before Nicholai to retake their pics, but am wondering if doing that takes away all incentive and pressure for getting back the first camera. Not that that is happening now, but there's still hope as long we continue to press Nicholai and we continue with our effort as originally intended in this round.
I know participation on the forum has waned from lack of progress, but those who are still around - let's talk about some ideas, please.
Thanks all & Happy New Year!
Shawn
It might be worthwhile to send the new camera anyway, if only to keep the European half interested in the next round.
I have mixed feelings about starting a new camera. I don't want the first shooters to lose their shots,and not show up as part of the project. It's damned inconsiderate of Nicolai to jamb up the effort and leave us all in a lurch. If he's reading these posts, maybe he'll reconsider what he's done and move the camera along. Hey Nicolai, pull yer head outta yer arse and lets get going.
Maybe Nicholai sent the Stylus to (there was a url link here which no longer exists) by mistake. I'm joking, of course. Just a mere coincidence. Don't want anyone to get too excited one way or the other and overreact.
. I'm joking, of course. Just a mere coincidence. Don't want anyone to get too excited one way or the other and overreact.
Maybe Nicholai sent the Stylus to (there was a url link here which no longer exists) by mistake
At least Holmburgers would know enough to get the camera back to us.
I'm jumping in here to ask a simple question. I have not read ALL 75 pages of this thread, but is there a way to confirm by phone or PM that the next person in line is "ready" to have the camera? I know that sometimes time, money or life is an issue and a quick phone call or PM may help the process along. That would give the next person in line a chance to cancel or bow out. BUT having someone actually do what they say they are going to do is another matter.
On another note, I bought a Canon EOS 2000 with an 28-80 lens (auto focus doe not work) for ten bucks and would be wiling to donate for the next round.
On another note, I bought a Canon EOS 2000 with an 28-80 lens (auto focus doe not work) for ten bucks and would be wiling to donate for the next round.
Good point. It can be a long time from one's initial commitment to the time one actually gets the camera. In the meantime, life can happen. Having a timely chance to confirm that commitment or to bow out makes sense to me.
As for your future participation, I look forward to it
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