Leica & Stylus Around the World: Round #9

[Raphael]

Dude! Nice work, but should we be slightly worried about you?

Me ? Feeling good ! Or at least, not more insane than usual...:crazy:

 

[k_jupiter]

Jim 17x has been a member since 2012, made over 150 posts, participated in at least three postcard exchanges and been a subscriber for at least part of his time here.

And none in two months. No participation in this thread since October 2012. 4 posts total, all before camera's launched.

This ain't my round, these aren't my cameras, but knowing how these things work, not a good bet. I have nothing against the guy, but zero participation means he just might not be interested enough to do the right thing.

tim in san jose

 

[Shawn Rahman]

Anything would be better than the one we currently have.


Steve.

Agreed! WTF are ramparts, anyway?

 

[Rick A]

Mebbe we should have a rule that all who participate need to post on the thread at least once every other week,stay tuned in.

 

[k_jupiter]

Agreed! WTF are ramparts, anyway?

God Save the Queen has no ramparts in it.

tim in san jose

 

[Shawn Rahman]

And none in two months. No participation in this thread since October 2012. 4 posts total, all before camera's launched.

This ain't my round, these aren't my cameras, but knowing how these things work, not a good bet. I have nothing against the guy, but zero participation means he just might not be interested enough to do the right thing.

tim in san jose

Agreed, tim. Nevertheless, since we did open participation on a first-come basis, we should attempt to hold to it. The best compromise may be to give him a few days to affirm his interest, and then move on. We'll give it a few more days, and if he hasn't responded, we'll move on. This is in line with the rules we posted early on.

But you raise a great point. How to best minimize the risk, knowing we'll never truly eliminate it? We've thought about setting minimum participation criteria, and we should have that discussion in earnest, but I hate the idea of leaving new voices and participants out. We've all been there once, right?

 

[lxdude]

God Save the Queen has no ramparts in it.

tim in san jose

Yep. Steve is from the Isle of Wight, UK.
Its historic name was Vectis, which Minolta appropriated for its somewhat odd APS SLR.

 

[Steve Smith]

Yep. Steve is from the Isle of Wight, UK.
Its historic name was Vectis, which Minolta appropriated for its somewhat odd APS SLR.

Our local bus company also uses Vectis in its name: http://www.islandbuses.info/

Agreed! WTF are ramparts, anyway?

I know what a rampart is but what has that got to do with the national anthem?


Steve.

 

[k_jupiter]

Our local bus company also uses Vectis in its name: http://www.islandbuses.info/



I know what a rampart is but what has that got to do with the national anthem?


Steve.

Fort McHenry has ramparts. You just need to know where to look.

tim (ex-Baltimore native) in san jose

 

[k_jupiter]

Yep. Steve is from the Isle of Wight, UK.
Its historic name was Vectis, which Minolta appropriated for its somewhat odd APS SLR.

We all know the beetles just couldn't find anything to rhyme with Vectis, it was just too dear.

 

[thebanana]

In fairness, some of the people who originally signed up for this round have likely shuffled off this mortal coil or moved back to their home planet by now.

 

[toro_mike]

In fairness, some of the people who originally signed up for this round have likely shuffled off this mortal coil or moved back to their home planet by now.

Or are simply quietly following along. Maybe we don't have any insanity to add

 

[k_jupiter]

Or are simply quietly following along. Maybe we don't have any insanity to add

Then what good are they? I ask you....

The problem isn't that my CooCooClock is talking to me, it's that I understand him.

tim in san jose

 

[Síle]

One of the reasons I love this group.. We're all equally insane.. And proud 8)


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[toro_mike]

My CooCooClock stopped talking to me a long time ago. It simply wasn't getting any satisfaction out of it. I'm glad yours still tries, though it will soon find how pointless it all is

 

[Steve Smith]

We all know the beetles just couldn't find anything to rhyme with Vectis, it was just too dear.

I assume you mean The Beatles.

My home town is Ryde. When Ticket to Ride was released, our local council sent The Beatles some tickets to Ryde. Unfortunately, they could make use of them.


Steve.

 

[lxdude]

My CooCooClock stopped talking to me a long time ago. It simply wasn't getting any satisfaction out of it. I'm glad yours still tries, though it will soon find how pointless it all is

That's not the Beetles. That's the Rolling Scones.

 

[ataim]

Mebbe we should have a rule that all who participate need to post on the thread at least once every other week,stay tuned in.

I don't have a dog in the this hunt, but I do enjoy the banter. Mostly I'm a stalker But if someone does drop out I'd gladly take their place.

 

[Raphael]

That's not the Beetles. That's the Rolling Scones.

It will make a good band name : "The Rolling Scones & Orange Marmalade"

 

[k_jupiter]

It will make a good band name : "The Rolling Scones & Orange Marmalade"

Picture yourself on a boat on a river with marmalade scones and rolling stoned pies.

 

[lxdude]

I don't have a dog in the this hunt

To the gratitude of all, when it comes to a missing camera, Shawn hunts it doggedly.

 

[hawkegihm]

Could I interest anyone in a double exposure round? The camera gets send around twice, same roll exposed twice. Overlap would be completely spontaneous and random.

Just a thought.

 

[Newt_on_Swings]

Could I interest anyone in a double exposure round? The camera gets send around twice, same roll exposed twice. Overlap would be completely spontaneous and random.

Just a thought.

That is something I am experimenting now with my class. We are shooting out 35mm rolls, then I use a leader puller, pull it and reshoot it again. I set the cameras ISO setting to double the film box speed to halve the exposure so we dont get super dense negatives that cant print.

 

[lxdude]

Picture yourself on a boat on a river with marmalade scones and rolling stoned pies.

With chicken, of course.

 

[lxdude]

One of the reasons I love this group.. We're all equally insane.. And proud 8)

Sometimes inane, always insane.