Let's all shoot 1 camera, Part Deux?

[gr82bart]

I'd like to join this one too.

Art.

 

[Nathan Smith]

I'd like to join this one too.

Art.

Seventeen!
Thanks Art, glad to have you on board.

Nathan

 

[Leon]

oh - go on, I'll give it a go too .... if it's coming across the water, might as well make it stay a bit longer ...

 

[Nathan Smith]

18!

Welcome Leon! A quick look at your web site shows that you have experience with the limitations, uh, I mean challenges, of such camera

Please PM me with your mailing address so I can add you to the route.

Thanks,
Nathan

 

[janvanhove]

I'll just cast my vote for the black and white... is a HP5+ possible ?
Oops, missed the message where it says that there has been a fp4+ film bought... That's just as good, i'll be sitting by my mailbox for the next few weeks until I get it !

PJ

 

[Nathan Smith]

I'll just cast my vote for the black and white... is a HP5+ possible ?

The camera seems to be set up for sunny-16 (or 11) with 100ASA film. Snag with that is that if it's not sunny, the film will be underexposed by 2 or 3 stops (worse if you take the position that 100ASA film is realy closer to 50 ASA in the real world. Given that it is better to overexpose B&W than underexpose (those pesky shadow details everyone keeps going on about ) I wonder if HP5 might be a better bet - given that it is probably closer to 320 ASA in the aforementioned Real World)....

OK, that's a convincing arguement ... does anyone else want to have a say in this? I haven't yet loaded the camera and I can always use the aforementioned FP4+ for other purposes so I don't mind going with HP5 if we have a general agreement to that effect.

So, on the matter of HP5 vs FP4+ what say ye? Do we have an aye, a nay?

Meanwhile, routing & shipping suggestions are welcome!

Thanks,
Nathan

 

[Sanjay Sen]

Hi all,

Here is a suggested route:

nsmith01tx -> Texas
david b -> New Mexico
Rich Long -> Colorado
MenacingTourist -> Utah
MattCarey -> California
ggriffi -> Indiana
Suzanne Revy -> Massachusetts
jnanian -> Rhode Island
bobfowler -> New Jersey
sensanjay -> New Jersey
gr82bart -> Toronto
Bob F. -> West London, UK
TPPhotog -> South Devon, UK
Leon -> Kent, UK
janvanhove -> Belgium
rst -> Germany
Ole -> Norway
gbroadbridge -> Australia

Notes:
1) I assumed gr82bart's location as Toronto.
2) I voulnteered to ship the camera overseas.
3) I scanned the thread but didn't notice anybody volunteering to develop,
so I looked at the geographic locations for the route.
4) I can volunteer to develop the film, but it will have to be in a lab as I do
not have a darkroom.

Of course, suggestions are welcome to the above route/plan ....


Regards,
Sanjay

 

[Nathan Smith]

Thanks Sanjay!
You've definitely helped move things along, especially your offer to ship the camera overseas. I've PM'd gbroadbridge to see what he'd prefer to do. I think we may tweak your plan a bit as Bob F. has also offered to ship across borders.

I've also thought about running this one backwards from round 1 and shipping it to Australia as a first step. One thought I had about that is that if some overzealous customs agent opened the camera then the shots done in the US afterwards (the majority) would still be ok.

I do plan to tape a warning/plea across the film access button in back in hopes of avoiding that possibility.

Thanks again,
Nathan

 

[mikeg]

If there's room, can you add me please?

Cheers

Mike

 

[Nathan Smith]

Nineteen!

If there's room, can you add me please?

Cheers

Mike

Welcome aboard Mike, you're #19.
I just PM'd you, please send me your mailing address for our list.

Thanks,
Nathan

 

[gr82bart]

1) I assumed gr82bart's location as Toronto.

I'm in New Haven, CT.

Art.

 

[ggriffi]

Nathan,

I also would be happy to either have the developing done or ship overseas. so if you need...

G

 

[Nathan Smith]

Nathan,

I also would be happy to either have the developing done or ship overseas. so if you need...

G

Thanks, that makes routing that much easier!

Nathan

 

[Nathan Smith]

update and suggested route

Since no one's objected, I guess I'll load the camera with HP5+ later today.

I am going to ship the camera on Tuesday 4/26. We can accomodate any newcomers until then.

Here's a tweaked version of Sanjay's suggested route. Let me know if this works for everyone.

nsmith01tx ------- Austin, Texas
david b ---------- New Mexico
Rich Long -------- Colorado Springs, Colorado
MenacingTourist –- Utah
MattCarey -------- San Jose, California
ggriffi ---------- Indiana
Suzanne Revy ----- Massachusetts
jnanian ---------- Rhode Island
gr82bart --------- New Haven, Connecticut
bobfowler -------- New Jersey
sensanjay -------- New Jersey
rst -------------- Germany
Ole -------------- Norway
janvanhove ------- Brussels, Belgium
mikeg ------------ Shropshire, UK
TPPhotog --------- South Devon, UK
Leon ------------- Kent, UK
Bob F. ----------- West London, UK
gbroadbridge ----- Sydney, Australia

All input is welcome.

Thanks,
Nathan

 

[Rich Long]

Sounds good to me. I assume the camera will be shipped with the final routing and address list enclosed.

 

[Ole]

Fine with me too. I don't mind intercontinental shipping, but prefer not to develop someone else's pictures

 

[Nathan Smith]

Sounds good to me. I assume the camera will be shipped with the final routing and address list enclosed.

Yes, I'll have the list in the box. If anyone is uncomfortable with this arrangement we could consider something else like emailing each person with the address of the person they're to ship to.

Nathan

 

[Nathan Smith]

... and they're off!

The camera is now on it's way to david b.

I made a plastic box so that every 3rd person in the list wouldn't have to hunt up a new box. It's light and durable, BUT the top fits really tightly. So be warned, it's not glued shut and it really will come off by hand, just work on it a bit. I also used bright yellow plastic thinking that at least it wouldn't get lost in the mail ... it didn't occur to me until this morning that it's Kodak yellow!

The mailing list is in the box. If it gets lost or mangled or you have any question just PM me.

Please post a msg to this thread at each stop so we can follow it's progress.

Thanks!

Nathan

 

[Sanjay Sen]

Thanks Nathan for taking the initiative. Let's see which camera gets to me first!

 

[Rich Long]

Looking forward to it! Thanks, Nathan.

 

[david b]

Are we allowed to mention what we are shooting?

 

[Nathan Smith]

Are we allowed to mention what we are shooting?

I don't see any harm in it, anyone else mind?

Nathan

 

[removed account4]

thanks nathan!

 

[david b]

well as it turns out....i am going to white sands tomorrow.

 

[Nathan Smith]

well as it turns out....i am going to white sands tomorrow.

So we can expect to see one of those classic dune shots like Brett Weston et al?

What? Just because the camera doesn't have a tripod mount ... or >1 shutter speed or aperture, ...

Nathan