Let's all shoot one camera - Part Duex - RETURN TRIP

[gbroadbridge]

Well, with the Part Deux camera having safely arrived in Australia, negs having being scanned and published, it occurred that maybe it would be unique to send the travelling camera back home again.

Unfortunately, as the Vivitar Compact camera demonstrated, this particular camera doesn't travel so well with 15 stops around the globe, with a failure of either the film advance mechanism, or the return lock (the button you press to enable rewind) probable causes of multiple exposures.


I had an idea! Why not send a similar camera back through the same route?


I'm going to pick a camera at random. Okay, it'll be my wifes Kodak Compact Camera. It'll be loaded with 24 exposures of HP5 (same film as the original camera).

It'll be launched from here (Sydney, Australia on Feb 1 2006) to eventually end up at the place the whole idea started, nsmith01tx, in Texas, USA.

All previous participants are included in the return trip. If you have already indicated acceptance don't bother doing it again. If you haven't let me know or are not interested please let me know.

We had some folks who dropped out during the trip here, so if you're new and interested in participating let me know. There are a couple of free shots available.

I've reserved 2 shots for BobF if he choses to participate as his shot the last round magically disappeared.


Graham.

 

[SuzanneR]

I'm in again.

 

[removed account4]

i'm up for it again -

-john

 

[mikeg]

OK, I'm in as well.

Mike

 

[janvanhove]

Me too !

PJ

 

[gr82bart]

I'm in.

Art

 

[MattCarey]

count me in!

 

[bobfowler]

Count me in!

 

[Bob F.]

Better include Bob-proof instructions this time!

One point occurs: it looks like the choice of HP5+ was a good one for the original camera as the scans looked pretty good in terms of shadow detail - perhaps a bit overexposed in the sunlit ones - but better over than than under...

Cheers, Bob.

 

[Ole]

I'm in too.

 

[david b]

Count me in too!

 

[BWKate]

I would like to participate in this round if there is room.

BWKate

 

[rst]

I am in again.

ciao
-- Rüdiger

 

[Nathan Smith]

Looking forward to being on the receiving end this time!

 

[ggriffi]

Count me in!

g

 

[Rich Long]

I guess I haven't been around here much lately. If it's not too late, I'm up for participating in the return trip. I was #3 last time, so I'll be near the bitter end on this one.

Graham, thanks for scanning an uploading. Nice work, everyone!

 

[MenacingTourist]

I'm in too.

 

[kwmullet]

Me too!

 

[Stephanie Brim]

If you end up needing another person I'd be happy to have you send it to Iowa.

 

[BWKate]

I have signed up for this but am not sure how it works. Who do I send my address to for sending, etc?

BWKate

 

[Christopher Walrath]

I would love to be involved in this project. Please include me. My post got lost in the first deluge.

 

[gr82bart]

Umm....what's happening here? It's been more than two months since the last post.

Art.

 

[gr82bart]

Hello? I think this idea is dead. Next....

Regards, Art.

 

[gbroadbridge]

Hello? I think this idea is dead. Next....

Regards, Art.

Nope, not dead, just having a bit of a sleep. It's interesting that the round one camera is *still* going **lol**

I have a replacement camera, it's a Canon Sure Shot ACE date. A quite expensive P&S camera in its day, but these days - what the heck, I have too many cameras and my wife has two digicams so this one won't be missed.

The data back has a blat flattery which is good, and the camera battery is going strong which is also good.

I'm going to load it with a roll of hp5 tomorrow, shoot a test roll, develop tomorrow night and ship out on Monday.

I'll be sending a bunch of PM's tonight/tomorrrow to those folks who indicated they would be interested in participating. If I don't hear back from any of you by the time the camera reaches the person before you, you will be skipped. BobF is the first person on the list. Bob if you read this PM me to let me know you're still in.

Let's move this camera around folks and finish the trip in record time.


Thanks
Graham.

 

[gbroadbridge]

Return Trip Detail

Okies,

BobF has replied that he's still in which is great. The camera will ship on Monday to him. Eveyone else in the list below will recieve a PM from me asking if you still wish to participate.

The return trip list at the moment comprises:

1 gbroadbridge ----- Sydney, Australia
2 Bob F. ----------- West London, UK
3 mikeg ------------ Shropshire, UK
4 janvanhove ------- Brussels, Belgium
5 Ole -------------- Norway
6 rst -------------- Germany
7 sensanjay -------- New Jersey
8 bobfowler -------- New Jersey
9 gr82bart --------- New Haven, Connecticut
10 jnanian ---------- Rhode Island
11 Suzanne Revy ----- Massachusetts
12 ggriffi ---------- Indiana
13 MattCarey -------- San Jose, California
14 MenacingTourist –- Utah
15 Rich Long -------- Colorado Springs, Colorado
16 david b ---------- New Mexico
17 nsmith01tx ------- Austin, Texas

We have requests from additional APUG folks to join in

Stephanie Brim
BWKate
Flash19901
kwmullet

Each of these folks will also receive a PM from me over the next week or so.
Their inclusion may alter the above plan so please keep watching this forum for changes until it all stabilises.

At the moment I plan to set loose a 24 shot roll of HP5 on Monday


Graham.