The Amazing Tale of the Little Canon SLR on Leica Owners Hands- are you in ?

[proenca]

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Hi there,

 

Got an idea and think this might be fun.

 

I have a old Canon SLR - T70 and a 50mm 1.4 lens. All manual. All worth the magic sum of 50 or 60 bucks.

 

Everything is in pretty much ok condition and I looked at it the other day and its not used for ages ( years actually ) . For film stuff I use my Leicas. For SLR stuff I use my D2h.

 

What if, I thought, if I the little old camera can travel the world ? And we see it ?

 

The idea is simple : a person receives the camera, put a roll of film of their choice, develop it and scan it. Then he pays the shipping and send it to the next user which does the same.

 

Film can be any of your choice, problems with customs should be ZERO since the camera + lens value today is worth around 40€ or something, so negligible.

 

I will put a map with a trace of where the camera is going and where it traveled from where to where and create a flikr group to share the pictures.

 

Its just a fun project.

 

So basically people will have to :

 

- buy the film

- shoot the film

- develop and scan the film

- upload to the flikr group the images

- box and pay the shipping to the next user

 

This is the camera ( although its a picture from KenRockwell site ) :

 

 

What you guys think ?

 

Few things :

 

- only people that are LUF members for more than 60 days are eligible

- only people with more than 40 posts are eligble

- people must be willing to pay the shipping of the camera with tracking number

 

So...

 

Who's in ?

 

Please reply saying :

 

Name, Country of Origin

 

So I'm IN !

 

 

 

Proenca, PORTUGAL

[nhabedi]

I seem to remember someone in the UK did something similar last year, but I think this was restricted to the Greater London area and I can't find a reference to it right now.

 

Anyway, it's a nice idea and I'm in. I probably shouldn't be the first one as I'll be traveling in the next weeks (and I don't want to carry another camera in addition to my Leica), but I'd be interested in being in line for the second half of March or later.

 

I'd also suggest that everybody shoots one film but only publishes one photo.

[proenca]

I seem to remember someone in the UK did something similar last year, but I think this was restricted to the Greater London area and I can't find a reference to it right now.

 

Anyway, it's a nice idea and I'm in. I probably shouldn't be the first one as I'll be traveling in the next weeks (and I don't want to carry another camera in addition to my Leica), but I'd be interested in being in line for the second half of March or later.

 

I'd also suggest that everybody shoots one film but only publishes one photo.

 

Good suggestion about the photo !

 

Anyway, I belive will take a couple of weeks to organise this and sort everyone out !

[proenca]

No one else ?

 

Just a side note, RFF members that joined this project are up to 22 , so camera will start rolling REALLY soon.

[stunsworth]

We did something similar on the LUG about 8 years ago. We used a disposable camera and each person took one shot before passing it on to the next person. The idea was that once the final shot had been taken the roll of film would be developed and the results uploaded.

 

That was the plan, what happened was that the camera went missing. Whether that was because it was lost in transit, somewhere in the world, or someone failed to pass the camera to the next person, I was never able to find out.

 

So, I'd be in, but I'd suggest a single shot from the loaded roll rather than a whole film as that would mean that each photographer couldn't select their best shot - what they took was what they'd get!

 

Even if you reject that idea, I'd still be interested.

[nhabedi]

but I'd suggest a single shot from the loaded roll rather than a whole film as that would mean that each photographer couldn't select their best shot - what they took was what they'd get!

 

I don't like that idea. We probably couldn't even agree on a film, not to mention how the poor film will look like once it has passed a couple of airport X-rays.

[stunsworth]

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The film's easy. Tri-X. Are parcels routinely X-rayed - I have no idea.

[proenca]

Steve,

 

Have to nod on that one : people would be fighting over which film to use, etc etc... Plus after a few "pass-it-on" the film would be dead by x-rays.

 

But I'm more than happy to put your name down : been always a fan of your work and your blog !

 

That's the fun part of the project : hope it goes all way until the end : got some photographers ( some of them well known ) that said yes, will be fun to see how everyone pictures come out.

[proenca]

PROJECT HAS STARTED.

 

No more applications. Thank you !

[nanthor]

I like the idea but not the camera, this only works if the camera is at least an MP with a 'cron. Let me know where to send my address.

[FiZZ]

So it's too late to join this? =(

[Colin Barnes]

what a super idea..good luck with it, would love to see results

[Sandokan]

I am in too.

 

JockWallace and I may be able to do a handshake swap, as I will be in West Scotland in May.

 

However just one question: Are we each going to take a single shot on the roll of film already in the camera, or (my preference) we each shoot a roll of film within a short period of time (1 week) and then post the best images (pick a number between 2-10) to flickr?