bill Posted March 11, 2007 Share #1 Posted March 11, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Right, Here we go. _________________________________________________________ Rules: The Barnack Challenge runs four times a year, on or about the start of each season. It is open to all Leica User Forum members. In order to participate you must shoot a roll of film in line with a predefined theme within a defined seven day period using a Screwmount or early fixed-lens Leica. You may use any lens, regardless of age or manufacturer, as long as it is LTM. Select your shot that in your view best matches the theme and post it onto a single thread set up for the purpose by the organiser. Post-processing of your image should be kept to a minimum - nothing that couldn't be done in a wet darkroom fifty years ago. You may post your image any size within forum rules. The thread will be open for postings but NOT for voting for seven days from a declared date to allow all entries to be posted before voting starts. Your entries are not anonymous; feel free to post camera, lens and film details. Voting will then be opened. Votes may then be cast on the following basis: Three points for best, two points for second and one point for third. Voting runs for two weeks. One vote per member, no voting for your own image. The winner gets the right to set the theme for the next Barnack Challenge. _________________________________________________________ Theme and Dates: The theme for the first Barnack Challenge is "Faith" The open period runs from the 21st to the 28th of March inclusive. You must post your images by the 4th of April. Voting will then open and run until the 18th April. _________________________________________________________ Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 Hi bill, Take a look here The Barnack Challenge - RULES and FIRST THEME. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
thomasw_ Posted March 12, 2007 Share #2 Posted March 12, 2007 thanks for initating this, bill! i look forward to working with my IIIc on this project. good cheer, thomas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JE Posted March 12, 2007 Share #3 Posted March 12, 2007 Sounds great! Just in time for Semana Santa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_parker Posted March 12, 2007 Share #4 Posted March 12, 2007 Bill Sounds good to me !! Regards Robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flatfour Posted March 12, 2007 Share #5 Posted March 12, 2007 That's a pretty broad theme - I've got faith in my Leica III ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted March 13, 2007 Bump! Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted March 17, 2007 Author Share #7 Posted March 17, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Bump again! Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted March 18, 2007 Share #8 Posted March 18, 2007 Hey what about Leica lens other camera???? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted March 18, 2007 Share #9 Posted March 18, 2007 If Bill has set up this challenge the same way as The One Challenge, then a Leica screw lens on that old Kiev in your loft would still count, as it would do for any posting on this forum. However, it is worded more along the lines of the body being paramount, the lens less so. Maybe Bill can clarify? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share #10 Posted March 18, 2007 To clarify. Andy is absolutely right, The One Challenge allows Leica bodies or glass, but this is different. The Barnack Challenge is, first and foremost, to celebrate the Barnack Leicas; their jewel-like precision, their solidity and their almost cockroach-like survivability. It's about encouraging those with Screwmount Leicas to use them instead of just looking and fondling. It's about rediscovering the joys of a compact form factor, elegant engineering and battery independence. It's about discretion, the decisive moment, contemplation and execution. It's about anticipation instead of chimping. About developing instead of uploading. Just for once, it is about the body, not the glass. So, if you want to stick a Jupiter-3 on the front of your IIIg it's your choice, whether you are doing that because it is the only LTM lens you own, or because you have deliberately selected it to give you the image character you want to achieve your desired result. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted March 18, 2007 Share #11 Posted March 18, 2007 Just for once, it is about the body, not the glass. Sure me and Elle Macpherson understand this.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share #12 Posted March 18, 2007 LoL! And thank you for the idea for a Barnack's Bar thread... Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_parker Posted March 20, 2007 Share #13 Posted March 20, 2007 Bill Just a thought but is a closing date of April 4th a bit tight if someone is shooting slide film on the 28th and they have to send it off to be processed ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
octo Posted March 21, 2007 Share #14 Posted March 21, 2007 I watched 'Five Fingers' with James Mason last night; look at the ease of use of his LTM when he whips it out of his inside pocket to photograph secret documents! Not to worry that the documents photographed in a landscape format appear as portrait in the negatives, it's only a film... But he makes sure to check the aperture on the front of his collapsible lens every time. Neat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
octo Posted March 21, 2007 Share #15 Posted March 21, 2007 Bill Just a thought but is a closing date of April 4th a bit tight if someone is shooting slide film on the 28th and they have to send it off to be processed ? Hear, hear! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share #16 Posted March 21, 2007 Bill Just a thought but is a closing date of April 4th a bit tight if someone is shooting slide film on the 28th and they have to send it off to be processed ? Good point, Robert. Everything moves to the right by one week, ok? Closing date is 4th April, post images by the 11th, voting until the 25th. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_parker Posted March 21, 2007 Share #17 Posted March 21, 2007 Good point, Robert. Everything moves to the right by one week, ok? Closing date is 4th April, post images by the 11th, voting until the 25th. Regards, Bill Bill Two move to the right, one should stay where it is - closing 28th March, post images by 11th voting to 25th ? Otherwise you've still only got 7 days from close to get your stuff back, scan and print if you take a picture on 11th Having said that (as long as everyone knows) maybe the longer competition run and fast finish is better Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share #18 Posted March 23, 2007 Two move to the right, one should stay where it is - closing 28th March, post images by 11th voting to 25th ? You can tell I'm not concentrating! What Robert said. Closing 28th March, post Images by 11th April, Voting to 25th April. Sorry all! I shall go and stand in the corner and burn a roll of film through a Canon in atonement. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share #19 Posted March 27, 2007 One more day to go, chaps. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomad Posted March 27, 2007 Share #20 Posted March 27, 2007 Sorry chaps, I missed this is the last day tomorrow? David I (i'm really out of touch) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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