Barnack Challenge 39: Sieger/Winner

[Martin B]

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Die Punkte sind gezählt. Alle abgegebenen Stimmung wurden rechtzeitig eingereicht / I have counted the votes. All submitted votes were valid regarding the submitted date:

1. muellerman779        15 pts

2. mnutzer                      14 pts

3. Pyrogallol:                  10 pts

4. thomas_schertel:        7 pts

 

Damit ist muellerman779 der Sieger und wird gebeten, das nächste Thema zu stellen.

muellerman779 has won the challenge and is invited to give us the next theme.

Ich danke allen, die uns mit ihren Fotos erfreut haben gerade in der aktuell schwierigen Zeit.

Many thanks to all who have given us joy with their photos especially in this currently difficult time.

Euer/yours sincerely
Martin

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Hallo,

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[Pyrogallol]

Congratulations muellerman779

 

Pity more of the 72000+ members did not take part.

[thomas_schertel]

Maybe one should ask Andreas, whether he can put it on the Right side of the Forum, where new cameras are announced

[Martin B]

I don't think the topic itself was too difficult - I purposely chose one which is not too narrow to encourage participation. But maybe the timing was simply off - new digital cameras announced during this time maybe distracted and then last but not least all the virus stuff.  Hope it will get better participation next time!

[mnutzer]

Sorry, but I see it completely differently.
In my opinion, the topic of "blurring" was unsuitable for our old screw lens Leicas, because we would rather use its old lenses to prove how sharply they can still work by today's standards.
That is why my contribution "Blur almost anywhere - without my glasses" was to be understood completely ironically.
Luckily, at the last moment, by awarding my points, it was easy to avoid having to host the next competition.
Perhaps a general survey should be carried out first for topics of common interests, so that there is less danger that even fewer will participate.
Sorry, but I think with only four contributions we are shortly before the funeral of this competition.

Edited April 2 by mnutzer

[UliWer]

Am 2.4.2020 um 01:55 schrieb mnutzer:

...Sorry, but I think with only four contributions we are shortly before the funeral of this competition.

I am not so pessimistic. I wanted to take part, but due to unfortunate coincidents - unrelated to the present crisis - I could not. At the moment times are not very favorable for things like using screw mount cameras, though this will change in some months.

It is true that the challenge needs more advertising. This can be done by the person who is in charge for it at the moment, by other regular participants and also by the Forum itself as was proposed by Thomas. For the next turn I'll try to motivate more people to take part. 

Photography with screw mount Leicas is not important, it is just fun. I am sure, we'll succeed to keep the little tradition alive. 

BTW: Congratulations to muellerman779 and also to mnutzer - whose contribution I liked for its irony. 

Edited April 4 by UliWer

[Doug A]

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I did not submit an entry this time because we are being forced to move house. The building we have lived in for 47 years is being demolished. I took some pictures of downtown Philadelphia from a moving train. By panning with the 50/2.8 Elmar on my IIIg I hoped to see a blurred foreground against a sharper background. I still have not developed the film. I hope to have my developing and scanning setup back in operation in time for the next challenge.

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[muellerman779]

Thank you Martin for the organization and thank you all for your choice. I'm  happy about it - despite everything! What do you think about the future of this competition? Should we actually start again in the usual rhythm - i.e. in the second half of the year - or take a break? Or choose another format? What other thoughts are there?

Vielen Dank für die Organisation lieber Martin und herzlichen Dank für Eure Wahl. Ich freue nich sehr darüber - trotz allem! Was denkt Ihr denn über die Zukunft dieses Wettbewerbs? Sollten wir tatsächlich im üblichen Rhythmus - also in der zweiten Jahreshälfte - wieder starten oder eine Pausenzeit einlegen? Oder ein anderes Format wählen? Was für Gedanken gibt es noch? 

[Pyrogallol]

As a newcomer to these competitions I look forward to them. I would like to see more.

[thomas_schertel]

Ich auch. /Me too

Gruß

Thomas

[Doug A]

I would very much like to see them continue as usual, especially in these uncertain times.

[Ambro51]

Well.......take a peek at the other camera challenges here and even in this moribund state the Barnack challenge is by Far the most active!     There’s no clear answer here,  but there IS a need to demonstrate these older cameras are regularly used among forum members.  I do feel there should be on this forum a slot devoted solely to posting Ltm images, and not as a competition, just for fun.  

[Pyrogallol]

I did try to start one for photos taken with older screw lenses 

 

but was then told there already was one for screw cameras, hidden in an “other” menu.

 

[Pyrogallol]

Time for the next challenge?

[Pyrogallol]

Still nothing.

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[Martin B]

16 hours ago, Pyrogallol said:

Still nothing.

I just sent a PM to the winner of the last challenge regarding this. Hopefully we see a new challenge started soon. 

[Martin B]

So far I didn't receive a reply to my PM I sent to muellerman779. I suggest that the second winner - mnutzer - takes charge of starting the next challenge if we don't hear back from muellerman779 until Friday. 

[Doug A]

That sounds like a good plan, assuming that mnutzer is willing.

[Martin B]

PM sent to mnutzer to start the next challenge - let's hope we hear back from him. 

[mnutzer]

vor 51 Minuten schrieb Martin B:

PM sent to mnutzer to start the next challenge - let's hope we hear back from him. 

Thanks for the honor.
As written in my post #5, it might be understandable why at the moment I neither want to participate in this competition nor deal with the organization.
Some of my few photos taken with an M39 Leica are presented and discussed here on the LUF at the heading "I like film...(open thread)".
All who are still steadfast I wish the best of luck and an unexpected upswing in the number of participants so that it could become again a noteworthy competition in which one would like to take part again.