How many passes through international mail screening / x-ray devices would
this much travelling camera have to experience before the undeveloped film
inside was completely fogged?
jh
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From: "asud journal" <asudjournal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, 17 March, 2005 10:22 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Sending an Olympus on a world trip
>
> Hi andrew,
> I think that a trip 35 could be the good one.
> I am entousiast with this idea and i 'd like to join the world trip for
> Paris.
> Regards.
> Loïc Courtais
> Paris-France.
>
> Le 17 mars 05, à 14:23, Andrew McPhee a écrit :
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > While browsing photo.net tonight I came across an idea called "Camera
> > travels the world"
> > Thread 1: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00BKYf
> > Thread 2: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00BLLX
> > Thread 3: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00BMP0
> > Thread 4: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00BOgr
> >
> > A similar thing has also been done by the Rangefinder Forum in their
> > "Pass
> > the Camera" project:
> > http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=50778#post50778
> > (with which I see Natalia is involved)
> >
> > And I've noticed that some Minolt* aficionados have done a similar
> > thing.
> >
> > How about we do a similar thing and send an Olympus on a world tour?
> > After
> > all, we can't have those Minolt* guys and gals getting all the glory
> > now
> > can we? ;-)
> >
> > Here's some basic rules that I've thought up (comments welcome):
> >
> > Each participant has the camera for three days.
> > Subject matter is open - anything goes.
> > Each participant supplies a film of their choice and develops it at
> > their
> > expense.
> > Participant picks four images, scans them and emails them to me for
> > inclusion on a website.
> > Participant mails the camera (at their expense) on to the next person
> > on
> > the list.
> >
> > I have two cameras that I think would be candidates. My first thought
> > was
> > to send a Trip 35 on the tour because of it's name, cheapness,
> > reliabilty,
> > ease of use and no battery to worry about. The only downside could be
> > it's
> > weight. My second choice is an XA1 which wins on all points except
> > for the
> > natty name but it scores better on weight. I own an example of both of
> > these models and I'd be happy to contribute one to the project.
> >
> > The "Camera travels the world" and "Pass the Camera" projects each
> > have a
> > guestmap that enables participants to place a "pin" on a map to show
> > the
> > camera's progress around the globe. I think this is a cool idea for
> > us to
> > implement as well.
> >
> > I would be happy to organise the project, create the website and the
> > guestmap, and donate the camera.
> >
> > So here's some questions I'd like answered:
> >
> > Should we do this?
> > What camera should we use?
> > What do you think about the rules - discussion is most welcome.
> > And finally...who wants to participate?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andrew McPhee
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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