"Classic Camera's" as in any old camera? That would be too broad. Although I
do agree that any OM should fit the bill.
Now could I borrow someone's 3ti?!? Ha ha.
--- On Wed, 12/10/08, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] Minimalism competition
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 11:06 AM
> Upon further thought, (OK, I'm mindlessly yabbering),
> the thought of
> "exclusion" is bothersome. I dislike having any
> form of competition which
> is exclusionary in any way. For example, there are
> list-members who have no
> practical access to film or development. Others who have no
> OM-3Ti or even
> OM-1. While people like Bill Barber have trolled the world
> over for every
> last working OM-2S. I grew up being excluded by others
> because I grew up on
> the wrong side of the tracks, couldn't play sports
> well, etc. (ie, Napolian
> Dynamite). I didn't like exclusion then, and I
> don't like it now.
>
> However, I also really like the idea of promoting the use
> of "classic
> cameras" and having specific competitions using
> specific tools. How do we
> make this "inclusionary" without watering down
> the terms of the events.
> Also, I know that some people are going to really bark at
> the thought that
> they are "competing". Well, tough. ;)
>
> First of all, I propose an "incentive". When a
> prize is on the line people
> tend to set aside their excuses and find solutions to their
> problems. This
> topic will be noodled a bit and I'll see if I can scare
> up some "sponsors".
> It might be a brick of film, it might be something else.
> Who knows.
> Contrary to popular believe, it will NOT be the OM-3Ti. :)
>
> Secondly, how to prevent exclusion? This might be a case
> were we can
> compete in "categories". OM-1 series category,
> OM-2 series category, OM-3
> series category, OM-4 series category, E-System Category,
> Zuiko Lens with
> some Third-Party Digital-Back. Then place limits on
> entries. You can
> compete in any and all categories, but only one image per
> category. There
> would be a winner per category as well as an overall
> winner. Obviously, the
> more categories you enter, the greater your chance of
> winning the full
> enchilada platter.
>
> The image judging criteria will be published ahead of time
> and the judging
> will be peer review, however per very very specific rules.
> Just because one
> person's photograph of a sunset might be drop-dead
> beautiful, a crooked
> horizon might affect the ranking on technical terms.
>
> Thirdly, technology vs technique. I further propose that
> the image be
> "weighted" by focal length. In lens selection,
> the closer you are to using
> a "normal" focal length, the better. For
> example, in the non-digital
> categories, 50mm is the normal focal length with an angle
> of view of 47
> degrees and will have a weighting of "1". We
> will subtract the "Standard
> Deviation" of the actual lens used. See table at
> bottom of post. The
> weighting would apply to the "lens selection"
> judging.
>
> More to follow and open to suggestion...
>
> Focal Length Angle of View Weighting 8 66.5 -93.0452019
> 18 26.5
> -36.4766594 21 22.5 -30.81980515 24 18.5 -25.1629509 28
> 14 -18.79898987
> 35 8 -10.3137085 40 4.5 -5.363961031 50 0 1 85 9
> -11.72792206 100 11.5
> -15.26345597 135 14.5 -19.50609665 180 16.5 -22.33452378
> 200 17.5
> -23.74873734 250 18.5 -25.1629509 300 19.5 -26.57716447
> 350 20
> -27.28427125 400 20.5 -27.99137803 500 21 -28.69848481
> 6500 21.5
> -29.40559159
>
> AG
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