Nomad Z
Well-known
Perception is everything. When I was a kid, I had a thing called an 'adventure kit', which was basically a pouch with various things like a torch, a compass, and a camera. The camera worked, but was a plastic toy. Later (late 70s), a friend and I were both into photography. One day, he turned up with a Lubitel and a Cosmic Symbol (Smena?). They both felt like plastic toys, and neither of us took them seriously. I was using an Exa 1A at the time, and he also had a Zenit (and picked up a Zorki 4 or 4K a little later).
And 'Lomography' is what it has largely become. I don't deny that there may be serious users of such equipment, but my concern is that allowing the Lomo type cameras entails a risk of this turning into a 'Lomography' contest. I think the equipment eligibility is already quite wide (possibly wider than it has been in any previous FSU contest), but a line has to be drawn somewhere. There is nothing to stop someone from running a separate contest dedicated to such equipment.
And 'Lomography' is what it has largely become. I don't deny that there may be serious users of such equipment, but my concern is that allowing the Lomo type cameras entails a risk of this turning into a 'Lomography' contest. I think the equipment eligibility is already quite wide (possibly wider than it has been in any previous FSU contest), but a line has to be drawn somewhere. There is nothing to stop someone from running a separate contest dedicated to such equipment.
petronius
Veteran
That´s OK for me and I will use the Kiev then. I wish all of us a joyful contest!
forsakenrider
Salad
Time to load the Kiev 4AM and FED2 with Double-X and get shooting 
sea
Newbie
reagan
hey, they're only Zorkis
Welcome sea! Glad you're here. And your English is just fine.
pakeha
Well-known
pakeha
Well-known
PS. English is fine..
vanyagor
Established
After a very long hiatus, I'm back to rff. Hopefully I will try to find time to participate in the contest at the very least in the half-and-half category.
Haven't had time for shooting film/processing in the last few years, though I do have a few rolls from my LeicaM3+Jupiter-3 combo and Zenit 19+Zenitar ME1 ready for processing. I don't have neither the time nor the access to a darkroom to do my own processing, so I'm going to ship it out this time unfortunately. Hopefully it will be ready on time. If not I now have a Pentax K-5 which can be very conveniently used with my M39 and M42 Zenit mount lenses and (in a very limited way) with my LTM lenses.
The Question:
can someone point me to the final rules of the contest and the info on how/where to submit entries. I've been away for 5 years, so I'm not in the loop.
Thanks much! Glad to be back!
Haven't had time for shooting film/processing in the last few years, though I do have a few rolls from my LeicaM3+Jupiter-3 combo and Zenit 19+Zenitar ME1 ready for processing. I don't have neither the time nor the access to a darkroom to do my own processing, so I'm going to ship it out this time unfortunately. Hopefully it will be ready on time. If not I now have a Pentax K-5 which can be very conveniently used with my M39 and M42 Zenit mount lenses and (in a very limited way) with my LTM lenses.
The Question:
can someone point me to the final rules of the contest and the info on how/where to submit entries. I've been away for 5 years, so I'm not in the loop.
Thanks much! Glad to be back!
pakeha
Well-known
top of page three this thread has i believe all the info
regards
regards
Nomad Z
Well-known
Final rules are in the call for entries (which was moved to the news category for some reason).
Link to rules and call for entries
Link to rules and call for entries