FSU Photography Contest 2010 Rules

[radi(c)al_cam]

Too many double negatives for me here, do you mean that only kit manufactured, or at least in production, BEFORE 1991 is to be used?

I think it's a bit *teleologic* ;-)

Dear Mick -- you shall simply use a gear made before the "end" of the Soviet Union (1991/Dec).

1991 is appointed for these reasons:

"On December 21, 1991, eleven of the former socialist republics declared in Alma-Ata (with the 12th republic – Georgia – attending as an observer) that with the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ceases to exist."

Then, the Soviet Union was "(d)isestablished December 26, 1991" -- I would complete: "according to public international law (in the sense of law of nations)"


(cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovietunion)

 

[MickH]

Ah, the light slowly dawns.

Thanks. I'll try out my Zenit Photosniper.

 

[KyleAHPhotog]

Thanks. I'll try out my Zenit Photosniper.

Don't go near an airport, store, school, or heavily crowded area.

 

[pakeha]

Ah, the light slowly dawns.

Thanks. I'll try out my Zenit Photosniper.

Looking foward to your `military' shots. Should be a good story as to how you got em
regards
CW

 

[radi(c)al_cam]

Looking (...)

Dear CW,
this was a dangerous hoax; please do not encourage.

100% I agree with KyleAHPhotog;

the outcome could be a so called "suicide by cop".

Our contest should be untroubled.

 

[paulfish4570]

i just ordered an excellent rated fed-2(b) from fedka. this contest is toast! bwahahahahahahahah!

really, i'm just fired up about getting my hands - finally - on one these little cameras. got a j-8 and i-50 already in hand that i use on my bessa r ...

 

[batterytypehah!]

I like the idea but my reading of the rules is that posting of photos begins May 1 and runs through May 31, while the photos may be taken at any time in the year 2010 (rule no. 6).

In other words, shoot between Jan. 1 and May 31, post between May 1 and May 31.

Voting begins on [not stated but seems logical] June 1 and ends on June 14.

That about right?

 

[paulfish4570]

no, not right. start shooting on may 1, and shoot through may 31 ...

 

[batterytypehah!]

6. Participants may submit one photograph per theme taken in the year 2010

Kyle, please clarify

 

[paulfish4570]

yes, because now i am confused ...

 

[moretto]

I'll try to get in!! And as a tribute to the good old times, I'll use Ferrania film...as one of the soon to be extinct. I have some, thanks to Mauro.

 

[KyleAHPhotog]

no, not right. start shooting on may 1, and shoot through may 31 ...

Should I spare 2 weeks for people to get their film developed and scanned so they can post their stuff into the gallery. I know how some people can with film, saving the final frames till the last day.

 

[KarlG]

A friend emailed this poem to me today and I immediately thought of this thread:

"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
In Soviet Russia,
Poem writes you"

 

[paulfish4570]

Two weeks should be more than sufficient in America. How about everywhere else?

 

[paulfish4570]

That poem is wryly hilarious ...

 

[CameraQuest]

Contest Gallery Open

Contest Gallery Open

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=8341

Have Fun!

Stephen

 

[zupstermix]

this is a great idea! time to use the kiev4a and j12 combo even more!

 

[paulfish4570]

Yuri shipped my FED-2(b) today. Boy, oh boy, I hope it gets here Saturday. My J-8 and I-50 are barking in the drawer right now ...

 

[ampguy]

How about just Russian lenses?

Shall we start a revolution??

 

[batterytypehah!]

Nah, I like the challenge. My only full FSU kit is a battered Zorki 4 with a lowly rigid I-50. I don't even have a take-up spool yet, and the lens mount needs to be shimmed. Then I'll find out if the dang thing is even light tight.

If we make it FSU lenses, I'll just pop the Helios 103 on the Contax and head out. Where's the fun in that?