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Jorge Torralba said:
Glückwunsch und Kompliment für das Essay !
Bertram
We Have A Winner !!!!!
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Glückwunsch und Kompliment für das Essay !
Bertram
Sonnar Brian
Established
Congratulations Jim! This will be a great lens and companion film body for the RD-1!
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Peter
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Congratulations to you Jim! 🙂
taffer
void
Congrats Jim !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀
bmattock
Veteran
Congratulations, Jim! Well done and well earned!
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
jlw
Rangefinder camera pedant
Wow! Thank you ALL very much, and thanks to all the voters!
There were a lot of terrific essays, and I'm very pleased that mine was selected from among such a distinguished group.
Of course, winning is great -- especially winning a new RF camera! -- but what's good for ALL of us is that now we've got a whole collection of persuasive, well-written "literature" of various lengths, styles and sizes.
In thinking about what that means, I like to imagine some young photographer -- maybe someone who's kind of reached a dead end with his/her photography, someone who's tired of lugging around an SLR and a bunch of slow, bulky zoom lenses and of making derivative, "techniquey," emotionally unexpressive photos, but doesn't know what to do about it.
The mainstream, advertiser-driven photo magazines are no help, of course. So this hypothetical person starts Googling around the Internet, and comes across our collection of writings: short ones, long ones, serious ones, funny ones, poetic ones.
"Hey," s/he thinks, "there are a lot of good ideas here. And if these people are so passionate about what kind of camera they use, maybe it's worth checking out."
And eventually an RF camera -- a sleek Leica or Ikon, or a practical Bessa, or an elegant old Canon or character-filled FSU refugee -- finds its way into appreciative new hands. And a few months later, someone who until recently was just another "picture consumer" starts making photographs with clarity, individuality, and vision.
And when that transition comes, we can ALL feel that we've helped.
I'm very proud to have won, and I'm even more proud that we all participated. Again, I'd like to thank Jorge, everyone else who wrote, and everyone who voted, and the RFF community in general.
Best wishes and good shooting to all!
There were a lot of terrific essays, and I'm very pleased that mine was selected from among such a distinguished group.
Of course, winning is great -- especially winning a new RF camera! -- but what's good for ALL of us is that now we've got a whole collection of persuasive, well-written "literature" of various lengths, styles and sizes.
In thinking about what that means, I like to imagine some young photographer -- maybe someone who's kind of reached a dead end with his/her photography, someone who's tired of lugging around an SLR and a bunch of slow, bulky zoom lenses and of making derivative, "techniquey," emotionally unexpressive photos, but doesn't know what to do about it.
The mainstream, advertiser-driven photo magazines are no help, of course. So this hypothetical person starts Googling around the Internet, and comes across our collection of writings: short ones, long ones, serious ones, funny ones, poetic ones.
"Hey," s/he thinks, "there are a lot of good ideas here. And if these people are so passionate about what kind of camera they use, maybe it's worth checking out."
And eventually an RF camera -- a sleek Leica or Ikon, or a practical Bessa, or an elegant old Canon or character-filled FSU refugee -- finds its way into appreciative new hands. And a few months later, someone who until recently was just another "picture consumer" starts making photographs with clarity, individuality, and vision.
And when that transition comes, we can ALL feel that we've helped.
I'm very proud to have won, and I'm even more proud that we all participated. Again, I'd like to thank Jorge, everyone else who wrote, and everyone who voted, and the RFF community in general.
Best wishes and good shooting to all!
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bmattock
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Hear, hear! Well spoken! Bravo! Author, author!
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Todd.Hanz
Guest
Congrats JLW, good job!
Now can we have another contest, something that doesn't require literary skills.......you know, maybe a coloring contest. I have a new "Big Chief" tablet and box of 8 Crayola's at the ready, just say the word!
Todd
Now can we have another contest, something that doesn't require literary skills.......you know, maybe a coloring contest. I have a new "Big Chief" tablet and box of 8 Crayola's at the ready, just say the word!
Todd
peter_n
Veteran
Congrats Jim, great job!! 🙂
back alley
IMAGES
congrats!!
and well done!
and a heartfelt congrats to all who took the plunge and wrote and sent in their essays.
thanks to those who voted and cheered on others to vote.
it's a great team we have here!!
now, we wanna see some pics from this very cool kit jim!!
joe
and well done!
and a heartfelt congrats to all who took the plunge and wrote and sent in their essays.
thanks to those who voted and cheered on others to vote.
it's a great team we have here!!
now, we wanna see some pics from this very cool kit jim!!
joe
Fedzilla_Bob
man with cat
Excellent Jim. Enjoy that package! Congratulations!
Little Prince
Well-known
Congrats Jim. May the focusing fluid flow tonight.
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ray_g
Guest
Congratulations!!
DougK
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Congratulations!
mattg
8,21,29
Well done Jim; well written and well deserved.
jan normandale
Film is the other way
Hi
as a late comer could someone point me to the essays that were submitted as well as Jim's winner?
Jan
as a late comer could someone point me to the essays that were submitted as well as Jim's winner?
Jan
gabrielelopez
Established
Great, well done!
andrewch
Established
Congratulations! Well done 🙂
GeneW
Veteran
Congratulations Jim!!
Gene
Gene
rbiemer
Unabashed Amateur
Congratulations! Excellent writing proves its worth again!
Rob
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