Pass the RF - part 3 - UPDATE

Yesterday, Huub sent the camera on its way and today already Csaba reports receiving the camera (at least the mailman left it at his neighbour's). :) Huub also posted his Pass the RF photos on his Flickr.

Of the photos Huub posted I like the following two.

Surfacing submarine - (c) Huub Linthorst.
Fed-2
Industar I-26m 52/2.8
film unknown; shutter time 1/100 sec; aperture: f8

Polder- (c) Huub Linthorst.
Fed-2
Industar I-26m 52/2.8
film unknown; shutter time 1/200 sec; aperture: f8

The third Pass the RF is now really under way! :)

Late signing up?
BTW, after the sign-up was closed (and the camera already in the mail), a few more people asked to join. I'm sorry to say that that is impossible. I can't change the camera's itinerary without much trouble and effort. What I can do, though, is to send the FED-2 on a new Pass the RF once it has returned to me (in a year or so). So, if you want to reserve a spot on the next list, PM me on the rangefinderforum, send me an email or leave a comment to this post. The more the merrier, and also the more likely I'll send the FED-2 on its way again. :)

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Pass the RF - part 3 - UPDATE

The little FED-2 arrived safely in Leiden and is now on its way to Groningen. Huub seemed to have enjoyed the experience, judging from his post in the third Pass the RF project thread. :)

BTW, we still don't have a private gallery. Stephen, the new owner of RFF, isn't up to date with all the past and current projects on RFF (and who can blame him). I've explained to him the hows and whys of the project and I hope he'll set aside a private gallery for us one of these days. Fingers crossed! But if it doesn't work out, we can always create a gallery somewhere else.

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Pass the RF - part 3 - UPDATE

The third Pass the RF project is really under way since yesterday and already today the first recipient has taken possession of the camera! Huub is running film through the FED-2 as we speak. Soon Huub will send the camera on to Csab', and Csab' on to Nick. The camera could actually leave Holland before the end of the month! :)

In the meantime I've been scanning my roll of Lucky SHD400. I am as unfamiliar with the FED-2 as most of you, and I had to get used to guestimating shutter speeds and apertures. Not an easy task for someone who hardly has to do so with an R-D1. :) But I managed and I got a few nice results. And a few that were totally unexpected. Unexpected in a sense that they were nothing I had figured beforehand and at first sight a waste of film. On second sight, though, they seemed to speak to me in an unfamiliar but alluring voice. Siren's call? You can tell me after you've seen the scans. :)

All the photos below were taken with a FED-2 plus Industar-26m, on Lucky SHD400 iso400 B&W film. Shutter time and aperture are unknown. The film was developed in caffenol with the aid of my daughter. I stuck to the recipe I had used before, hoping that it would over-develop this iso400 film. Things worked out quite OK. The caffenol seems to give rather nice and small grain. The results look very smooth and scan rather well. The photos suffer a little from drying marks. I really should get some distilled water for the final rinse.

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Pass the RF - part 3 - UPDATE

I sent the camera on its way! I was just in time back home from work to get the box and rush off to the post office. The camera is now on its way to the first recipient, HuubL.

Huub, let us know in the third Pass the RF project thread when you receive the camera, and when you send it on again! :)

It's for real now, people! Let's enjoy it!

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Pass the RF - part 3 - UPDATE

Due to life's interfering with my best-laid plans (see my post of my day out with my daughter), I was unable to get the camera on its way today. The camera's departure may have been delayed but it's definitely not cancelled! Soon the camera will be travelling!

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Pass the RF - part 3 - UPDATE

It's February 28 and the itinerary for the third Pass the RF project is published (see link). After a a few stops in Holland, the camera will travel to Norway, Slovakia and Germany before embarking on a round trip through the UK. After jumping back over the Channel to France, the camera will see action in Spain and Italy. From Italy, the camera will travel halfway around the world to Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The final leg of the trip is Australia, after which the camera will return back home to me. :)

I'm guessing it'll take a year (deducing from the experience with the first Pass the RF project) before I see the camera back. In the camera's shipping box I'll put a small notebook. The participants can leave a message, anecdotes, scraps, etc. in this notebook. I think it'll be fun to read people's experiences with the camera. And of course there'll be the photos.

So, the list is ready. The camera is nearly so. I'll send it on its way today or tomorrow (providing life doesn't keep interfering with my plans).

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Pass the RF - part 3 - UPDATE

All but one of the participants have provided me with their address details. I'm making the itinerary as we speak. :) I've also loaded the FED-2 with some Lucky iso400 B&W film and taken the first shots of this project. I've still got the start of the camera's trip planned for February 28, 2007.

It's almost time, people! The camera will soon seek its way across Eurasia to Australia and (hopefully) back to me in a year's time. :)

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Pass the RF - part 3 - UPDATE

The signup is closed for the third Pass the RF project. In the last minute one more participant joined but another had to get out. Nico, welcome! Jonas, sorry you can't participate.

So, the list is 23 strong. I'm waiting for the address details of 2 or 3 participants. As soon as I receive those, I can finalise the camera's itinerary. Then I can also set a departure date.

All in all, the project is now really in the final preparational stages.

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Pass the RF - part 3 - FINAL NOTICE

In only a few hours the sign-up for the third Pass the RF project closes. You have until midnight tonight (GMT)!

I'll draw up the final list tomorrow, prepare the itinerary for the camera, and inform every participant.

If you are a participant and you haven't PM'd me your address details, please do so as soon as possible.

And if you didn't know it already, the votes decided on the FED-2 for this project.

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Pass the RF - part 3 - UPDATE

It's almost closing time! If you are a member of RFF and you're not from the Americas, you can still sign up until midnight February 18 (GMT).

There are now 23 participants. Many are from the UK, Holland and Australia. We have some from SE Asia and the rest of Europe. But we still could use some people from Russia, Central Asia and, especially, Africa. There's not a single participant from that continent.

Don't be shy. It's a fun project to be part of. There's little pressure, except for sending on the camera in a reasonable time. And it's simply a cool notion that a single camera passed through so many different hands and lands, and to see the photos taken by those hands in those lands. :)

So, come on and join the third Pass the RF!

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Pass the RF - part 3 - UPDATE

The poll I held made it pretty clear. Instead of the neat little Canon Canonet 28 (for which I can't get any batteries anymore), the participants voted to have the FED-2 take the ride. This one:



I hope you guys know what you're in for. :) I'm just thinking what kind of film I'll slam into it. I still have some Lucky SHD400 B&W film. I think that would do well with the Industar-26M lens. Or maybe I'll just take the easy way out and get me some C41 B&W film and have it developed at my local mini lab. Scanning the negatives will take enough time as it is, and I'm not that good at developing film anyway. :)

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Pass the RF - part 3 - UPDATE

Twenty rangefinderforum members have so far signed up for the third Pass the RF project.

UPDATE 14:10: we now have 21 particpants

I've set the closing date to midnight 18 Februari (GMT). Until then, you can still sign up. This third "Pass the RF" project is open to rangefinderforum members from Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania. Don't worry, the Americans haven't been excluded because we don't like them. :) They've been excluded because there's already a "Pass the RF" project with mostly Americans on the list. This third project is to offer a chance to non-Americans to do such a project. You Americans are too quick on the draw for us! :)

So, the sign-up closes midnight 18 February (GMT). In the meantime, the participants are sending me their addresses. I'll prepare the camera's itinerary from that information and I'll try to have to camera take flight before the end of February.

Oddly enough, this third project might be finished even before the very first "Pass the RF" is! That one is still in California, still has 26 participants to go, still has to go to the frozen north of Canada! :)

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Pass the RF - part 3

Almost two years ago, the first "Pass the rangefinder" project started on rangefinderforum. In short, a camera is send all over the world, from one member to another, until it gets back to its owner. The photos are posted in a dedicated "Pass the rangefinder" gallery. The camera hasn't arrived back at its owner yet. There are still some 25 participants to go, which might take another year. :)

Over the past couple of years, many people have asked to join the original "Pass" while it was already underway. A day ago, RFF member Gabriel M.A. started a second "Pass the rangefinder" project. That one was limited to 30 participants. All the seats were taking in a flash. The moment of posting was awkward for most RFF members not in the Americas and the final list is mostly populated with our friends from the USA.

Bad luck for everyone else. And reason for me to start a third "Pass the rangefinder" project. This one is open to those RFF members not from the Americas. This will give members from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia and Oceania a chance to participate in this fun, worldwide project.

So, if you feel like taking part, and if you are a member of RFF, why not join up? Just post you're "I'm in" in the thread. :)

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