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pradeep1

1st of March 2005 (Tue), 23:04

I thought I would post this on the Forum Talk section, but since this is the most active area of the forum, I am posting here. I am a regular here and recently a bit of nostalgia hit me and I started getting into rangefinder photography...film photography. :cool:

I joined a very nice and similar group at http://www.rangefinderforum.com/, which has its equivalents of CDS, Belmondo, Scottes, IndyJeff, and other exotic animals. One thing that caught my eye today was that some members got together and have put together a book of photographs.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/modules.php?name=News&file=showarticle&threadid=4256

It is called: Rangefinder Photography: 25 Photographers -- One Passion, and is a book displaying 50 photographs taken with rangefinder cameras by rangefinder devotees from around the globe.

I thought that maybe there would be some interest in getting something like that started over here. I'd be in for purchasing a book of photographs made by our beloved members and I am guessing we can work out a way to help support Pekka's server costs.

What do you guys think?

ron chappel

2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 00:11

thomascanty

2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 00:13

Just one question-what does the forum need $ for? Not trying to be smart,i just have no idea about such things

http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=57667

elkootcho

2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 00:20

Just a quick note: I've used lulu.com in the past to publish some 4-color image books. Quality is ok, not great. It is digital printing after all. No where near as nice as traditional offset printing but you can't beat it for reasonable pricing and the ability to publish one book at a time.

pradeep1

2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 00:57

VERY good idea pradeep:D

And after seeing the results of Tim's recent 'WOW' photo comp,i'm sure we can do a whole lot better than a book full of moody artsy fartsy B&W street photograghy;)

Just one question-what does the forum need $ for? Not trying to be smart,i just have no idea about such things

Not my idea...but I thought we could adapt it a bit. Also if Pekka can cover his server costs 100%, he could add other features, or just buy more Canon bodies. Most sites are commercial sites that have forums as an add-on. For example http://www.luminous-landscape.com. The person who owns that draws a good part of his income from that site. But this is a site that is primarily a watering hole/gathering place for quirky Canon gearheads, lunkheads, and no-heads - very little commercial usage. Heck, Pekka didn't even think about asking for money until recently. So maybe Pekka can commercialize it and provide for himself in the process. Don't know...just some ideas....we might also raise money to do neat things, like this forum project:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=51086#post51086

Scottes

2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 04:03

I'm in. I'm sure that I could dig up a couple decent shots, too. And I'd love to buy a copy myself.

Seems like this would be a lot of work to put together... Any volunteers?

Zeke

2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 04:14

I could help with the graphic design side of things... I do it for a living.

SamerJ

2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 08:22

I joined the forum here just today and already love it, been looking through forums all over the net but i found this to be the best, enough to be my home forum .. I love the idea pradeep1 and would participate with shots and buy a copy , count me in .

Good Luck

pradeep1

2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 09:51

Hey forum mods....we need more participation, please put this up on a higher traffic area like the EOS forum. Thanks.

CyberDyneSystems

2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 10:04

:lol:

If it were in EOS it would drop off the first page in about 8 hours :lol: (not to mention eit ould be completely out of place ;) )

We can move to general chat if you like?

pradeep1

2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 21:05

I PM'ed Belmondo The Gray and he said that he'll discuss with you about possibly making this a sticky somewhere to see if we can attract attention/talent/flames, etc. ;)

Belmondo

2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 21:11

On my list of things to do.....