Win my Leica! – I’ve decided to give away my Leica iiic as a prize in a 35mm point and shoot compact camera photo competition!
If you would like to be in with a chance of winning my Leica iiic, all you have to do is email me a photo you have taken on a 35mm compact point & shoot camera. To make it a little more interesting, the camera and film must cost no more than a total of £10. (15usd, 13.5eur, 1025rub, 1815jpy etc…)
Some of my favourite cameras cost this sort of money – Think Olympus AF-10 Super, Riva Pano, Canon Prima 120, Ricoh ff90 etc. If it is auto focus, made in the 80’s or 90’s predominantly plastic and regarded by most as a bit crap, you are on the right lines!
edit – A lot of people have been asking about and entering photos taken with non-AF cameras, Oly xa2’s, some old compact rangefinders, a few things like argus c3s etc. These sorts of cameras are fine. Don’t worry too much about the camera, as long as it is cheap, takes 35mm film, is a compact by definition, and was largely designed for the consumer and not the pro it will be fine.
The idea is about harnessing something a bit on the basic side to take a photo that belies the cameras basic nature. if this was someone else’s competition and I was entering, I would enter this photo:
It was taken on my Olympus AF-10 Super, yet had I taken it on my Leica and 35mm cron I wouldn’t have been any happier with it! I would have done nothing different to the framing or focus even if I would have had the power over the camera to make more choices. Hope that makes sense?
Along side the photo I would like to see a photo of the camera it was taken on and a little bit of info about where is was bought, how much for etc. I’d also like to know a bit about the film, and how it was developed.
The prize will also include the Industar-61 lens pictured above and a roll of film.
I’ll run the competition until the end of Feb, at which point I will select my ten favourite images and put them up on the website to be voted on. The person’s photos with the most votes after a week or so will win the camera.
After the competition I would also like the winner to write me a blog post containing a selection of the photos shot on the first roll of film… But we can talk about that when the time comes…
Competition Rules
- One entry per person.
- The camera AND film must cost no more than £10 in total.
- The camera must be a 35mm compact point & shoot
- The photo must be between 1000px and 2000px on the long edge.
- The photo must be accompanied with info about the camera and film in was taken on.
- Think market value – Just because you got lucky and found that Contax T3 in a bin of crap in a charity shop for £1, that doesn’t count! The spirit of the competition is to post a photo taken with a camera thats worth less than £10!
- Don’t cheat and send me a picture taken on something fancy, I’m not stupid, but even if I do fall for it others might not. And if you do win, karma will come and get you … you have been warned! 😉
I might add more rules, so keep an eye out… but thats about the meat of it!
The back story
Not so long ago I was on the hunt for a 50mm Leitz Elmar. I spotted this camera on ebay sporting one and took a punt bid for the two for a price I didn’t expect to win. I did win! So, I got my Elmar but ended up with Leica iiic to go with it. I already have a iiia that I spent some money having CLA’d so I don’t want to replace that. Initially decided I would put the iiic back on ebay. But, then I remembered that just after christmas a very kind man got in touch with me to give me a Rollei 35se and b35.
One good turn deserves another, so I decided I would give away this Leica iiic. But who to give it to? … And thats where the idea of a competition came from…
Good Luck!
Hamish
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I know - it is not automatic or autofocus, but plastic, Soviet and cheap as hell ;)
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Maybe the AF-10 Super would be good - I think I paid $3 for it. The Mamiya-U film take up doesn't take up or it would be a good candidate. As I run down the possibilities is seems like maybe I should try another that is waiting in the wings - like the Yashica AF Motor. I have not put a roll of film through it yet, so it could serve two purposes, and it was $5. Don't know how well it works, but I notice the focus lock, which does lock the focus, prevents the shutter from firing, so that will limit the kind of shot it can handle.
As to film, something cheap obviously. I have lots of expired CN film that I have paid very little for - 25 to 50 cents a roll and processing is $5.05 (do I have to include processing in the cost?).
This is going to be interesting.
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well, I'm gonna give it my all and load up a camera to try and get something special shot just for this first :)
if I don't get anything satisfactory or not the roll developed fast enough then I'll revert to something of old.
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And what does exactly 'The camera AND film must cost no more than £10 in total' mean? Does it mean I can only use single roll of film, or as many as they're still under 10 GBP in total, or whatever but when combined the cost of a single roll and the camera, it has to be under 10 GBP?
Last question, if the combination of the camera and film is qualified, can I use with other fancy expensive stuff, like slaved flash, or I have to keep it as simple as possible?
Thanks
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oh, yeah, i'm paulfish4570 from RFF ...
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Thank you in advance. :D
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And now, let me ask you. I'm not sure if I can use any of these cameras I have:
- "Certex Königer 9702" (It's a Spanish camera that my grand-aunt let me. She told me she bought it in installment with a newspaper).
- "Nikon EF300" (It was a present when I was 10 years old).
- "Olympus Pen EE-3" (My dad's camera since I was a kid).
What do you think? Which one can I use?
Thank you!! =)
Valme
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