What Happened To The Famous Rpf Competitions?

[Rob MacKillop]

Let's have another...any ideas?

 

[Dan Cattermole]

What do you have in mind Rob?!

 

[Hamish Gill]

I stopped doing them after trying to encourage people to start them ...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Nothing. My mind is blank!

 

[Hamish Gill]

We could have ...
Technical -
Mount a lens that's not supposed to go on that camera - best shot

Artistic -
"Reflections" - open to interpretation

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Okay,

I like the first suggestion Hamish.... Very good idea.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Hmmm...not sure about the first. The only camera I have with interchangeable lenses for which I have lenses to interchange (!) is the Mamiya RB67, medium format - expensive for experiments...and all the lenses I have are for that camera anyway!

"Reflections" is more open, less dependent on what camera you have. Anything from an Instax to a Leica would do.

But Dan likes the first, and he's scary - so I would go with Dan's suggestion!

 

[Hamish Gill]

Haha
We could do both I suppose ...
Maybe combine them just make things a little more interesting?
Have you not got your fuji ex1 any more?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

XE-1...still have it, but only have one lens...

 

[Hamish Gill]

You could mount or of your Mamiya lenses to it! That would fit the bill nicely!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Ha! Really? Impossible, surely? You jest?

 

[Hamish Gill]

... Saying that, looks like it would be quite expensive...
That's the sorta thing though!
You could get a Helios 44 - classic m42 mount lens and mount it on the fuji ... Probably cost you £10-£20 all in if have thought!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Hmmm...maybe....What else can I say about a lens other than, "I'll look into it"!

 

[Hamish Gill]

Ha! Really? Impossible, surely? You jest?

You would need a helicoid focusing adapter to go from the mamiya lens to something common like canon EF - this would allow you to focus it the traditional way rather than with bellows

http://bit.ly/1eVuFEs

Then convert from canon EF to fuji x

http://bit.ly/19xBKwZ

 

[Kev Pugh]

Modified light....then anyone can play

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Expensive... I'll pass on that, Hamish!

So, Reflections! Anyone game?

 

[Pete Askew]

Modified light sounds good.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I'm fine with that...

 

[Brian Moore]

Rules,...? I mean, to define what qualifies as modified light? Or is that even necessar?