I have this is in the marketplace where all LBA folks lurk hourly. By the way, that includes me.
Originally Posted by photobizzz
I like the idea of a pot of prizes that people could donate to monthly winners of the photography contest. A list of donations could be compiled by moderators with a value min and max and no one should complain due to anything free is good, even if they just pass it on to someone that will use it if they will not. I am sure I could supply a prize if this is an idea that others are interested in.
Originally Posted by hinman
That is the idea that I have. But another member in 'Monthly Photo Contests' does mention about the need for students and youngsters who do not have money on to spend for gear. In other words, we can all cheap in for the truly needy ones who want the basic gear to learn about photography. We are very fortunate to have LBA sticked in our forehead. At least, i do as I go after inexpensive gear as alternatives for my hobby. But there are others in the photo contests who may not want or care about cheaper alternatives on gear unless we have members who are willing to donate quality gear. At least, I need to work on my attitudes towards giving, I am NOT a giver by any stretch of imagination.
Some of us long for the DA* and limited and any cheap gear unused is a waste in our gear bag and putting it in another user's household who won't touch the gear is still a waste. I need suggestions on how to proceed. We can all chip in for the wonderful photo contests in PentaxForums:
1. Collected gear for donation to contests as suggested and I can start the first donation followed by others who sees value into the efforts.
2. Donation to youngsters and others who are on a budget crunch for a lens. This category can't apply to any of people who have more than 3 lens in their bag or closet. Anyone who have more than 1 camera in the household can't have the donation. It is a honest system and we try our best to trust people that we care about.
Other suggestions welcome. Apology to others who may get offended in this thread wasting their valuable time in gear searching. That is not my intention, hope you can skip this thread not to be offended.
Hin
Thank you so much for your kind words, I have 2 thinkings of both donation to contests and the needy for photography gear. But I think my first gear would be something fun for forum -- a film body. Besides my Pentax pz-10 with a power zoom 28-80. I have this beauty that I won't pass as it has memory value as a gift from my eldest brother, but I do have something similar to my Praktica MTL5 made in East Germany in the 60's to 80's.
And I can certainly find these wonderful alternatives to dSLR that anyone with a M42 lens can find great enjoyment for the occasional crunch in trying out b&w and slides in old film cameras with manual exposures and a meter key that meter light giving you a needle in the viewfinder and a shutter sound that you can't buy with a $1000 body, guaranteed.
Warmest,
Hin