[devisor]

Time to send it to Norway then :P

[gokenin]

Flickr: Flickr: travelingnifty50mm's Photostream

aamin515 (Ohio USA) from Ibam; 531m or 854 km.
X-man (Maine USA) from aamin; 690m or 1111km, TOTAL 1,221m or 1,765 km.
figmental1978 (Fukuyama, JAPAN) from X-man; 7117m or 11,452km, TOTAL 8338m or 13,217 km.
Leadbelly (Quezon, Phillipines) from figmental1; 1416m or 2280kms, TOTAL 8,754m or 15,497km
soccerjoe5 (Alabang, Phillipines) from Leadbelly; 15m & 25km, TOTAL 8,769m or 15,522km
Leadbelly (Quezon, Phillipines) from soccerjoe5; 15m & 25km, TOTAL 8,784m or 15,547km
dazman (Melbourne, Aust) from Leadbelly; 3,940m & 6,341km, TOTAL 12,724m or 21,888km
Bramela (Newcastle, Aust) from dazman; 510m & 821km, TOTAL 13,234m or 22,709km
Mechan1k (Sydney, AUS) from Bramela; 74m & 118km, TOTAL 13,308m or 22,827km
KrisK10D (Sydney, Australia) from Mechn1k; 29m & 47km, TOTAL 13,337m or 22,874km
tomypreach ( Wollongong, Australia) from KrisK10D; 43m & 68km, TOTAL 13,380m & 22,942km
Adrian Owerko (Mount Barker, Australia) from tommypreach; 683m & 1099km, TOTAL 14,063m & 24,041km
MoiVous (McLaren Vale, Australia) from Adrian Owerko; 28m & 45km TOTAL 14,091 & 24,086
JulesJ(Hobart, Australia) from MoiVous; 709m & 1141 TOTAL 14,800m & 25,227km
RobA _Oz (Hobart, AUS) from Mivous; 1m & 1km TOTAL 14,801m & 25228km
lithos (Queensland, AUS) from RobA_Oz; 1,789m & 1111km TOTAL 16590m & 26339km
[i[big red (Brisbane, AUS)[/i] from lithos; 1m & 1km TOTAL 16591m & 26340km
ChrisN (Canberra, AUS) from big red; 582m & 937km TOTAL 17173m & 27277km
jsherman999 (Minneapolis, USA) from ChrisN; 9146m & 14718km TOTAL 26,319m & 41,995km
PentHassyKon (Irvine, CA, USA) from jsherman999; 1,517m & 2,442km TOTAL 27,836 & 44,437km
Igilligan (California, USA) from PentHassyKon; 379m & 611km TOTAL 28,215m & 45,048km
Damn_Brit (Oakland, CA USA) from Igilligan; 11m & 18km TOTAL 28,226m & 45,066km
Steve Beswick (California, USA) from Damn_Brit; 365m & 587km TOTAL 28,591m & 45,653km
Eaglerapids (Idaho, USA) from Steve Beswick; 675m & 1086km TOTAL 29,226m & 46,739km
gnaztee (Tucson, AZ USA) from Eaglerapids;1033m & 1663Km TOTAL 30,259m & 48,402km
Pentaxperson (Austin, Texas) from Gnaztee; 1097m & 1766Km TOTAL 31,356m & 50,168 km
séamuis (Savannah, GA USA) from Pentaxperson;1173m & 1888km TOTAL 32,529m & 52,056km
Eastern Shore Charlie (21639 (zip) USA) from Seamuis; 648m & 1044Km TOTAL 33,177m & 53,100km
M80 from East Shore Charlie
Speedo from M80
Mi2nc from Speedo
dws117 from Mi2nc
netuser from dws117
Robbiec from netuser

Phase 2
Canada
legacyb4 (tri-cities, BC, Canada)
steVo_k200d (Calgary, Canada)
icywarm (Saskatchewan)
minikin (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
J.Scott (Ontario, Canada)
Winfab(Windsor,ON)
eccs19 (Lisle, Ontario)
flickeroo (montreal,QC)
bdery (Quebec City, Canada)
digitaddict (Quebec, Canada)
Andi Lo (Halifax, Canada)


UK & Ireland
HouseOfHorla (Teddington, London)
dropbear (Dublin, Ireland)
oinkely (Ireland)
rparmar (Limerick,Ireland)
John K (Cork Ireland)

Europe
ftpaddict (Bucharest, Romania)
jah3 (Helsinki, Finland)
dayah (Zagreb, Croatia)
elkarrde (Zagreb, Croatia)
kevinschoenmakers (Netherlands)
Niki (Unknown)
Viliam (Uppsala, Sweden)
Ezechiel (Poitou Charentes,France)
Hrvoje_Fila (Zagreb, Croatia)
ovim (Tre, Finland)
Bymy141 (St, Petersburgh)
Deni (Tirana, Albania)
devisor (Norway)

Asia
Fearview (Jakarta)
Dycz (Phillipines)
Dbmayur (Taipei,Taiwan)
openyourap (bangkok)
Tinabalagosa (Cebu,Philippines)
Summonbaka (Kagoshima, Japan)

South Africa
LensScribe (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Australia
Cupic (Warrawong NSW Australia)
xjjohnno (Melbourne Australia)

USA
the_int21h (South Caroline USA
miserere (Boston, MA USA)
Dave_Sz (Illinois 60110 USA)
hwblanks (Williston, FL USA)
Pollitowozhere (Puerto Rico)
xyzik (Seattle, USA)
John Araki (Hawaii, USA)
RickL (Missouri, USA)
Naturephoto1P (Florida, USA)
GateCityRadio (Greensboro,NC)
JnM_in_Vt (Vermont)
SLRPhotography (Kennewick WA)
Kalison (Iowa)

I wanted to update the list of people which I have done to include the new people that have posted recently. I would however like to place some suggestions about the lens

1) since this is a travel log of the lens I think one of the shots should be a location shot i.e. your cities welcome sign or something like that

2) that the thread is updated with when you are shipping the lens out and to whom it is going, and if possible letting us know it gets there as well

3)That when you have taken pictures that we update the Flicr account something that has been lacks because the password went missing but I have it so when you are have the lens email me and I will give you the password

[gokenin]

Looking forward to getting this. I had forgotten about the lens for a while there. Very excited that it will arrive here. I'll ship it on very quickly to whomever is next in line. Fantasic project.

Any update have you heard from anyone on the list as to who you are shipping it to next?

[oinkely]

Any update have you heard from anyone on the list as to who you are shipping it to next?

not yet - but then i have not messaged anyone yet. I gather that I'm the last of the Irish so it's away off either UK or Europe.

Do I take it in order of the list published above?

cheers

[gokenin]

not yet - but then i have not messaged anyone yet. I gather that I'm the last of the Irish so it's away off either UK or Europe.

Do I take it in order of the list published above?

cheers

there are not set rules I have always advocated that one try to send it to someone close to them to keep the travel time down but other than that its completely up to you. Yes you take it from the list above I don't know if the user in Dublin got to use it? Then there is the person in England which I the two I would try first.

[rparmar]

I've cleaned up the list a bit and added the last few people. Also added in the distances and come up with the current total. If we knew some people's locations more exactly this would be more accurate.

COMPLETED
Ibam (Toronto, Canada) 0
aamin515 (Ohio, USA) 531mi or 854km
X-man (Maine, USA) 690mi or 1111km
figmental1978 (Fukuyama, Japan) 7117mi or 11,452km
Leadbelly (Quezon, Phillipines) 1416mi or 2280km
soccerjoe5 (Alabang, Phillipines) 15mi or 25km
Leadbelly (Quezon, Phillipines) 15mi or 25km
dazman (Melbourne, Australia) 3,940mi or 6,341km
Bramela (Newcastle, Australia) 510mi or 821km
Mechan1k (Sydney, Australia) 74mi or 118km
KrisK10D (Sydney, Australia) 29mi or 47km
tomypreach (Wollongong, Australia) 43mi or 68km
Adrian Owerko (Mount Barker, Australia) 683mi or 1099km
MoiVous (McLaren Vale, Australia) 28mi or 45km
JulesJ (Hobart, Australia) 709mi or 1141km
RobA _Oz (Hobart, Australia) 1mi or 1km
lithos (Queensland, Australia) 1,789mi or 1111km
big red (Brisbane, Australia) 1mi or 1km
ChrisN (Canberra, Australia) 582mi or 937km
jsherman999 (Minneapolis, USA) 9146mi or 14718km
PentHassyKon (Irvine, California, USA) 1,517mi or 2,442km
Igilligan (California, USA) 379mi or 611km
Damn_Brit (Oakland, California, USA) 11mi or 18km
Steve Beswick (California, USA) 365mi or 587km
Eaglerapids (Idaho, USA) 675mi or 1086km
gnaztee (Tucson, Arizona, USA) 1033mi or 1663Km
Pentaxperson (Austin, Texas) 1097mi or 1766Km
séamuis (Savannah, Georgia, USA) 1173mi or 1888km
Eastern Shore Charlie (21639 USA) 648mi or 1044km
M80 (Eatons Neck, New York, USA) 186mi or 300km
speedoo (New York, USA) 35mi or 47km
Mi2nc (North Carolina, USA) 427mi or 696km
dws1117 (Spring, Texas, USA) 1045mi or 1682km
netuser (Azores, Portugal) 3856mi or 1682km
Robbiec (Cork, Ireland) 1282mi or 2063km
rparmar (Limerick, Ireland) 5mi or 8km
John K (Cork, Ireland) 1mi or 2km
oinkely (Wicklow, Ireland) 126mi or 202km *

* TOTAL 40,140mi or 59,782km

TO DO

UK & Ireland
dropbear (Dublin, Ireland)
HouseOfHorla (Teddington, London)


Europe
ftpaddict (Bucharest, Romania)
jah3 (Helsinki, Finland)
ovim (Tre, Finland)
dayah (Zagreb, Croatia)
elkarrde (Zagreb, Croatia)
Hrvoje_Fila (Zagreb, Croatia)
kevinschoenmakers (Netherlands)
Niki (?)
Viliam (Uppsala, Sweden)
Ezechiel (Poitou Charentes, France)
Bymy141 (St. Petersberg, Russia)
Deni (Tirana, Albania)
devisor (Norway)

Canada
legacyb4 (tri-cities, BC, Canada)
steVo_k200d (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
icywarm (Saskatchewan, Canada)
minikin (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
J.Scott (Ontario, Canada)
Winfab (Windsor, Ontario, Canada)
eccs19 (Lisle, Ontario, Canada)
flickeroo (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
bdery (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada)
digitaddict (Quebec, Canada)
Andi Lo (Halifax, Noca Scotia, Canada)


Asia
Fearview (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Dycz (Philippines)
Tinabalagosa (Cebu, Philippines)
Dbmayur (Taipei, Taiwan)
openyourap (Bangkok, Thailand)
Summonbaka (Kagoshima, Japan)

Africa
LensScribe (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Australia
Cupic (Warrawong, NSW, Australia)
xjjohnno (Melbourne, Australia)

USA
Pollitowozhere (Puerto Rico)
John Araki (Hawaii, USA)
GateCityRadio (Greensboro, North Carolina, USA)
the_int21h (South Carolina, USA)
miserere (Boston, Maine, USA)
Dave_Sz (Illinois 60110, USA)
RickL (Missouri, USA)
Naturephoto1P (Florida, USA)
hwblanks (Williston, Florida, USA)
JnM_in_Vt (Vermont, USA)
SLRPhotography (Kennewick, Washington, USA)
Kalison (Iowa, USA)
xyzik (Seattle, USA)

[rparmar]

38 people have had the lens in the 19 months since this started. That's exactly two people a month. But I only had the lens for a couple of hours.

With 48 people left this will all be over in July 2012.

[oinkely]

Well folks, the lens arrived with me today. I'll get out for a walk around my local area after my daughter has gone to bed and start the Wicklow leg of the tour.

[urje]

I see this topic for the first time now, and although I have another copy of this lens, I'd love to have a go with this very special specimen! What a great idea

[rparmar]

Brand spanking new Traveling Nifty Fifty web page.

I created this page to store the basic info participants need to know about this project. Sure beats reading 700 forum posts! I hope this serves the project well over the next months and years.

[Nowhere Matt]

Please pardon my interuption but I was hoping to start a sort of companion thread to this one with another lens.
I have a JC Penny 28-80mm f3.5 I would like to offer up for this same sort of treatment but I really would not care to manage it. If someone will offer to see up a thread and perhaps an online photo diary display much like the 50's treatment, I will mail the lens to any address in the U.S. or Canada to get this going.
I put the lens in the forum database some weeks ago so you can look at what it has to offer. This lens was graciously given to me by another forum member some time ago and I have really enjoyed using it. I have others in this focal range that I prefer so I would like to start a traveling lens thread and online photo album with it if there is great interest AND someone else will do the paperwork and managing.
Send me a personal message and then post here so I do not risk getting too many requests. Unless I am being presumptuous.

[feralryan]

I'd love to take it for a spin! I'm a young Pentaxian living in Chicago. I'll go get us some batman pics. I've added myself to the end of the U.S. list. (Is that procedure?)



TO DO

UK & Ireland
dropbear (Dublin, Ireland)
HouseOfHorla (Teddington, London)


Europe
ftpaddict (Bucharest, Romania)
jah3 (Helsinki, Finland)
ovim (Tre, Finland)
dayah (Zagreb, Croatia)
elkarrde (Zagreb, Croatia)
Hrvoje_Fila (Zagreb, Croatia)
kevinschoenmakers (Netherlands)
Niki (?)
Viliam (Uppsala, Sweden)
Ezechiel (Poitou Charentes, France)
Bymy141 (St. Petersberg, Russia)
Deni (Tirana, Albania)
devisor (Norway)

Canada
legacyb4 (tri-cities, BC, Canada)
steVo_k200d (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
icywarm (Saskatchewan, Canada)
minikin (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
J.Scott (Ontario, Canada)
Winfab (Windsor, Ontario, Canada)
eccs19 (Lisle, Ontario, Canada)
flickeroo (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
bdery (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada)
digitaddict (Quebec, Canada)
Andi Lo (Halifax, Noca Scotia, Canada)


Asia
Fearview (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Dycz (Philippines)
Tinabalagosa (Cebu, Philippines)
Dbmayur (Taipei, Taiwan)
openyourap (Bangkok, Thailand)
Summonbaka (Kagoshima, Japan)

Africa
LensScribe (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Australia
Cupic (Warrawong, NSW, Australia)
xjjohnno (Melbourne, Australia)

USA
Pollitowozhere (Puerto Rico)
John Araki (Hawaii, USA)
GateCityRadio (Greensboro, North Carolina, USA)
the_int21h (South Carolina, USA)
miserere (Boston, Maine, USA)
Dave_Sz (Illinois 60110, USA)
RickL (Missouri, USA)
Naturephoto1P (Florida, USA)
hwblanks (Williston, Florida, USA)
JnM_in_Vt (Vermont, USA)
SLRPhotography (Kennewick, Washington, USA)
Kalison (Iowa, USA)
xyzik (Seattle, USA)
feralryan (Chicago, 60661, USA)

[Jimbow007]

I'd love to get involved with this too.

TO DO

UK & Ireland
dropbear (Dublin, Ireland)
HouseOfHorla (Teddington, London)


Europe
ftpaddict (Bucharest, Romania)
jah3 (Helsinki, Finland)
ovim (Tre, Finland)
dayah (Zagreb, Croatia)
elkarrde (Zagreb, Croatia)
Hrvoje_Fila (Zagreb, Croatia)
kevinschoenmakers (Netherlands)
Niki (?)
Viliam (Uppsala, Sweden)
Ezechiel (Poitou Charentes, France)
Bymy141 (St. Petersberg, Russia)
Deni (Tirana, Albania)
devisor (Norway)

Canada
legacyb4 (tri-cities, BC, Canada)
steVo_k200d (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
icywarm (Saskatchewan, Canada)
minikin (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
J.Scott (Ontario, Canada)
Winfab (Windsor, Ontario, Canada)
eccs19 (Lisle, Ontario, Canada)
flickeroo (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
bdery (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada)
digitaddict (Quebec, Canada)
Andi Lo (Halifax, Noca Scotia, Canada)
Jimbow007 (Blackfalds, Alberta, Canada)


Asia
Fearview (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Dycz (Philippines)
Tinabalagosa (Cebu, Philippines)
Dbmayur (Taipei, Taiwan)
openyourap (Bangkok, Thailand)
Summonbaka (Kagoshima, Japan)

Africa
LensScribe (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Australia
Cupic (Warrawong, NSW, Australia)
xjjohnno (Melbourne, Australia)

USA
Pollitowozhere (Puerto Rico)
John Araki (Hawaii, USA)
GateCityRadio (Greensboro, North Carolina, USA)
the_int21h (South Carolina, USA)
miserere (Boston, Maine, USA)
Dave_Sz (Illinois 60110, USA)
RickL (Missouri, USA)
Naturephoto1P (Florida, USA)
hwblanks (Williston, Florida, USA)
JnM_in_Vt (Vermont, USA)
SLRPhotography (Kennewick, Washington, USA)
Kalison (Iowa, USA)
xyzik (Seattle, USA)
feralryan (Chicago, 60661, USA)

[lbam]

I just thought I'd pop in and say hi guys..

Gokenin, thanks for your continued stewardship of this project... Cheers!

Have you REALLY not had the lens yet? I don't want to mess up any current list, but I hope you get it at some point.

Having said this, it's fantastic to see the lens in Europe.

Robin, thanks for creating the web page, I have edited the first post to include a link to it.

[rparmar]

Robin, thanks for creating the web page, I have edited the first post to include a link to it.

No real credit to me, but rather to yourself and the others who started this fun project.