Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]who is this, how you say, LEG? * and - should I be posting PAWs elsewhere? LUG is where I first learned of PAW. Eric * "There is another system?" (for you Colossus fans out there) - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" <JLS@runbox.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] spice up PAW with friendly PAM competition? > I, like you, enjoy seeing the competitions online and in the UK magazines. > However, the online forums don't always share our tastes. Godfrey created > the SeePhoto forum and I created the PAW forum after several of the forums > voiced their dislike for posting photo announcements on the LEG and LUG. > More recently, the SP forum has had some protracted discussions about the > Salon feature. I don't think many of the camera-oriented forums would > welcome a contest. The Contax G forum is an exception because, I assume, > there's so little Contax G equipment to discuss. > > Jeffery Smith > > At 11:54 AM 8/24/2002 -0400, you wrote: > >LUG'ers- > > > >As a former Contax G2 owner (now M7 -- and loving it), the thing I miss most > >about the Contax Users Group is the monthly photo competitions. > >Unfortunately, the G2 group only permits G2 photo submissions. > > > >I am greatly enjoying the PAW experience, but I was wondering, has this user > >group every tried a monthly competition? > > > >The contax group competitions were loosely themed and had small prizes > >(usually a coffee mug with the previous month winners photo on it). The > >spirit of competition seemed to bring out your best work and - well - was a > >lot of fun. > > > >It was quite simple- the previous month's winner set the theme and judged > >the month's competition. Then that winner did the same for the next month. > > > >PAM competition? > >Thoughts? > > > >Eric > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html