Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great winning shot, and I like your list. Pentax was the very first "serious" camera I ever owned (a Pentax Super Program bought in 1985) and I have remained somewhat partial to the brand, with a Pentax K5 being the main companion to my Leica M8 outfit. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Jan 12, 2012, at 4:26 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > Late last year I found out that I won a First Place in the News and > Features category in the University Photographers Association of America > (UPAA) monthly image competition for October, and I finally got around to > puting this up on the gallery: > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Work/Final_Effort_MR_7919.jpg.html> > > And since I'm nearer the end of my career than the beginning, I thought it > might be fun to take a look at which cameras I've used for award-winning > pictures. Some cameras on the list might be surprising, and I'm pleased > to say I won the most with Leica M's. > > In descending order of wins: > Leica M - 23 > Pentax - 21 > Olympus OM - 19 > Nikon - 11 > Hasselblad - 9 > Canon EOS 1(film) - 3 > Rolleicord - 2 > Sinar 4x5 - 2 > Roshak home made 4x5 - 2 > Konica III RF - 2 > Canon EOS 5D Mk II digital - 2 > Leica IIIc - 1 > Revolving Back 4x5 Auto Graflex - 1 > Ansco Super Speedex RF - 1 > Rolleiflex - 1 > Kodak DCS 560 digital - 1 > Canon EOS 1D digital - 1 > Canon EOS 30D digital - 1 > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >