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MP Guy
06-30-2005, 21:37
Dear RFF members. I am pleased to announce that you have chosen a winner for the RFF contest! It is with great pleasure that I announce the winner as rff member [b]JLW[b/] Jim Williams, the writer of essay 11.

Jim, and all others. Thank you very much for your efforts and most of all for being a member of the forum. May you enjoy your new RF camera and run many rolls of film through it.

Everyon please join in and give Jim a big congrats :)
Terence T
06-30-2005, 21:39
Congratulations Jim! Enjoy the new Bessa kit of yours!
RayPA
06-30-2005, 21:56
Congrats, Jim! :)
SolaresLarrave
06-30-2005, 21:58
Wow, Jim... I'm certainly going to celebrate for you!

Gentlemen, let's load our cameras for a toast! :)
SolaresLarrave
06-30-2005, 22:02
Er... can we raise our glasses for a shot then? ;)
stet
06-30-2005, 22:08
salud!

congrats, JLW!
doubs43
06-30-2005, 22:38
Way to go, Jim! I hope your new camera brings you great pictures and lots of pleasure.

Walker
Honu-Hugger
06-30-2005, 22:42
Congratulations, Jim, for a very fine effort!!!

Cheers!!!
cp_ste.croix
06-30-2005, 23:22
Congrats! I'll take 2nd place any day to such an outstanding effort! Enjoy the camera!
siverta
06-30-2005, 23:39
Congratulations!

Sivert
Kevin
07-01-2005, 00:16
Herzlichen Glückwünsch!
ent2b
07-01-2005, 00:45
contrats jim...hopefully the essays will stick around so those that missed reading them will get a chance to do so!
Socke
07-01-2005, 01:05
Ja, auch von mir einen herzlichen Glückwunsch :-)
TPPhotog
07-01-2005, 01:09
Congratulations Jim!! That Bessa kit looks like a beauty and you've earned it ;)
iDude
07-01-2005, 01:12
Glückwunsch und Prost! ;)
suzums
07-01-2005, 01:24
Woohoo!

Congrats! 8)
Designer
07-01-2005, 01:42
Congratulations!!!
rover
07-01-2005, 01:52
Congratualations and good job to all.
berci
07-01-2005, 02:10
Hey Jim, it really is a great writing.
Pherdinand
07-01-2005, 02:18
Congrats to JLW!
And to all the participants, it's a pity there can be only one winner. As well as to Jorge the inventor of the idea, it was a great one I think.
Bertram2
07-01-2005, 02:30
Dear RFF members. I am pleased to announce that you have chosen a winner for the RFF contest! It is with great pleasure that I announce the winner as rff member [b]JLW[b/] Jim Williams, the writer of essay 11.

Jim, and all others. Thank you very much for your efforts and most of all for being a member of the forum. May you enjoy your new RF camera and run many rolls of film through it.

Everyon please join in and give Jim a big congrats :)

Glückwunsch und Kompliment für das Essay !

Bertram
Brian Sweeney
07-01-2005, 02:44
Congratulations Jim! This will be a great lens and companion film body for the RD-1!
Peter
07-01-2005, 03:47
Congratulations to you Jim! :)
taffer
07-01-2005, 03:56
Congrats Jim !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
bmattock
07-01-2005, 04:40
Congratulations, Jim! Well done and well earned!

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
jlw
07-01-2005, 05:04
Wow! Thank you ALL very much, and thanks to all the voters!

There were a lot of terrific essays, and I'm very pleased that mine was selected from among such a distinguished group.

Of course, winning is great -- especially winning a new RF camera! -- but what's good for ALL of us is that now we've got a whole collection of persuasive, well-written "literature" of various lengths, styles and sizes.

In thinking about what that means, I like to imagine some young photographer -- maybe someone who's kind of reached a dead end with his/her photography, someone who's tired of lugging around an SLR and a bunch of slow, bulky zoom lenses and of making derivative, "techniquey," emotionally unexpressive photos, but doesn't know what to do about it.

The mainstream, advertiser-driven photo magazines are no help, of course. So this hypothetical person starts Googling around the Internet, and comes across our collection of writings: short ones, long ones, serious ones, funny ones, poetic ones.

"Hey," s/he thinks, "there are a lot of good ideas here. And if these people are so passionate about what kind of camera they use, maybe it's worth checking out."

And eventually an RF camera -- a sleek Leica or Ikon, or a practical Bessa, or an elegant old Canon or character-filled FSU refugee -- finds its way into appreciative new hands. And a few months later, someone who until recently was just another "picture consumer" starts making photographs with clarity, individuality, and vision.

And when that transition comes, we can ALL feel that we've helped.

I'm very proud to have won, and I'm even more proud that we all participated. Again, I'd like to thank Jorge, everyone else who wrote, and everyone who voted, and the RFF community in general.

Best wishes and good shooting to all!
bmattock
07-01-2005, 05:10
Hear, hear! Well spoken! Bravo! Author, author!
Todd.Hanz
07-01-2005, 05:28
Congrats JLW, good job!

Now can we have another contest, something that doesn't require literary skills.......you know, maybe a coloring contest. I have a new "Big Chief" tablet and box of 8 Crayola's at the ready, just say the word!

Todd
peter_n
07-01-2005, 05:50
Congrats Jim, great job!! :)
back alley
07-01-2005, 05:51
congrats!!

and well done!

and a heartfelt congrats to all who took the plunge and wrote and sent in their essays.
thanks to those who voted and cheered on others to vote.

it's a great team we have here!!

now, we wanna see some pics from this very cool kit jim!!

joe
Fedzilla_Bob
07-01-2005, 13:58
Excellent Jim. Enjoy that package! Congratulations!
Little Prince
07-01-2005, 14:06
Congrats Jim. May the focusing fluid flow tonight.
ray_g
07-01-2005, 14:29
Congratulations!!
DougK
07-01-2005, 15:02
Congratulations!
mattg
07-01-2005, 18:45
Well done Jim; well written and well deserved.
jan normandale
07-01-2005, 19:20
Hi

as a late comer could someone point me to the essays that were submitted as well as Jim's winner?

Jan
gabrielelopez
07-01-2005, 23:57
Great, well done!
andrewch
07-02-2005, 02:20
Congratulations! Well done :)
GeneW
07-02-2005, 02:48
Congratulations Jim!!

Gene
rbiemer
07-02-2005, 08:09
Congratulations! Excellent writing proves its worth again!
Rob
Chuck A
07-02-2005, 09:22
Great Jim, I enjoyed your essay.
Gabriel M.A.
07-02-2005, 09:25
Wow, congratulations Jim
MP Guy
07-02-2005, 12:18
The parcel has been shipped. Should be there by Tues or Wed.
jlw
07-02-2005, 13:51
Great -- I'll keep an eye out.

Thanks again to everyone for their best wishes. A week from tomorrow I'll be heading out to spend a week in the Nebraska Sandhills, where some friends of mine operate a summer ballet camp at the Halsey National Forest (the world's largest hand-planted forest, incidentally.) This is an exotic little corner of the world, formed of sand dunes like Arabia but anchored in place by grass, mostly ranch country but dotted with towns so small that a dog can sleep in the middle of Main Street all day. I'll definitely take along the RFF camera and a few rolls of Tri-X, and hope to have some cool pictures to post when I get back!

Once again, thanks to everyone for their good wishes!
solane
07-02-2005, 16:07
congrats, jim! great essay!

is it possible to post the names of the other authors as well? i'd like to be able to praise everyone by name for their written contributions to the RF cause.
hoot
07-06-2005, 09:22
Adding to the heap of congratulations... though, frankly, I wish my entry had won!
cp_ste.croix
07-06-2005, 11:37
congrats, jim! great essay!

is it possible to post the names of the other authors as well? i'd like to be able to praise everyone by name for their written contributions to the RF cause.

I wrote essay #3.
Pherdinand
07-06-2005, 14:45
nooo! I wrote essay no3!
:) Just kidding. Good essay, chris!

Hoot - you didn't even participate!
cp_ste.croix
07-06-2005, 16:44
thanks! I thought they were all really great, and almost felt guilty voting for myself :)
Beniliam
07-06-2005, 17:57
Enhorabuena y a disfrutar de tu maquina!
yankeedoll
07-06-2005, 18:18
Congratulations to the winner and thanks to all who participated. I hope this helps to promote our passion for the rangefinders.


I have to admit the cameras themselves sold me!
hoot
07-08-2005, 04:33
Yes, I did. I wrote the one in poem form.
varjag
07-08-2005, 04:45
Oh, the contest is over? :)

Congratulations Jim!
kennedda
07-11-2005, 18:12
I have looked twice for the essays on the forum and cannot find them. While I am new to this forum, I cannot be so blind as to not find them. Would you please point me to their exact location on the forum. Thanks!!
rbiemer
07-11-2005, 18:24
kennedda,
if you go to the RFF Contest section then change the display to "last two months" they are there.
Rob
ray_g
07-11-2005, 18:25
I have looked twice for the essays on the forum and cannot find them. While I am new to this forum, I cannot be so blind as to not find them. Would you please point me to their exact location on the forum. Thanks!!

Click HERE (http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/search.php?searchid=50047) and scroll down. You will see Essays 1 to 11. Happy reading.
Natalia
07-31-2005, 11:40
Congrats, Jim! Great idea, Jorge. Thanks to the "sponsor" as well and all participants. Some great read! I knew we had talent here, but had no idea how much!
paulh
09-18-2005, 01:03
Hi Jim,

Congratulations!
Paul