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01/19/2007 11:09:29 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by Bosborne:
Aw....Shakalakala...er, I mean Fotomann....
You gotta enter your cheese photo! It would become famous! Like Kramer's famous photo
and George Castanza on the couch...
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From the T&C:
You also represent that these photos are not obscene or offensive and that they do not violate community decency standards. Photos that are obscene, offensive or in violation of community decency standards, as determined by the staff of Popular Photography & Imaging magazine in its sole discretion, will not be eligible to enter or win.
Message edited by author 2007-01-19 23:10:48. |
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01/19/2007 11:10:22 PM · #27 |
If the winning photo is crap, they are unlikely to use it on any promotional materials, and I don't think the contract you give them allows them to use it to actually defame you.
A version of this conversation eventually became codified as Sturgeon's Law:
Interviewer: Surely, Mr. Sturgeon, you must admit that 90% of science-fiction is crud.
Theodore Sturgeon: Of course, but then, 90% of everything is crud.
This Law is nearly as pervasive in its influence as that of Murphy, as my Portfolio will attest ... |
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01/19/2007 11:39:13 PM · #28 |
hmm...
1.set the intervalometer for 5 min ..
2.hang it around my head all day (jjeezz.. thats awfull)
3 profit ...!!
ya well art is art . but art aint a good picture every 5min //
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01/19/2007 11:55:48 PM · #29 |
Intervalometer. That's what my camera calls it, too. Where'd that term come from?
Anyway, back on the topic, I think whoever said this is a way for them to get a bunch of free stock photos is probably right.
But so what? And who even needs a timer? Just press the shutter five times and send 'em whatever happens to come out. Or if you really want to send them black shots, leave the lens cap on.
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01/20/2007 12:08:46 AM · #30 |
The contest is just a part of Shoot-all-the-time day. Did anyone read this part?
PopPhoto
You don't have to enter the contest. |
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01/20/2007 12:40:20 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by Marc923:
The contest is just a part of Shoot-all-the-time day. Did anyone read this part?
PopPhoto |
"How many pictures do you take on a typical day? C'mon, be honest. I'll bet it's not as many as you'd like, or you should, if you're going to develop as a photographer. In a recent poll at //www.PopPhoto.com , readers admitted as much...
[snip] I, too, confess to under-shooting. But that's about to change. You and I -- and anyone else willing to invest a day -- are about to push our skills and develop our eyes in a hard-core, dawn-to-dusk shootathon. Get ready to give everything from your right index finger to your optic nerves one helluva workout."
OK, but where do they say what is under-shooting, average-shooting, and over-shooting? Sounds wonky to me. |
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01/20/2007 02:13:01 AM · #32 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
Intervalometer. That's what my camera calls it, too. Where'd that term come from? |
A thermometer measures temperatures. A chronometer measures time. An intervalometer measures intervals :-)
R.
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01/20/2007 03:23:40 PM · #33 |
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01/20/2007 04:03:19 PM · #34 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
Intervalometer. That's what my camera calls it, too. Where'd that term come from? |
It's Canon's proprietary term for this automated feature. I've never gotten around to using mine either ... : ( |
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01/20/2007 04:27:51 PM · #35 |
Contests like this are sometimes about getting qualified names and contact information, paticularly e-mail addresses. Valid, qualified contact information is worth a LOT in the spam world... even if those spammers are legitamate businesses. They pay big bucks for each address. And there are a lot of forums out there that have no problem with selling member information to agencies that collect this type of information. If you have an ISP account that has a lot of e-mail addresses, it's always interesting to use a different one to sign up at a few places and see how long after that you start getting spam.
Here is part of their Privacy Policy:
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How is the information used?
We will use the Personal Information you provide to our Web sites to fulfill a specific purpose. For example, Personal Information will be used to enter you in a sweepstakes or contest, to send an e-newsletter or fulfill a product or service order. We may also use your Personal Information to maintain our internal record keeping. In addition, we may send you e-mail notices about products, services, companies and events that we think might interest you. You may opt-out of receiving future mailings from us by following the instructions in the e-mail you receive from us or sending an e-mail to the e-mail address provided in the Right to Opt-Out section section above. We may match information collected from you through different means or at different times, including both Personal Information and Site Usage Information, and use such information along with information obtained from other sources, including our other Web sites, print publications and third parties, and such merged information will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We may use cookies to access your account information (stored on our computers) in order to deliver better and more personalized services; estimate our audience size for our advertisers; assist in processing items in your shopping basket; track the number of entries in our promotions, sweepstakes and contests; and identify which areas of our Web Sites you have visited. We may also match information obtained from cookies with data provided by you or collected by third parties. We analyze this data both in the aggregate and in connection with individual users. This information lets us give you the services you want that are connected with your interests. We also provide the analysis of our users (as a group, of course) to prospective partners, advertisers and other third parties.
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It's a jungle out there... and the animals have control.
Mike
Message edited by author 2007-01-20 16:32:26.
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01/20/2007 04:37:53 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by dv_rock:
No takers ? |
I'll pass, but good luck to those that do enter. I hope one of you have a new camera soon :-)
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01/20/2007 11:52:08 PM · #37 |
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