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I asked: “when a picture is uploaded to fark, does it then become the property of fark LLC? In other words, is this an issue for those incredibly talented folks who plan on (or already are) selling the pictures they submit?”

I got this in reply:
“no it doesn’t. We do request non-exclusive reprint rights, but ownership
does not transfer to us. Feel free to spread the word”

I hope that helps.

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This looks like a job for the “If you have any questions about our copyright policies, please send feedback.”

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Hmmm, staplers. I’m trying to figure out a way to reenact “the incident”. I work with an air (60 psi) powered stapler and once…

I’d totally mail you a band-aid and some neosporen if you staple yourself.
I’ll even throw in a get well soon card if the pictures turn out well.

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My money is on MorningBreath, she’s cranking out both the fancy and the fun and she’s doing is every week.
But now so are Captain Jim and GalleyWench and WenchyWoman and idle_hands and monke… oh god I’m never going to win.

* sobs loudly *

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I think it got redlighted. Farkback?

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I think it bears repeating everywhere. He’s a good guy in a really tough spot.

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Speaking of statistics… 1000 comments, wooooo!

*runs around twirling his shirt above his head*

Wooooooooooooooooo!

(I know I know, but it’s close enough)

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Right now I’m kind of just researching and trying to figure out which is better for me. I think $1000ish CDN is the maximum I’ll be willing to go at this point, although more is doable it would mean saving up for longer.

With that kind of budget you could get one hell of a digital camera (fancy D-SLR with lenses) and crazy storage (ie, a 2 gig card, a DVD burner and 100 DVDs) and gobs of prints.

Two things I’m worried about with digital (aside from the storage issues…) which have me still sticking with film are the actual colour tones from a digital camera and the pixelation for resizing. I’m assuming that if I want prints I can take the memory card to a photo shop and just give them the numbers, else the cost of buying a high-quality printer/ink/paper would be prohibitive.

Regarding the colour…I’ve not seen a digital image that has as true a representation as a film-based one. Perhaps I’ve been seeing images from poor quality cameras, I’m not sure. Digital images also seem to lack a kind of “warmth” that film ones have, though I’m not entirely sure if that’s my imagination playing the romantic.

If I want to blow up an image to 8×10, 11×14, or larger, I don’t want to have the image become too pixellated. Obviously, this isn’t a concern with film, but with digital it may be. How well do digital images enlarge?

I don’t know about 11×14, but even with my Canon A620 I can crop quite a bit and still get really nice 8×10 prints. I’m sure with a fancier camera you could print larger. It’s not quite film quality, but it’ll take some squinting to see a difference (at least for me).
As for tones, you can check out full-size images here: http://www.dpreview.com/gallery/
It varies camera to camera, but again, with your budget you should find something you can be very happy with. I’m sure you can find someone on here that could give you a full-size image of the camera you’re looking at if you want to try one the many, very easy to use online printing services out there. There are usually coupons out that’ll let you try at least one service for free, if not a couple. So definitly try before you buy.

I do enjoy shooting in black & white, though perhaps a digital colour image stripped to grayscale would work. I’ve not tried it.

(I know nothing about B&W)

Opinion #2

See if you like the Nikon D50 (digital, $400(US) factory reconditioned). You can get a 2 gig card for about $60(US) and a refurbed Nikon N75 for about $140 (US). That leaves you a nice $275 (US) for lenses, so you should be able to find something respectable that’ll fit both bodies. They’re both pretty entry-level, but they’re award-winning and well-loved.

I just ordered a D-SLR myself, if you were wondering why I had these prices so handy.

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Opinion #1:

If you can only afford one camera, get a digital one. It’s a one time expense, so if money is an issue at all it’s much better to take a picture that would have been nicer with film than to not take a picture at all because you wanted to eat that night.
You can take all the pictures you want, recklessly, mockingly, any which way at all and not spend another penny for the rest of your life.
It’s a wonderful sense of freedom.

I don’t know how much you’re looking to spend though, which might change things a bit.
Which cameras have you been looking at?

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B. advert the heck out of the contest by telling the FPAEF about it

How about shameless promotion in tonight’s thread too?

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And just like that, the thread dies…

Ooooh opinionated, creative people come out come out wherever you are.

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Are they coming with any type of warranty and/or from a respectable dealer?

They come with a 90-day warranty from Nikon and $400 seems to be a pretty easy price to find; buydig, digitalfotoclub, beachcamera, etc all have it at that price, so I’m pretty sure I can trust the dealers.

It’s just that $500~$650 is a lot of money for me to be plunking down on something I don’t need, so I’d like to be as informed as possible about the possible problems I would encounter getting a used camera (or just a D-SLR itself, for that matter).

If the previous owner was a cheeto-addicted slob, could I ever get it un-oranged?
Do the contacts for the batteries and memory card corrode faster than a Yugo in Detroit?
Might the firmware destroy itself in a violent schizophrenic outburst?
Will I need to clean the CCD? Will it dramatically degrade image quality if I twitch at the wrong time when cleaning it?

You know, the million little doubts your mature side fills you with when you won’t listen to it yammer on about financial responsibility.

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Sounds like a plan to me.

(thanks veruca!)

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How about bouncing this around a bit? Who else has some ideas for the cross-over?

I really like the cross-over idea, but I have the following concerns:

1. Not all farktographers are willing to subject their photos for photoshopping, and although I don’t understand it, I think we should respect it and try not to alienate them.

2. There doesn’t seem to be much direct communication with farktographers and photoshoppers, at least not on the scale that I think this warrants.

So, I was thinking we should either make a place in the forum for cross-over discussion with the photoshoppers and invite them over (farkshopgraphy forums?), or advertise a way for the average farktographer and photoshopper to communicate their thoughts to both groups.
I was also thinking we might want to keep this separate from the regular weekly farktography for the sake of those who’d rather not be photoshopped (and don’t want to flaunt their stodginess), and because I don’t think weekly contests are burning anyone out.

It really sounds like a lot of fun, but the pressure is kinda high to come up with the way to work it, so to lessen that load why not propose a couple different ways, try them out and play it by ear from there? (ie, this fri farktographers choose the photoshoppers’s theme and vice versa, next fri photoshoppers combine different farktographs, the fri after that farktographers and photoshoppers pair up to fulfill a theme, etc). Trying to get it perfect on the first shot is just too daunting for wimps like me.

Does anyone know if we can get greenlights on demand for this?

(note: staplermofo is a babbling old ne’er-do-well and his suggestions aren’t to be taken all that seriously)

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