Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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