it's where dpc members carry (or attempt to) all their photography gears on their back and run a 100m dash, followed by a camera throw to see who can flung their javelins... i mean camera bodies the furthest. this event is held once a year and the location is a rotated between the site council member's backyards.
it's where dpc members carry (or attempt to) all their photography gears on their back and run a 100m dash, followed by a camera throw to see who can flung their javelins... i mean camera bodies the furthest. this event is held once a year and the location is a rotated between the site council member's backyards.
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No, you've got the javelin bit wrong - you use monopods. It is the shot put event where you throw the camera body.
No, you've got the javelin bit wrong - you use monopods. It is the shot put event where you throw the camera body.
i swear i saw Bear_music used his camera body and the neck-strap like some kind of slingshot and won 2007's DPCO, but maybe i was just seeing things as i forgot my glasses that day. heard he won himself a box of m&m's
i swear i saw Bear_music used his camera body and the neck-strap like some kind of slingshot and won 2007's DPCO, but maybe i was just seeing things as i forgot my glasses that day. heard he won himself a box of m&m's
That was a fever dream, crayon. Drink lots of fluids and stay in bed until it passes, OK?
BTW, I currently hold the record for the D70s shotput distance!
That's only because that's all that Nikons are good for....why throw a perfectly good camera...nahh....we just steal all the Nikons from you lot for the event and then photograph the winning throw with the real cameras...the Canon's!!!
Reading this gave me an idea that I think might be kind of fun. I'd love to see something similar to a DPCO but have the teams be Team Olympus, Team Canon, Team Nikon..... just to see what would happen :) (let the comments begin...)
Reading this gave me an idea that I think might be kind of fun. I'd love to see something similar to a DPCO but have the teams be Team Olympus, Team Canon, Team Nikon..... just to see what would happen :) (let the comments begin...)
Well, we sorta had that in the beginning, with Team Canon, Team Nikon, and Team Pentax competing, that I can remember; there may have been more. But of course there were non-camera-specific teams as well. Sort of had to be, since teams were limited in numbers of members...
The DPC Olympics is an unofficial event here, much fun!
Players sign up for teams and the teams compete against each other for highest scores each week.
Normally, the teammates all get together (online somewhere) and discuss each entry from their team (and then do not vote on their teammates entries, since that would be cheating).
Once it starts, everything settles in, and we have a great time.
Other than the fact that everyone starts bitching that the scores suddenly seem to be so much lower than before the DPCO started....which they may in fact be, or perhaps we are being more sensitive because there is more pride on the line when your entry tanks and you feel bad about letting your team down. But other than that issue, it is indeed a lot of fun.
Also on the positive side, getting feedback about your entry from your team before submission, and modifying your entry accordingly, is a great learning experience.
