Canon -v- Nikon -v- Others: TEAM CHALLENGE

**Colin Southern** · 2nd February 2009, 05:05 AM

OK - time for a bit of friendly rivalry

I'm going to try running a weekly team challenge, and see how it goes.

The rules are simple:

1. Post an image that you've taken in the last 28 Days here, and mention somewhere whether you're a Canon / Nikon / Sony / Other team member.

2. At the end of the week (probably Monday morning in my time zone) I'll lock the thread - and then people have 24 hours to tell me in a PM what their first, second, and third choices are.

I'll use a 3, 2, 1 points system to accumulate points for the images voted for - and the next day announce both the winning photo and winning team.

Prizes: Winning photographer gets unlimited bragging rights for the week, and gets to choose the theme for the following week. And the winning team gets to retain the CiC Virtual Team Cup for the week (and no doubt, unlimited bragging rights!).

People can't vote on their own photos, and are encouraged to vote for submitted entries based on the merits of the image (using whatever criteria you deem appropriate).

This weeks theme is "A photo with a person or people in it".

Any questions? No? Good - let the battle begin (of course with Canon being the better system, I suspect that they're going to win easily!

(and no, I won't rig the vote!).

**Raycer** · 2nd February 2009, 05:38 AM

I'll play!!

a pic of my gal taken today with my 50mm:

GO Nikon camp!

**Colin Southern** · 2nd February 2009, 07:15 AM

Ohh - I see that the Nikon camp are already hitting below the belt by using baby pics

The funny thing is that in about 13 years time it's often the parents with exactly the same expression on their faces! (Teenagers - Aaaaaargh).

OK Canon boys - Raycer & Nikon will win by default unless we do something about it! This is what you've been trained for ... MAKE US PROUD!

**iPhillip** · 2nd February 2009, 07:50 AM

Instead of private messaging you on what photo the people think is the best why don't you create a thread with a poll so people can vote vote for the Team that has the best photographs from their point of view. (You can repost the images in the voting thread using the same links)

I can organise this weekly if you like as I've done something very similar before.

And be prepared, I'll be entering for the "other team" under Pentax

**Colin Southern** · 2nd February 2009, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by iPhillip

Instead of private messaging you on what photo the people think is the best why don't you create a thread with a poll so people can vote vote for the Team that has the best photographs from their point of view.

Thanks Phillip. I might go to something like that eventually - I'd need to understand it a bit better, and to think through any loop holes etc (eg Pentax users voting more than once

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**Daniel Salazar** · 2nd February 2009, 02:14 PM

Hi, I think we're just 2 members using Sony. Do we get some points? are we not also supporting the minorities?

**The Blue Boy** · 2nd February 2009, 06:04 PM

Now I don't usually "do" people so this is purely to show some support!

Anyway at the Manchester Chinese New Year celebrations yesterday, I spotted this hapless Canon user trying to navigate the awful menu system or perhaps he's just chimping. "Don't like that one, that one's aweful, jeez did I take that?!"

Canon -v- Nikon -v- Others: TEAM CHALLENGE

**Raycer** · 2nd February 2009, 09:50 PM

GO LITTLE PEOPLE!!

Chelseablue,
I think the Canonian is shocked to find black dots in his pictures!

come'on Canon boys, represent!!

**Bill44** · 2nd February 2009, 10:18 PM

One for the NIKON team. The title is "Out", the look on the face says it all.

**The Blue Boy** · 2nd February 2009, 10:24 PM

@ Raycer

I,ve since discovered that he was viewing the histogram. He was tracing the peaks and troughs and was heard to go "Weeeeeee!"

Come on guys and gals, get into the spirit. If anything I think this pokes more fun at other sites that actually takes Canon/Nikon/Olympus/Sony/Pentax/Whatever seriously.

Am I allowed to post with images from my Fujifilm Finepix Z20fd? (This camera lives on my belt, JiC!) or will that make me a double agent?

**d3debian** · 2nd February 2009, 10:53 PM

The Canon-guy seems to wonder
"error 99..........why didn't i noticed the preceding 98 errors?! The errorcounter is an error itself."

**ajith.rajeswari** · 2nd February 2009, 11:02 PM

Hi Colin,

Though I am a Nikon person I am posting a photo by me with my brother's old Sony Mavica digital camera. This was taken in 2007 so I am breaking your Rule#1, If you want me to take this out 'coz of this I am happy to ..please let me know

-----------------------------------------------------
SONY( Mavica Series) - This is my niece, the hand you see is my brother's.
Photo taken inside the parking garage to get a good soft light (No Flash)

Regards
~Ajith

**d3debian** · 2nd February 2009, 11:02 PM

The Chinese chase away the old year with a lot of noise wich i represent in a fair amount with this iso 1600 picture i guess.
Canon EOS 400 D.

**iPhillip** · 3rd February 2009, 06:57 AM

You just got Pentaxed! For Team: Other.

Just for reference I've got a k10d. And Heres my shot of a person riding a motorbike.

By the way, some of you haven't stated who or what team you've entered for. So we won't know what team we are voting for if we chose one of your photographs.

**Colin Southern** · 3rd February 2009, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by dasle

Hi, I think we're just 2 members using Sony. Do we get some points? are we not also supporting the minorities?

Yes - I'm doing the points in such a way that "other" teams won't be disadvantaged, so long as they have at least 3 entries

**Colin Southern** · 3rd February 2009, 10:11 AM

Excellent work so far folks - Keep em coming!

It's been mentioned that some haven't stated which team they're batting for - guess I'll just have to assume it's Canon unless I hear otherwise

**Colin Southern** · 3rd February 2009, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by Chelseablue

Am I allowed to post with images from my Fujifilm Finepix Z20fd? (This camera lives on my belt, JiC!) or will that make me a double agent?

Yeah - what the heck; the more the merrier (counts for the OTHER team though!). That could be a loophole to ensure you're on the winning team; join ALL of them!

**Colin Southern** · 3rd February 2009, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by d3debian

The Canon-guy seems to wonder
"error 99..........why didn't i noticed the preceding 98 errors?! The errorcounter is an error itself."

I actually had my first Error 99 the other day on my 1Ds3!

**d3debian** · 3rd February 2009, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by Colin Southern

I actually had my first Error 99 the other day on my 1Ds3!

I hope you can solve it easily.

For the UK-people on Cic: a snowman is also a person. Or do you need some more snow?

**Colin Southern** · 3rd February 2009, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by d3debian

I hope you can solve it easily.

Dead easy - just turn the camera off and on again. I've had them with all my cameras over the years - probably averaging 2 or 3 a year. No big deal - I make a LOT more mistakes than the camera does!

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