VCF suggestions...

[Patrick Finnegan]

On Thursday 04 August 2005 15:19, Roger Merchberger wrote:
> Rumor has it that Vintage Computer Festival may have mentioned these 
words:
> >On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Bob Shannon wrote:
> > > How about taking good quality digital photos of the exhibits and
> > > then producting a small run of calendars featuring the top
> > > winning exhibits?
> > >
> > > Give calendars to the exhibitors and vendors, and sell them (in
> > > advance) to the general public.
>
> How do you know who won in advance? Unless you mean "take pre-orders"
> for the calendars...

I had the same thought about what he was saying, and then I realized 
that he probably means winners from previous VCFs.

> >I'd love to do this, but as Hans can attest, it's not a cheap
> > process.
>
> I might be able to cheapen the process - I have most everything
> necessary to put out a decent (tho not _extravagant_) calendar: Nikon
> D70 digital SLR, color laser printer (for the cheaper pages),
> dye-sublimation printer for the glossy coversheet(s), and a
> comb-binder to put 'er all together. If you really needed a hole to
> hang it from, I just happen to have a drill press, too. ;-)

>From my understanding, Hans could have made the calendars much cheaper 
if he had wanted to make some concessions in getting the calendars 
made.  As it is, the pictures were taken with a very high quality 
digital camera (to satisfy Tony, high quality relative to what digital 
cameras can do ;), and he had actual lithographic plates made for 
printing the calendars, instead of having them digitally printed.

Pat
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