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Kit Lens Losers

Challenge #8 in the The Soul Of Things series. Hosted by Capivara.

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Many of us just aren't filthy rich and settle for a 18-55mm kit lens. In spite of their obvious flaws, we've seen stunning photographs made with them. Show us your best kit lens photographs.

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Announced:

Thursday, 9th July, 2009 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 16th July, 2009 – Wednesday, 22nd July, 2009 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 23rd July, 2009 – Wednesday, 29th July, 2009 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Basic post processing only.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

18-55mm kitlenses only (plus or minus a few mm)
EXIF appreciated

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

250

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Voting results: 218 entries Slideshow of 15 12 Page: 4 Rows:

St. Anne's Park -The walled garden - Dublin

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101	Is micro four thirds on its way out?
88	Please. ‘splain me why everyone is so excited about the RX10IV - a bridge camera
76	An Insightful D850 Review
63	Apple 8 phone. Heresy?
52	Banding on GX8
49	For the scientifically minded
49	Suggestion: Crowdfunding the Creation of a Traditonal DSLR style Full Frame SD2 Merrill
41	Big set of charts of lens sharpness scores from Photozone.de
40	How much of a difference will I really see with primes vs kit?
40	B&HVideo Return Policy - Item Out of Stock
40	Vacation with only the XT2+23/1.4
40	Do we really need all that gear? Or is this the perfect camera?
39	who is making these New Minolta cameras?
36	Why every photographer in youtube have canon, did I chose wrong with nikon?
35	Looking for a simplest text editor for Mac....
35	The 24-240 could be the 24-105 you’ve been waiting for!
32	What's the point of a compact camera in 2017 and beyond?
32	Spent the grocery money on a 25/1.4
31	Nothing beats m43 overall.


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