On 2 December 2014 at 23:17, Santiago Navarro Sanz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry for crossposting: > Help one of the best volunteer photographers in Wikimedia Commons restore > his stolen equipment. > > > *Diego Delso is known as Poco a poco > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Poco_a_poco> in Wikimedia Commons*. > In case you don't know, Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository where > anyone can share freely-licensed content with everyone. *Wikipedia uses > Wikimedia Commons as it's image repository*, so, in fact, most of the > times you view an image in Wikipedia, you are actually viewing a Wikimedia > Commons image. > > While Diego is just one of the thousands of Wikimedia Commons volunteers, > he is a very special one: *he's one of the main Commons contributors ever*, > having some amazing records, such as being the user with the highest > amount of Featured Pictures ever > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Featured_pictures_by_creator> > (153 > images) and also the one with the highest amount of quality images ever, > with 5,777 Quality Images > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Quality_images_by_User:Poco_a_poco>. > That's an awesome amount of very high quality material, that Diego has > given to every living person for free. > > Never heard about *Wikimedia Commons*? It's the repository that hosts > all*multimedia > files* that you can see (and download) in *Wikipedia *and all other > Wikimedia projects. Diego's files are used in those projects and are also > available for everybody else with a free license. > > > Furthermore, Diego has contributed in Wikimedia Commons in other ways. One > of them is by supporting (by being an *organizer* or a *jury*) two of the > most important*photographic contests* in the Wikimedia movement (and in > the world!): Wiki Loves Monuments and Wiki Loves Earth. > > > Sadly, while Diego was in Buenos Aires after participating in a Wikimedia > Iberoamerican Encounter with other Wikimedia volunteers, *he got his > equipment stolen*. In this unfortunate event, he didn't only lost his > camera, zoom lenses and laptop, but also *every single picture he took > during his 2 weeks trip in South America*, which he was going to upload > to Wikimedia Commons so they could be used by everyone, everywhere. > > As Wikimedia volunteers and Diego's friends, we could not stand aside of > this, so we decided to help him to *restore his equipment*. *You can > help, too*, by contributing to this campaign! > > Our goal is simple: to collect enough money to help Diego to buy exactly > the same equipment he lost. > > All the gear he lost in Argentina is described below, with a reference to > the price from Amazon for the same equipment. > > TipoModeloPreçoCamera bodyCanon EOS 5D Mark II > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EOS_5D_Mark_II>$ 2,694.00 > <http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Mark-Frame-Camera-MODEL/dp/B001G5ZTLS>Objective > fisheye f/4.0Canon EF 8-15mm L USM > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EF_8-15mm_lens>$ 1,349.00 > <http://www.amazon.com/Canon-8-15mm-Fisheye-Ultra-Wide-Cameras/dp/B0040X4OZU/>Objective > wide-angle f/4.0Canon EF 17-40mm L USM > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EF_17-40mm_lens>$ 839.00 > <http://www.amazon.com/Canon-17-40mm-Ultra-Angle-Cameras/dp/B00009R6WO/>Objective > wide-angle to telephoto f/4.0Canon EF 24-105mm L IS UVM > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EF_24-105mm_lens>$ 1,149.00 > <http://www.amazon.com/Canon-24-105mm-USM-Lens-Cameras/dp/B000AZ57M6/> > LaptopAcer Aspire 1810T > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_Aspire_Notebook>$ 600.00 > <http://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-Aspire-1810T-Series.21471.0.html>Total$ > 6,631.00 > > > > Cost wise you don't buy the 5DII and 24-105mm as separate items. You buy the 5DIII with the 24-150mm as a kit. -- geni
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