April 14: Update.

Let me do an update on the most important issues.

Today is April 14, 2008 and there are 2 months and 7 days till some of us meet in Berlin. You should start preparing your camera now, if you have not already done that. Go for fresh batteries, and clean the lenses for dust:-).

Hotel Booking

Motel One at K-damm had 10 rooms reserved for us at a special price. In this very moment 9 of these rooms has been booked by participants. In other words, and as far as I know, there is 1 room left to go if you want to stay at this particular hotel. You need to take direct contact to the hotel by email or by phone. Online booking will not do since the hotel is already full.

If you can’t get a room there YOU need to book at another hotel in the area. Or where you want to stay.

Films and Film Processing 

There is a nearby shop where you can buy films et cetera, and have your films processed. The shop is just around the corner from Motel One (10 minute walk). It is special up-scale dealer, and they have professional films in stock, but please remember that you will most likely arrive in Berlin June 21, and that is a Saturday. The shop closes at 06.00 p.m.

NB: You will not get professional films like Provia in normal film outlets. You will need to go to special shops like this one. The name of the shop is Wüstefeld. If you have special requirements, or simple want to make sure that they have the films that you need, you should call or email them in advance (Not me. The shop).

Should I bring Prints?

That is entirely up to you. If you want to show your prints, maybe have someone comment upon them, you should certainly bring prints. I am sure many will. If you bring enough prints, you may be in for a print exchange. A print exchange will not be formally arranged. 

The Book

Will there be a book? If that is what we agree on there will be a book, but there will not be a book during the 4 days that we are in Berlin. 

If we agree on a book there are plenty of ways to make one. Using a book template is one of them. For more information please go here for the present status. 

We need to make the book after our session in Berlin.

Dinners

Question: You have planned 4 dinners. Are we really going to have 4 dinners all of us together?

Answer: The 4 dinners are an option, and therefore not necessarily what it going to happen. I suggest we go for 2 dinners where we everybody should join, and then play the two other days by the ear. There will a final update on this on this page.

Dress Code

I have had a question about dress code. Will there be one for, for instance, the dinners. The answer is: If you want to bring your black tie, please do. However, everything, in The G Summit is intended CASUAL. So my advice is be casual :-). And wear casual.

When in Berlin

Who will arrange things for me when I come to Berlin? No one will. As most of us stay at the same hotel there will be plenty of opportunity to co-ordinate things during the stay.

Cheers

Knut

Berlin Beware

Click images for larger view.  All images shot in Berlin, August 2007. Enjoy.

Comment from Richard Sintchak

Richard Sintchak Says: 
April 11, 2008 at 2:13 am e

Ok, I know I have been pretty much the “where did he go?” guy lately but I have still had this in the back of my mind. I am researching whether I can go or not. The airfare from the US is NOT cheap (almost $1500 USD!) and that’s with at least one stop (15 hours+ to get there). Plus hotel for the week, and food, and (some) fun, it will be $2500 USD in the end at least. I really want to go but need to think it through a little more. I’d love nothing more to see you guys and could sure use a small vacation of seeing Berlin and walking around with my G2….I’ll keep you posted on my thoughts over the next week as I plan to decide soon….

(I have taken the liberty to post this comment from Richard as a blog post. Meaning it goes straight to “the front page”).

All in Place at Motel One

Well, due incredible foresight during negotiations with Motel One last year, it seems that the hotel is holding rooms for the G Summit Group

So even if the hotel is fully booked, there are still rooms for participants from the G Summit Group. All participants so far are, in other words, staying at Motel One.

What a grand result

To see who is attending go here.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Motel One: Still Rooms for the G Summit Group. YOU NEED TO CALL THEM.

All

I just had a mail from Jan (below). There are still rooms at the hotel. You have to call them and give them the code number.

Telephone number is: Telefon: +49 (0) 30 - 31517 360

Code is: Photo Summit.

All the best 

Knut

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(Mail from Jan)

Hi all,

I called the hotel One
and there are still rooms left.
You have to call them and mention Photo Summit.
They specialy put some rooms aside for us :))

Greetz from Brussels
Jan Brouckaert

http://www.janbrouckaert.com

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(Original mail from Motel One)

Dear Knut,

the code word is “Photo Summit”. All reservations should be done by indicating this code word. Following prices will be granted: 

• 65,50 € for the single room
• 72 € for the double room  

Many greetings from Berlin, Daniel Sie werden uns lieben!Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Daniel Müller
Direktor Motel One Management GmbH
Motel One Berlin Ku-Damm
Kantstrasse 7-11A
D-10623 Berlin
Telefon: +49 (0) 30 - 31517 360
Fax: +49 (0) 30 - 31517 3610
Mobil: +49 177 88 12825

Jan Brouckaert Joins G Summit

Hi all

More good news. I just had an email confirmation from Jan. He is coming to Berlin as well. And that is great news.

Jan, as far as I remember, revitalised his interest in photography thought the Contax G Pages many years ago, and have had several exhibitions in Belgium, which is his home country.

By the way, Jan is the only one that submitted images to this site. Go here to look at them. Or drift to his portfolio at The G Summit Pages.

Welcome, Jan.

Cheers

 

Motel One Fully Booked

All

Based on the information from Wilfred van der Vegte, I am sorry that I have to say that Motel One, at K-damm is now fully booked based on the information on the Internet. Wilfred is a participant and he had to find another hotel.

You could still try to telephone the hotel as the Internet information sometimes are not that accurate, but the chances are that you need to find another hotel in the area. For checking out other hotel in the area I suggest that you go here.

you go here.

Wilfred joins G Summit

Did you see that guys? Wilfred van der Vegte has just annonced that he will join the G Summit in Berlin. He just made my day

Wilfred is one of the heavy G shooters and an oldtimer on The Contax G Pages. Go see his portfolio. Wilfred and I both joined the preliminary G Summit back in 2003 when we meet in Delft, The Netherlands :-).

Be seeing you soon Wilfred.

Cheers

Knut