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Yes! Thank you, HTF owner(s) and admins, for returning this section back to the front for better visibility (and hopefully, better traffic).
I was starting to think I need to go back to visiting dpreview's forums regularly or maybe even the SPOT (when I don't want the insanity over in dpreview
). Talk about format wars. It's constantly Canon vs Nikon (or the world) over there -- and there's just no letting up since the introduction of the Nikon D3.
I still need to drop by over there once in a while for news and small bits of rumors (and maybe the Gallery forum for an occasionally interesting photo or two), but don't want to do it for actual chat...
Thanks again!
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Re: Thank you!
Hopefully some good info here. I've learned to filter DPREVIEW enough to be usefull, but I'm personally attached to POTN and NikonCafe....
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This is something you guys obviously wanted and
Parker and I were happy to oblige!
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Hopefully some good info here. I've learned to filter DPREVIEW enough to be usefull, but I'm personally attached to POTN and NikonCafe....
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I used to visit those 2 also, but haven't in a long time. Well, since I didn't go w/ Canon for my DSLR gear (and didn't continue to use their compacts either), my stay at PotN was shortlived of course.
The folks (and the general environment) at NikonCafe are very pleasant, IIRC, though a couple of them do sometimes get into unnecessary spats on dpreview's forums over the Canon vs Nikon thing.
And yeah, I just try to filter out all the "noise" when I do visit dpreview forums on occasion nowadays. One thing good about their forum software/format is it does make it easier for me to pick-and-choose which sub-threads to follow in each discussion (based on the posters involved and the post/reply title) instead of having to wade through pages and pages of "noise" and whatever OT stuff -- that makes even the super "hot" threads somewhat manageable. Unfortunately, the search function there isn't so useful though.
BTW, would it make more sense to rename this forum section "Photography and Videography"?
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All that Canon vs. Nikon crap dates back decades before digital, believe me. It basically started during Vietnam when those two companies were in a blood feud over photojournalists. If you want to know my feeling, the easiest way to tell a clueless "photographer" is when they harp over brands.
Since the late 70s I have owned and used every 35mm brand made (many of which no longer exist) and many medium and large format brands, and it makes virtually no difference. You just have to make sure you have good optics, regardless of the brand, and know what you are doing.
Crap, my eyes glass over whenever someone goes into how superior they are becuase of the hardware they bought.
They flutter behind you, your possible pasts.
Some bright-eyed and crazy, some frightened and lost.
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5D Mark 2 or bust =)
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I get tired of trying to sift through all of the 5D replacement threads, rumors, etc. over there. And of course everyone of those threads ends up with some Nikon/Canon crap. At times it makes me long for the days of the civility of the big HD DVD/Blu-ray "war." 