forums archives (73 posts)
New Leica User Group forum/website launches: LeicaPlace.com, April 2, 2013
Do you like to talk Leica and share Leica-taken pictures? A new Leica forum/website has been launched at LeicaPlace.com with a variety of sub-forums discussing camera gear and sharing photography as well. If the format looks familiar, it is because...
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New XTogs.com, a Forum for Fuji X-photographers launches with X20 giveaway, February 1, 2013
If you are a fan of the Fuji X-series cameras, fixed lens or interchangeables, a brand new forum has launched at the easy to remember url XTogs.com. The new forum is launching with a Fuji X20 giveaway! To enter, you...
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Debate-a-thon among dpreview users: Camera of the Year, December 26, 2012
Fill up the kettle and the coffee machine at the same time! Dpreview launched a "Camera of the Year" poll and the comments discussion has turned into a debate-a-thon with 1200+ comments. Bonus points if you read all 1200+ of...
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Dpreview launches Next Generation forums, October 7, 2012
One of the iconic forums talking photography in the digital age, the dpreview forums, have now switched to a Next Generation user interface, a more Web 2.0 interface, which includes up-voting and down-voting of individual posts in threads, which should...
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Dpreview planning Forums update and upgrade, September 30, 2012
Websites too save some of their news for the Photokina season! Dpreview has just announced upcoming updates to their forums, with a code rewrite and changes/improvements to the user interface and flow of things. The changes haven't gone live yet,...
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Reactions to the Nikon J2 announcement (spoiler alert: not greeted as a liberator), August 9, 2012
The Nikon J2 headlined last night's new Nikon gear announcements, but did it make any headlines and if yes, were the headlines what they were hoping for? The short answer is yes and no. I think these two announcement-opinions at...
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Impact review: Canon 5DMk3 at dpreview [updated with reactions], May 22, 2012
The time has come for the Canon 5D Mark III to face the judge, jury and executioners at dpreview in their just published 30-page review! As usual, we won't leak the light here, but if you are a in hurry...
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Leica debates revisited after Shooting with the M9p article at dpreview, May 6, 2012
We close Sunday's opinion theme with a new article at dpreview, Shooting with the Leica M9p, a 3-person 5-page report on shooting with digital rangefinders and specifically the Leica M9p. The article in itself is of interest, but then, the...
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Forum Discussion: What do you want/expect from Panasonic M43rds?, May 6, 2012
Sunday is often a day for discussion and opinions and reflection, so with that in mind, here is an interesting discussion in the mu-43.com forums on what photographers want and/or expect to see from Panasonic Micro Four Thirds going forward....
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Forums on Fire: the Olympus E-M5 Dynamic Range results at TechRadar, April 15, 2012
The Dynamic Range charts that are part of the Olympus E-M5 review at Tech Radar, showing the Olympus E-M5 beating both the Sony NEX-7 and the Fuji X-Pro1, have set off a firestorm in the forums. Here is a sampling...
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Olympus E-M5 hands-on with dpreview, February 21, 2012
Dpreview has published an Olympus E-M5 hands-on article after attending the European press event. Their article includes a 10-image sequence showcasing the camera's 9fps burst mode. There is an "official thread" discussing this in the dpreview M43rds forum. The E-M5...
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Reactions to the Kodak announcement in the photo-blogo-forum-sphere, February 10, 2012
One of the big news on Thursday was that Kodak would phase out of digital cameras by June 2012. Time now to see what people in the photo-blogo-forum-sphere are saying about this: Long form Commentary + Luminous Landscape Forum Discussions...
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Fuji X-Pro 1 and three lenses leak left and right, January 8, 2012
UPDATE (January 9, 2012): The new camera and three lenses have now been officially announced! Check our usual announcement round-up for all the details... Original post after the jump (will no longer be updated)... RUMOR phase of the CAMERA LifeCycle...
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Impact review: Sony NEX-7 at dpreview, December 13, 2011
The time has come for the Sony NEX-7 to face the Judge, Jury and Executioners at dpreview with a 29-page detailed review. As usual we won't spoil it here, but if you are in a hurry, you can jump to...
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Interesting forum discussion on future (of) medium format cameras, November 20, 2011
There is an interesting discussion brewing at the GetDPI forums on what medium format photographers want/need/expect from medium format cameras in the next few years. This is not a rumor post discussing future or leaked models, but photographers talking about...
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