These forums are absolutely horrible.

Is this just the intellectual property issue or is it the crappy forum interface?

Both. But mainly the latter.

You will find a large number of us have moved to a better party down the street at:

http://nikongear.com

(You don't HAVE to be using a Nikon — all photographers are welcome!)

Ann,

I am trying to log onto the nikon forums but they have one of those "Identify what you see" requirements that keeps kicking me back out, with some of the fields deleted. I think there is an internal clock setting that makes the 'Identify what you see' thing change faster than I can finish re - filling out the missing fields. Any way I tried to register 20 times over 20 minutes and was not able to register.

I am looking for a new forum, one that is easy to use. Obviously, the Nikon site was not designed by David Powers or it would work properly.

I've contacted admin at the nikon site and hopefully they will get me signed on.

Thanks for the recommendation. We need something to take the place of these God-Forsaken-Forums the way they are now.

See You There,

Ken

Ann, See you there.

Dallas sent me a hint to not use the back button to go back from the error I've been getting but to refresh a new registration screen. I will try that 20 times and if no avail, Dallas said he would manually set me up. I'll use my own name there. I can't be as bad as these forums have become.

Thanks Ann,

Ken

Ann Shelbourne wrote:

 

 

Fred Nirque has already taken the place by storm and one of his Forest photographs has just been chosen as "Picture of the Week".

 

It didn't take him long did it?

The only problem I have with the site is I'm spending so much time there. There is some absolutely wonderful photography.

for those who didn't leave (obviously : ) :

http://www.selfpromoawards.com/

If you need help with self promo concepts, I could give you some suggestions

(or you can develop them by discussing with others)

[that's what I think forums are best for]

for instance Andrew could have his dog take a picture of him

(as a way to return the many "favors" : )

or wade could take a self portrait as a reflection in a building's window

[I know that he doesn't need my ideas, but he has none of his own and he doesn't know it : ]

I'm glad that you "were there", had fun and feel pride, larry

(most photographers were/had/felt : )

the concept is that an architectural photographer hides the reflections usually or tries to avoid them

the exception in this case would be purely for self advertisement as an architectural photographer

(you aren't, as far as I know; I could be wrong)

No one's around any more.   Who can blame us?

Hi Hopper!   

I wonder if the copyright issue was the main reason for people leaving? As a rank amateur, I'd probably be flattered if anyone stole one of my images

Is it the copyright thing?  I would have to venture a yes.  Professional photographers are very protective of their images.  And understandably so.  As a wedding photographer I VERY SELDOM was willing to give clients the negs.  It was their wedding but my images.  It's a shame this is affecting the photography forum so badly.  I enjoyed this forum a lot and there are now a lot less posts here than any of the other forums.  It certainly must be due to the copyright deal.

It's the copyright thing with language lifted almost verbatim from Facebook. You have to wonder if Adobe's lawyers paid Facebook's lawyers or if they have some sort of reciprocity agreement. But just as much is the agonizingly slow and ugly interface that is so unfriendly it's a wonder that anyone at all slogs through it. This place is nothing without the people who contributed regularly and now that there are only a couple left it's just a single notch above nothing. I actually think that this maybe be just what Adobe wants but for the life of me can't understand why. Adobe went from having a pretty decent forum to a really crappy one overnight. Maybe it's easier to manage with almost zero participants. Certainly saves on bandwidth.

Oh, I keep considering! 

I would love to have a D700, but lord knows I can't justify that cost!  So next in line would be the D300 and if not that then maybe the D90.  I have to take a good look at them (90 and 300) to see if the cost differnences are worth the difference.

My D70 is a little cranky these days.  I sometimes get the CHA error, other times it tells me I have to format my card AFTER the CHA error.  I have found that if I either remove my battery and/or reseat the lens I can make the error go away.  I am not sure which one works or if it requires both things, as I tend to have to do them multiple times.  Last time, it was only the battery that had to be removed and reinserted.

anyone have any thoughts on these cameras?

Q Photo wrote:

 

D90.  It has (many) features of D300 and is priced lower.  I have a D300 and really like it a lot.  But the D90 is very similar. Seriously, why spend more than necessary?  Digital cameras become "old" very quickly.  If the D90 is as close to the D300, as I think, then you will be VERY happy.    D700 is out of my price range so I can't give an opinion other than that's a lot of money.  As always, just my opinion.

Q,

I'll go to dpreview and see how it compares to the noise in the high ISO ratio.  <ran over to the dpreview site for the prices> The D90 is roughly half the cost of the D300 ... hmmmm  I need to look into this more ... 

LT,

I doubt that I will change manufactures, as I have some money invensted in my Nikon gear and don't have enough money to reinvest in another line of cameras.

There are a couple of little niggles about the D90 vs the D70/D300 that I see.  I guess it's something I have to decide if it's a big enough deal or not, to pay an additional $800 for!

• I see that the D90 uses SD cards, I have the CF from my D70.
• I have gotten used to the 6 (or is it 7?) fps and on the D70 and the 90 only has 4fps.

Other things I have to look into:

• Will the D90 work with my SB600 flash unit?
• Will it work with my current remote?
• Will my D70 battery work with the D90?
• Will my current lenses work with the D70? (as in full functionality)
• Is the 96% coverage equal to my current D70?  I know that I don't get full coverage, so I am wondering if this is equal to the D70?
• I do get a fair amount of noise with my D70 when I am lower light siutations and I wonder how the D90 handles that?
  

I am definitely more tempted, after looking at the specs ..

I've been so busy with work, I've not had time to breathe much less spend time in the forum.  That, and it's so slow for me to even get to post things. 

I'm still interested in the camera though! 

That worked just fine.  And, nice photo.  Thanks...

And so it seems that so many have left and the lights are out!  This used to be such a wonderful place.  It's not only the forums but Adobe that has changed.  Enjoy wherever everyone has gone!

I didn't get a chance to check out "white rabbit". Anyone else have any feedback.

Oh, and great pic by the way

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