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DPRF is a spin-off of dpreview. We are a photography forum with people from all over the world freely sharing their knowledge and love of photography. Everybody is welcome, from beginners to the experienced professional. From smartphone to Medium Format.

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left eye

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Hello to those who are arriving!

I have joined both DPReview alternatives just to see which gets the following and understand better who exactly is behind these sites. Currently DPR Clone as here, is looking better to me, simple things like the font size and the path structure is clearer, and there's rich text immediately with this window (the other alternative edits in plain text and only previews in rich text - which is awkward, plus it seems to have many teething bugs). Anyway, DPR Clone is working well for me at present.

What I use :

Fujifilm GFX 50S + EVF tilt-adaptor + GF lenses + adapted lenses.
 
Saw your post and decided to join here as well. Who knows which will be the best place in the future.
I joined dpreview on July 27, 2006.
 
...feeling warmer here already! Soon we will be posting real questions and points of discussion about gear.

I wonder who will take up the weekly thread? >

**This week with your MF camera, MM DD YYYY**
 
Hi left eye & dbateman,

:welcome-to-forum:

Thank you for testing us here!

I am the "man behind the curtain". I do community forum management since 20 years. Not just for photocommunities. But I only run communities in industries I am interested in myself. In most cases I use a product and see that there is something better needed than currently available and found then a forum for it. :teufel-grinsend-schwanz:

I started with my first photocommunity in 2002 with Contaxinfo.com as a Contax owner. Maybe some of you know this brand. It does not exist anymore since 2005. But I was running the biggest Contax community at that time and although this brand does not exist anymore since 18 years, the content is still available at https://camera-info.com. In case you are afraid of longterm committment, I think that sais it all and I doubt you will find other examples like that on the short lived internet.

So I will do whatever it takes to help all dpreview users. I am very experienced in community forums and have the capacity to run also bigger communities. I use the IMHO best forum software out the on the market (I tried them all) and you will realize it, as soon as you compare it. This software is also capable to run huge communities. Not every software is able to do that.

But please compare us with all other solutions. It is in my view important, that you get your own impression about the different possibilites. Everybody has a different taste.

There was a posting of Nasim at dpreview about the difficulties long term to run large communities and I agree with him. So no matter for which forum you will decide on, be patient with these guys.

If requested I can also import and merge other forums into this one or in any other kind of photocommunity. I did that many times already.
I am open for every idea and suggestion. Nothing is set in stone. I just try to give you all immediately a very professional solution which is stable and futureproof.

But before we change here anything, I would like to have first more members registered here. As many members as possible shall participate in the discussion of a future direction of this dpreview-rescue-forum. This shall be a community effort. I am only the nerd behind the curtain who is doing the work and pays the bills for the community. :LOL:

I would find it also interesting to have a cooperation with Nasim. I sent him already an email.

So everything is possible. It is up to you how this will develop.

Feel free to sask questions, I will try to answer them all.

And please do not forget to

:tell-your-friends:
 
By the way: If you are interested in more Medium Format forums, you can also have a look at our sister site (Medium Format only): https://mediumformatforum.com/
 
left eye said:
Hello to those who are arriving!

Joined DPRetired on 22 May 2012
number of posts to date : 2,990

Joined DPRevived and DPR Clone on 26 March 2023
number of posts to date : 1

That was 11 years of being involved in a community of experts and friends, I hope that follows over to here and develops further.

I have joined both DPRevived and DPR Clone just to see which gets the following and understand better who exactly is behind these sites. Currently DPR Clone as here, is looking better to me, simple things like the font size and the path structure is clearer, and there's rich text immediately with this window (DPRevived edits in plain text and only previews in rich text - which is awkward, plus it seems to have many teething bugs). Anyway, DPR Clone is working well for me at present.

What I use :

Fujifilm GFX 50S + EVF tilt-adaptor + GF lenses + adapted lenses.
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HI!

Dave
 
This reminds me now when Adobe went to a subscription model. People jumped into every type of alternative software, everywhere. Then it calmed down and people settled on their specific choice.
Its still too early to see or predict what will happen.
I also don't post much unless I have something to say or help someone else out.
We see how this all plays out, but thanks for seting up this option.
 
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