What's your main interest here?

[paulfish4570]

i like rangefinder cameras and - in general - the people who use 'em ...

 

[jsrockit]

at least the cats are not objectified ... 🙂

Oh, but they most certainly are... 😀

Oh yeah, the number one reason I come here is because I'm bored at work.

 

[robbeiflex]

Found the site looking for info, created an account to ask a few questions, stayed for the great people!

Favourites include film and darkroom topics, philosophy of photography, W/NW, photo association, weekly gallery picks, and the list goes on....

Cheers,
Rob

 

[hendriphile]

I enjoy other people, their minds and hearts, and what they consider that's good for photographing...

I enjoy learning, and here there are people who know A LOT... And I mean much more than about lenses and cameras and image quality: they know a lot about what's important to express visually, and what's important to do to get image quality: usually it's not about the gear when you're doing fast street shooting.

And of course the great RFF humor...

Cheers,

Juan

+1

And as for the inspiring part... just take a look at this past week's Gallery Picks of the Week thread.

 

[LW79]

Photography and more specifically street photography. I developed a fixation with film early this year which then lead me to street photography and of course the rangefinder. I stumbled accross this forum a few months back while research rangefinders and found lots of good tips.

 

[Nomad Z]

I came seeking info - RFF pages turned up in google searches related to the Jupiter-12, and I had to register to see the photos. Found a good community of rangefinder users, and seem to have decided to stick around.

The Philosophy Of Photography section is far more accessible than the similarly-named one on PNet (which strikes me as one of the most mind-numbing, navel-gazing bore-fests I've ever found - I never got further than half way through the first paragraph of any thread before I started internally screaming at the poster to cut the crap and go take some pictures).

For me, RFF is a good forum overall - enjoyable atmosphere, and a clear bias towards rangefinders, which means one is amongst folks with a similar interest. Good place to talk about the hobby.

 

[L David Tomei]

I even used a fake name when I registered back 4 years ago (i.e. Tony Pio) because I had no plan on stick around very long. Now, I'm still here but stuck with everyone calling me "Tony" (fgs).

Ciao!

David

 

[former member]

I enjoy rangefinder photography, have since I bought my first RF in 1969.

I like to promote it among others, and RFF is a good venue for it.

 

[back alley]

I even used a fake name when I registered back 4 years ago (i.e. Tony Pio) because I had no plan on stick around very long. Now, I'm still here but stuck with everyone calling me "Tony" (fgs).

Ciao!

David

i can change your name if you want...

 

[ricnak]

Came here for information and have stayed because of the people and the humour.

A good bunch of people.

 

[Harry S.]

Its one of the few places you can have sensible discussions about photography online. The threads never turn into a "my choice of gear is better than yours" arguement.

 

[former member]

I use Leica, Olympus, Nikon, Canon, Contax, Konica, Minolta, Kodak Retina, Kodak Signet, Zorki, Nicca, Leotax, Tanack, Pentax, Fujica, and Polaroid.

What did I leave out...