22 years on RFF

[xayraa33]

I can’t believe that l been a member on this great forum for 22 years.

 

[BillBingham2]

Very strange number of messages you have there xayraa33.



2004 was such a long time ago.

B2 (%-O

 

[CameraQuest]

Wow,
so what is your take after 22 years ?

 

[xayraa33]

Wow,
so what is your take after 22 years ?

The forum has changed a lot in those 22 years Stephen, but still it is the best photographic forum around, especially for us rangefinder camera fans and users!

 

[valdas]

I have checked my “birth certificate” - 19 years… so still a teenager. RFF has been one of the key resources in my learning journey about rangefinders and cameras in general. It did not help my GAS case, unfortunately.

 

[raydm6]

20-Years for me this coming October (2026).

 

[PRJ]

Just shy of 20 years myself but I keep a low profile....

 

[Disappointed_Horse]

Guess I'm still a noob. I've only been on this forum for 17 years. And I agree, RFF is the best photography forum online.

 

[Photar]

Guess I'm still a noob. I've only been on this forum for 17 years.

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Joerg]

Member since 2005.
Little break when the kids were faster than me focusing my RF cameras

 

[lynnb]

Congrats on your 22 from a junior of 18. Always enjoy your contributions… thank you.

 

[Bolo Kukus]

2006. Left for a few years. Also I suspect I rejoined later with a new ID, so maybe two 'identities' here. Not sure. All my old documentation perished in a flood at home, so it's impossible for me to do a paper check on this. Mystery forever...

Now semi-retired from this site. On a long, long, long vacation. Float in and out, now and then. Not that I've run out of ideas and thoughts, but. But.

My latest mentor, sort of, is ko.fe, who has an amazing ability to deflate pompous egos and cut right to the bone.

Time passes, all things change. Old age brings a certain wisdom. But GAS is forever.

 

[Rick Waldroup]

I joined in October of 2004. Some of the finest photography on the net is found right here.

 

[CMur12]

Congratulations, xayraa33, and to all of you other long-timers!

- Murray

 

[Archiver]

2006. Left for a few years. Also I suspect I rejoined later with a new ID, so maybe two 'identities' here. Not sure. All my old documentation perished in a flood at home, so it's impossible for me to do a paper check on this. Mystery forever...

Now semi-retired from this site. On a long, long, long vacation. Float in and out, now and then. Not that I've run out of ideas and thoughts, but. But.

My latest mentor, sort of, is ko.fe, who has an amazing ability to deflate pompous egos and cut right to the bone.

Time passes, all things change. Old age brings a certain wisdom. But GAS is forever.

Glad to see you back on RFF. You've been away for a few months, and I always enjoy your musings and stories.

@xayraa33 22 years is wild! That's longer than many marriages.

As for me, I've been here almost 15 years as of now, having signed up in March 2011. But I was a lurker since around 2008-2009 when the Leica M8 was the talk of the day, and my thoughts about Leica grew to obsession by the time the M9 was announced.

 

[mrtoml]

19 years for me. I remember joining after I discovered rangefinders (Bessa I believe with a Jupiter lens 50mm bought from someone on this forum).

The initial help with the camera was invaluable which then led to all sorts of GAS. 2 M6s, more Bessas, multiple lenses etc.

I've been coming back ever since. It is the only forum I have really stuck with over all this time.

 

[kshapero]

20 years next month. Time flies when you have a rangefinder.

 

[Dralowid]

I have far fewer cameras now than when I joined in July 20 years ago and I fear take far fewer pictures...

 

[Muggins]

Apparently I've been here 20 years on Tuesday. Eek!

Elsewhere on the intertubes I have apparently been a member of one forum since 2000. I think they reset membership dates when they mucked about catastrophically with the forum, but it can't be that far off right.

 

[Richard G]

17 years only. It is amazing how much I have learnt here about photography, not just cameras. Some amazing photogrpaphers here. I learnt so much about color negative film and how to get more out of it. On the gear side, the greatest gift was appreciating the non-Leica M mount lenses. I have several: Zeiss and Voigtander. Had I not come here I don't think I would ever have tried a Rolleiflex, or an LTM Leica.