Growing Popularity of RFF

[dcsang]

I believe, with the demise of the Pnet Leica forum (it's really really really gone down hill imho) a lot of folks will be flocking / coming here - that said.. I'd like to toss my name into the "it ain't broke, don't fix it" hat.

Dave

 

[JonR]

Bring back the sample gallery photos on the front page to get a good balance between the actual photos, the discussions and the classified section!
Jon

 

[FrankS]

And welcome to the forum pellothed1! 🙂 It's interesting because the Leica & Rangefinders forum over on PN seems to have almost died. Very few new posts over there compared to what it used to be like.

I think this is because of the difference in "tone" between here and there. The difference in tone is attributable to the moderation at the respective sites. Thanks Joe, Ralph, and Kim.

 

[pellothed1]

And welcome to the forum pellothed1!

- Like I said, friendly place. Thanks Peter.

 

[FrankS]

I meant to say welcome too, sorry! 😉

 

[JCdeR]

Semi-Professionally done and documented rangefinder lens tests, very much in the manner raid does them, Not brick walls or MTF charts and endless diiscussions about LPM etc.... but common "everyday" examples

 

[JCdeR]

I think this is because of the difference in "tone" between here and there. The difference in tone is attributable to the moderation at the respective sites. Thanks Joe, Ralph, and Kim.

I agree ..... BUT .... a bit "up the naught" at times though.....

 

[pesphoto]

My only thing is the banners. Could we maybe have one on the main page that rotates between each sponsor and then have a separate page that shows them all at the same time so we dont need to have them all on the main page at once? I just get turned off by too much advertising, just me. Though I understand their importance to the site.

 

[bob cole]

Growing Popularity of RFF

Congratulations, Stephen, on stepping in at an opportune time... As for improvements, if it ain't broke, don't fix it...

 

[iml]

Beef up the server if necessary and bring back the random photos!

Ian

 

[mfogiel]

I am one of the late comers here, and what I like, is a high content of no nonsense posts, a high general level of the photos shown and... an occasional lightweight topic that breaks the routine...
What I think should be improved asap, is the search engine capacity to extract past topics, because at present it really is dispersive and does not rank the relevance of the findings, and therefore myself and surely lots of others, keep on asking the same questions over again.

 

[visiondr]

I'm just here for the free hot dog.

 

[charjohncarter]

I'm glad RFF is thriving. One facet of RFF that isn't very well represented in other forums is the discussion of film. Some of the members may not do much rangefinder photography, but are interested it film, developing, printing threads.

 

[visiondr]

But, seriously, Frank is right to thank the moderators. I have found the tone at other sites just a bit too "uppity" or "holier than thou". The tone here is more civil and forgiving.

 

[BillBingham2]

The free beer is good to..........

OOOOPPPPSSSS, was I not to share that with everyone?

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

I have found the tone at other sites just a bit too "uppity" or "holier than thou". The tone here is more civil and forgiving.

I second Ron's sentiment.

And don't get me started on PNut. I like roasted cashews and almonds better 😉

How we can make RFF even better?

Free CV 21mm f/4 Color-Skopars for all? 😀

 

[markinlondon]

Frank shows us the way as ever. The moderation on this forum is wonderfully unobtrusive.

Oh, and I'll second Gabriel's suggestion too, 21/4's all round.

Cheers.

 

[SteveM(PA)]

Moving the pnet classifieds didn't help them either. How 'bout we get a link section to some of the stuff members have put on youtube (or even host it here)? Since rangefinders are so much about how the photog is perceived when using them, how about more members do some video presentations of your gear, how they fit in your hands, and let us hear those shutters (well, some semblance of it), and how you shoot with it, with or without ninja gear. 🙂 Oh, and we could use some definitive videos of loading techniques (barnacks etc). I'm still haunted by how fast Annie Leibovitz loaded her M7 in that PBS documentary. 😱

 

[nico]

I like the way this forum is, maybe some improvement can be done but it's the "atmosphere" that's great here, thanks to the self control of people but also for the job the mods do.
Then, since I join I learned lot of things about photography ...
thanks everybody 🙂
ciao

 

[morgan]

I'm with Frank.

That should be the unofficial RFF t-shirt! I'd buy one.