Steveh
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This issue has been troubling me (that's what a summer off work does for you - from Monday I won't have time to think about stuff like this 
) so I thought a poll might be interesting.
So - should photos in the gallery be restricted solely to those taken with rangefinder cameras, or is this a community of like minded individuals where members should feel free to post their work in whatever format they happen to have produced it?
I very much tend to the second view, because I just liking at good images, but as a person who occasionally posts a DSLR shot I am apparently a "lost soul" according to another post on here - what do you all think?
And if this is already dealt with in a sticky somewhere please let this thread die the death it deserves
) so I thought a poll might be interesting.So - should photos in the gallery be restricted solely to those taken with rangefinder cameras, or is this a community of like minded individuals where members should feel free to post their work in whatever format they happen to have produced it?
I very much tend to the second view, because I just liking at good images, but as a person who occasionally posts a DSLR shot I am apparently a "lost soul" according to another post on here - what do you all think?
And if this is already dealt with in a sticky somewhere please let this thread die the death it deserves
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uhligfd
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Occasional non-rf shots are ok. (For comparison, ... ) But each poster's majority of shots need to be RF.
Else we become like the wrongly named "Rangefinder" magazine ...
Else we become like the wrongly named "Rangefinder" magazine ...
Nh3
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This is pure bs.
You guys are not photographers but gear-fascists.
I hope a majority of the members don't share this kind of reptilian mentality.
You guys are not photographers but gear-fascists.
I hope a majority of the members don't share this kind of reptilian mentality.
Steveh
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photogdave
Shops local
Wow. Ask a simple question, get a rude immature answer.
Anyway, the only issue I've ever had is the DSLR users who use the gallery as their own personal portfolio and don't participate in the forums in any way. Are you reading this Nendak? Of course not - you're just taking advantage of the free web space!
Otherwise I'm completely fine with active members occasionally adding SLR or digicam photos. As long as they're good!
Papercut
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I've sometimes joshed around with others (and myself) for posting "evil dSLR" shots, but a good photograph is a good photograph, the gear is only important for the photographer as a tool (or for someone who wants to get similar results).
Like Richard said, there are sub-forums for many different types of gear on RFF, why limit the gallery? I've posted digicam, SLR, dSLR, TLR, RF, and pinhole shots here and no one has, to my knowledge, complained about it.
Like Richard said, there are sub-forums for many different types of gear on RFF, why limit the gallery? I've posted digicam, SLR, dSLR, TLR, RF, and pinhole shots here and no one has, to my knowledge, complained about it.
DougK
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I think it would be nice to focus on rangefinder work in the galleries because that's supposedly the main thrust of the site. That said, I don't mind seeing photos shot with other types of cameras in the discussion threads.
chris000
Landscaper
I just like looking at photography - strange though, I don't normally bother to look to see what gear has been used, I have just assumed that as this is the Rangefinder Forum, most people would want to post Rangefinder images
Graham Line
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As long as it's labeled accurately, I don't care. Are the space restrictions in effect now?
yanidel
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Try posting a picture of a Skoda in a Ferrari forum ...
There are enough opportunities all over the web to post DSLR pictures so they don't contaminate this one.
Though I agree that a very special picture by a regular member taken on a non-RF camera is no problem.
There are enough opportunities all over the web to post DSLR pictures so they don't contaminate this one.
Though I agree that a very special picture by a regular member taken on a non-RF camera is no problem.
Nh3
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You know what some of us have something which is called imagination. That means you give us any camera and we'll take decent pictures with it. For us its photography and pictures that matter.
On the other hand give the best RF and the best DSLR to a baboon and all you'll get is pictures that only a baboon can appreciate.
Anyway, I think a more appropriate action would be creating an elite section where only those can post who's portfolio has been checked by a panel of members.
I'm all for elitism based on talent, but gear on the other hand, such as a RF or DSLR cannot punctuate the evolution of a baboon.
Steveh
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But who's to judge whether a picture is very special or not? And why should a merely good photograph from a regular member/contributor taken on a DSLR be less welcome than some of the completely mediocre rangefinder shots that are posted? Isn't that fetishizing equipment a little too much?
yanidel
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Ok, then change the name of the website to :
"Imaginationwithoutlimit.com"
"onlypicturesmatter.com"
You can't bash people on a rangefinderforum website to prefer seeing only rangefinders pictures. Passion for gear (though it is not my case) is as respectable to passion for great pictures, as long as one likes what it does.
But you can't generalize your statements with "some of us" tirades and lack respect for the others.
"Imaginationwithoutlimit.com"
"onlypicturesmatter.com"
You can't bash people on a rangefinderforum website to prefer seeing only rangefinders pictures. Passion for gear (though it is not my case) is as respectable to passion for great pictures, as long as one likes what it does.
But you can't generalize your statements with "some of us" tirades and lack respect for the others.
yanidel
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You are your own judge of course. But would you post M8 pictures in a Polaroid forum ? Even if they are very good ?
Nh3
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That's right, some of the top photographers were/are rangefinder users. So, I assume anyone who shoots with rangefinder appreciates good photography.
On other hand there are also a lot of gear-heads who love to belong to certain social groups by buying their way into it.
I'm sorry, but photography is not something that you can 'buy your way' to great pictures, hence the whole talk of gear becomes inane and immature. RF, SLR, pinhole phone camera - use anything but show results which others like.
Otherwise simply stop fondling your latest acquisition and try to learn from DSLR owners, large format camera owners , pinhole shooters etc...
On other hand there are also a lot of gear-heads who love to belong to certain social groups by buying their way into it.
I'm sorry, but photography is not something that you can 'buy your way' to great pictures, hence the whole talk of gear becomes inane and immature. RF, SLR, pinhole phone camera - use anything but show results which others like.
Otherwise simply stop fondling your latest acquisition and try to learn from DSLR owners, large format camera owners , pinhole shooters etc...
back alley
IMAGES
Non RF Images
For images taken with cameras other than a rangefinder.
seek and ye shall find.
For images taken with cameras other than a rangefinder.
seek and ye shall find.
back alley
IMAGES
to all, esp. nh3 -
we ARE a rangefinder centric site, it's that simple.
we appreciate all forms of gear but we concentrate on rf gear.
we are also a site that likes gear as much as images, sad for some but true.
we ARE a rangefinder centric site, it's that simple.
we appreciate all forms of gear but we concentrate on rf gear.
we are also a site that likes gear as much as images, sad for some but true.
Steveh
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I sought, and I found:
"The search term you specified (rf) is under the minimum word length (3) and therefore will not be found. Please make this term longer."
Is there a sub-gallery? Where is it?
back alley
IMAGES
check out the gallery page, there is a sub group named non rf images.
i put my digital slr shots on flickr along with my rf shots and my life is much easier.
i put my digital slr shots on flickr along with my rf shots and my life is much easier.
Nh3
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I'm not arguing for what people can post on the gallery. I got annoyed with the stupid premise of this thread and the subsequent replies.
But then again, I made my point clear and that is if you suck at photography, you'll suck no matter what you use, and secondly gear will not get you respect from 'real photographers'.
What can or cannot be posted on the gallery is a matter which is under the discretion of the owners of this forum.
/With flicker and so many other free blogs I don't think people are dying to post their photos here. I think those who do are simply wanting to share and some of us like me posted some photos because people always asked if we can talk the talk, can we walk the walk as well...
anyway...
But then again, I made my point clear and that is if you suck at photography, you'll suck no matter what you use, and secondly gear will not get you respect from 'real photographers'.
What can or cannot be posted on the gallery is a matter which is under the discretion of the owners of this forum.
/With flicker and so many other free blogs I don't think people are dying to post their photos here. I think those who do are simply wanting to share and some of us like me posted some photos because people always asked if we can talk the talk, can we walk the walk as well...
anyway...