Peter_Jones
Well-known
2007 according to the details on the left. Many different cameras / systems in the meantime, and learnt a lot too.
Since when have you been on RFF?
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Cyriljay
Leica Like
Just checked and it is 2011.
Cyril.
Cyril.
Rayt
Nonplayer Character
I don't remember. Oh here it is: Jan 2006. I haven't been active here for many years.
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
2006.
About the same time I was infected by film-photography bug.
Good poll, Huub!
About the same time I was infected by film-photography bug.
Good poll, Huub!
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
2007. I don't know what took me so long. I'd been a regular on Photo.net Leica forum for some years by then; and I still am, just not quite so frequently. We have a fine community here!
peterm1
Veteran
I am guessing but the approximate date for me is 2005. I previously used to regularly frequent and use the forum at Photo.net, which had separate boards for Leica, Nikon etc etc and originally was pretty active. But at some point around that time a bunch of trolls virtually took over the site and began systematically abusing people. (Comments like "Effing Leica tossers, you would not know a good photo if it bit you in the ass" and so on were the type of comment that became common.) I guess this is how those deadheads got their jollies. So I quit going there and came here. Which I hope is their loss and our gain. In fact it was.
A couple of times in years after this I went back to view (but not to post on) that site and found that its forum was basically moribund if not dead. I presume others left for the same reason I did. Which I think demonstrates the need for good moderation of forums - if moderators have a lax policy that allows gratuitous abuse it is against their own interests and can kill the site.
When I check back on the Leica forum at Photo.net now, I find it has picked up a little from what it was at its lowest point but is still no where near as active as Rangefinder Forum where the people are still generally much nicer.
So my attitude to them is "ya boo and sucks to you"
A couple of times in years after this I went back to view (but not to post on) that site and found that its forum was basically moribund if not dead. I presume others left for the same reason I did. Which I think demonstrates the need for good moderation of forums - if moderators have a lax policy that allows gratuitous abuse it is against their own interests and can kill the site.
When I check back on the Leica forum at Photo.net now, I find it has picked up a little from what it was at its lowest point but is still no where near as active as Rangefinder Forum where the people are still generally much nicer.
So my attitude to them is "ya boo and sucks to you"
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Benjamin Marks
Veteran
Hmm. March 2005 . . . didn't realize it was so long.
OurManInTangier
An Undesirable
Pretty much the way I found myself here too.
Initially a P.Net member then I became interested in what potential benefits RF cameras may make to the way I was photographing the subjects I was at the time so a Google search lead me here.
My interest in RF gear increasing, the P.Net place descending into darkness and RFF appearing to be far more open, friendly, informative and welcoming both in the forum AND the gallery I decided to stay here.
I've never been a 'big voice' here and usually read far more than I contribute but that is probably one of the big draws to this place for me - a general level of warm, welcoming acceptance rather than a clique-like need to circle the wagons around the 'big voices' and regulars.
October 2006 for my sign up...probably July 2006 from my first Google search.
gilpen123
Gil
September 2008 when I started using RFs and joined here, my 1st RF was the Voigtlander R3a and 40 Nokton then I can't remember anymore how many I bought ever since. Kinda mellowed down now. Nice site and learned a lot here.
Mongo Park
Established
December 2008.
burancap
Veteran
I found RFf by Googling, arriving in May 2010. I was seeking assistance with an Xpan that refused to load.
john neal
fallor ergo sum
Just before Raid (Jan 2005), although I didn't think it was that long.
Thanks for the reminder Huub - I forget to look left all the time 😉
Thanks for the reminder Huub - I forget to look left all the time 😉
barnwulf
Well-known
I was doing a lot of sitting and laying around with a fractured vertebra for a couple of months in the spring of 2009. I had a lot of spare time and I was looking for something on the internet about photography or rangefinder cameras when I ran across RFF. I joined a couple of weeks later in April 2009. I started uploading photos in the gallery in July 2010. I have very much enjoyed being part of this since that time. - jim
jarski
Veteran
news about Leica M8 also brought into my consciousness a thing called "rangefinder camera". thus my RFF join date.
maggieo
More Deadly
08-18-2007!
Lawrence Sheperd
Well-known
Hmmm….Let's take a look at the avatar block…2011!
pvdhaar
Peter
Joined a couple of months after Jorge started RFF. To be more precise: December 2003.. seems like a century ago..
goo0h
Well-known
sometime in 2006, i believe. oh. 3-26-2005!
2006 was when i bought my first rangefinder camera.
2006 was when i bought my first rangefinder camera.
Lauffray
Invisible Cities
I'm curious, how did you actually know about it that early on ?
