Who remembers RFF when it started ?

[steveyork]

I had been using a Leica rangefinder for about ten years before joining in 2008. A couple years later went back to SLR's for the better part of a decade, disappeared from the forum, then back to 35mm rangefinders and here I am. It's fun to read some of the accumulated knowledge/experience of others. Photography really is a personal journey.

 

[steveyork]

Yup. Photo.net was the place and then the uber troll showed up mods did nothing and Leica users left.

I remember a cat named Jay on photo.net who was, well, ... interesting.

 

[Freakscene]

I remember a cat named Jay on photo.net who was, well, ... interesting.

Ahhh, LeicaJay, indeed. I really wondered if he had a Leica sometimes. There was a guy, Martin Howard, who wrote a bot around that time called “Leica Bob” that bombed IRC channels and lists with outrageous trolls about Leicas. I wondered if Jay was more like Bob than the rest of us.

 

[Mlehrman]

It has been an amazing adventure. I joined 9/10/2005

 

[robbeiflex]

I joined in 2009. Over the years I have learned so much and been inspired by so many members, and also met two in person.

 

[rfaspen]

I think I've mentioned it before. RFF is my only Internet/social media/etc. activity. I do have a login at Leica Forum, and even posted there a few times. But RFF is most comfortable. Reminds me that I ought to visit the LF and see if it's still there.....has been over a year.

But yeah, I lurked around RFF for a few years, then joined in 2003 (I think. Could have been as late as 2006). My only frequent online indulgence.

BTW, did you know that during the peak of Leica's film camera production....they used only the best brass gears hand- forged and crafted by a secretive Jesuit enclave in an undisclosed location in the Pyrenees. Smoothest and most precise gears available to humankind. Leica all the way 😁.

Posts like the above would Garner quite different responses at other forums... Maybe that's what makes RFF special?

 

[rfaspen]

Hmm. A quick check of my profile says I joined in 2012. Not sure that's right unless my lurker years were longer than I thought. I know I was buying stuff from RFF as early as 2004. Would always have it shipped to my university address...
Regardless, I've stuck around for a while.

Wish we had more women participants...Helen is awesome, and I haven't heard from ornate wrasse for a while. Remember a few others who seem to have come and gone. Love the young energy here....could use maybe a little more. Of course I relate to the "older" group too.

 

[Ken Ford]

I’ve been here on and off since 2006, but it’s always one of my favorite corners of the web.

 

[Michael Markey]

I joined 13 Dec 2008.
Its still the best platform.

 

[rover]

22nd birthday coming up.

 

[splitimageview]

Remember this?



This was the original site logo graphic, very quaint, eh? 😛

It desperately needed updating after moving to the new forum software, not enough resolution and the colors didn't match the new theme, so I created the new ones, one light and one dark.

 

[boojum]

You have a great board. Thank you for a wise guiding hand.

 

[deadrangefinder76]

Started reading 2013 when I first got my Leica M2 awesome site!

 

[deadrangefinder76]

I was lurking on another forum, antique related. One member of that forum mentioned RFF. I cheked it out; I've been here eversince.

I've got over 6000 posts here; some of them posts were not my finest moments in life; I've made some blunders and I've made some poor choices. Essentially I always meant well and while there may be a few members that never forget or forgive for the most part this forum is just a bunch of nice people that love photography and relize that we're all just humans and that anybody that loves or has loved a rangefinder camera can't be all bad.

RFF is the best!

Mike

I feel your pain bro!

 

[Freakscene]

It’s the 19th birthday for this username today!

I had one for 3.5 years before that, but for various reasons it evaporated.

 

[raydm6]

07-29-2003

Rangefinderforum.com - A site for Range Finder Camera enthusiasts

Rangefinderforum.com is a site for Range Finder Camera enthusiasts. To visit the forum , go to http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/ .

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[Photar]

Much more exciting camera news at that time than in 2025.

 

[Archiver]

"Most users ever online: 15" 😂

Before the latest forum change, there was a day when there was something like 3000+ users online. What the heck was happening that day?

 

[deadrangefinder76]

Remember this?

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This was the original site logo graphic, very quaint, eh? 😛

It desperately needed updating after moving to the new forum software, not enough resolution and the colors didn't match the new theme, so I created the new ones, one light and one dark.

Yep I remember this Forum header logo! Iconic!