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I have two problems with the new category schemes.
Firstly, I just wouldn't know where to put some cameras. For example, pretty much all Olympus or Yashica rangefinders are fixed-lens RFs, excepting a few rare bird which hardly anyone around here uses and which probably don't warrant their own forum. So where do I put this XA post now? Or the question about my Iskra or Moskva?
Secondly, I read RFF by reading the individual forums instead of the "New posts" feature, simply because there are too many people posting and I tend to miss posts. With the new category scheme, I'm going to miss a lot of posts by people who are just as confused as I am about which cameras go where.
I think a category scheme should offer a place for any camera that RFF is supposed to deal with. The new categories are good in this respect, but you can't do everything justice or you need Steinheil and Ansco and Tower forums as well. The system should also ensure that posts that deal with the same camera end up in the same forum so that you have a chance to see them all in one place. This is Stephen's site and he can decide what to do and where to go, but nevertheless I think the new scheme is a bit confusing and could do with some streamlining. There has to be a tradeoff between clarity and having separate categories for everything.
Philipp
Firstly, I just wouldn't know where to put some cameras. For example, pretty much all Olympus or Yashica rangefinders are fixed-lens RFs, excepting a few rare bird which hardly anyone around here uses and which probably don't warrant their own forum. So where do I put this XA post now? Or the question about my Iskra or Moskva?
Secondly, I read RFF by reading the individual forums instead of the "New posts" feature, simply because there are too many people posting and I tend to miss posts. With the new category scheme, I'm going to miss a lot of posts by people who are just as confused as I am about which cameras go where.
I think a category scheme should offer a place for any camera that RFF is supposed to deal with. The new categories are good in this respect, but you can't do everything justice or you need Steinheil and Ansco and Tower forums as well. The system should also ensure that posts that deal with the same camera end up in the same forum so that you have a chance to see them all in one place. This is Stephen's site and he can decide what to do and where to go, but nevertheless I think the new scheme is a bit confusing and could do with some streamlining. There has to be a tradeoff between clarity and having separate categories for everything.
Philipp
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