Will you stay if DPReview doesn't close?

Being a bit blunt, this site has no content, at least in the Nikon forums. Zip. We had some early disasters, you know, the heated AF threads, but now it's crickets.
Truth be told, dpreview even in current (watered down) state has more discussion going on in Nikon land.

Sadly, I think it was Thom Hogan who said the announcement of the closure of dpreview meant people would split off, and I think that's happened. There is no longer a singular gathering point/watering hole, even though what we had had it's warts (character limit on posts, strict censure in what language one could use, and a few true asshole mods). The days of sharing information via forum are likely done, as I see it. This forum has little, dprforum, ditto, and yet the minimalist dpreview still has the most, yet nowhere like it used to be. Not much to be excited about.

I'll hang out here because I like the private threads, but I can't remember the last time I participated in any worthwhile discussion. I think if I do so, it's likely going to go on dpreview since at least over there there is some activity on the Nikon side of things. Frankly, I don't think this site will be around in a year.

Yes, I saw this emphasis on men, and scratched my head. I thought this sort of sex based thing was out of fashion and a bit limiting, and insulting to the many female photographers out there.

Sure, we have the press release where everything is hunky dory, and a big step forward. How many times have we read this corporate speak guff, when some company is taken over. It will be interesting to see how DPR is shaping up in six months time as the new owners start to stamp their corporate style on DPR.

I re-joined DPR under a new name. But I just found I was not interested in DPR anymore. I cannot be bothered with being hyper careful with what I write all the time to avoid the wrath of some asshole moderator.

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But you know it is different for women.

Reminded me of this. Oh how I laughed. And laughed.

im re-joining only for the Sony Forums discussions. Have just put in for my account to be closed and then re-join under another name.

There's a big difference. In general women wear women's fashion. And have female issues. There are men's magazines like that too (I think). But men and women buy and use cars, espresso machines and most of the other things they are testing.

Frankly, I thought that kind of gizmo sites were a thing of the past. I don't mean the "for men" angle, but the mishmash of "cool stuff" they review.

Another thing, so far I haven't I haven't read about a single person that knew about that site before. I had never heard of it before either.

That they've bought DPR means nothing. Will they even keep the forum? If they do, will they keep its structure or will they work their gizmos into it? Will they keep the site long term or sell it for a profit or to cut their losses? I don't think we'll have a definite answer in a very long time.

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Hi,

Climb thru the window. That's because the doors are welded shut. Strengthens the car and makes it safer at speed.

And the women drivers I hang out with do the same.

For those who have missed the reason why, these are racing cars I'm speaking of. When they have doors. Sports racers and formula cars don't have doors to begin with.

And, lots of opportunities for photos at the track. You know. When you're not driving. ;)

Stan

He he he. I worked with a real cheeky smartHe he he. I worked with a real cheeky smart@rse at one place.. He used to drive an old Mini as his work car. I was working outside repairing a big truck trailer one day, the boss wandered out to see what I was up to, looked at me, looked at the Mini in the car park and said, weld his doors shut. So I did. Not big welds, about an inch each door.
Ha ha ha. Man was he angry. It had the old slide side windows, so he could get in and drive, until he got round to cutting the welds 🤣🤣 Had a lot of fun at that place. New employees got the tar and feather treatment. Someone would sneak around the back with the fire hose and quietly aim it through the Louvre glass window, someone else would would grab handfuls of sawdust and the compressed air gun, poke it under the door, and both would let rip at the same time. What a mess he he he. You'd probably end up in court if you did that today. The good old days.

I'm sharing an account, or more correctly a friend is sharing their account with me over there at the moment.

I don't think so. I don't see anything in their rules that says a member must not share their username and password with anyone. Surely a member can ask someone to post a message on their behalf if they are physically unable to do so for some reason.

Well, we'll see what happens.

After some 20 years or so on DPReview, I must say I hope it continues to be roughly as it used to be in the good old days, and not just a way for the owner to increase their sales.

DPReview's reviews and Imagine Resource's 3D graphics of how good or bad a lens is have been very important for myself and my wife, as we really seldom have bought any bad lenses (the exception being a few of the early Sony lenses, designed before Konica/Minolta joined the firm).

Quite a few of the wife's early m43 Olympus lenses were not that good, so she sold them but some of these were bought back by the same shop she bought them from at a higher price than she originally paid! So the loss was minimal.

So I hope both DPRevived and DPReview will be around in ten years' time and that IR still can be accessed a long time into the future (it is a dead site so nothing new is tested, nor is anything updated but I do love their lens testing — and my lenses are getting old, just like me!).

It's the slimmed down dpreview with less content and not so in-depth reviews as before.
Anyway, I still visit them and here.