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SNP_CREW
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Hey,
So I know alot of you guys are on different forums and stuff for video and photography. Any tips on what I should look at? just trying to learn some new stuff.
Thanks
Oct 29 2012 4:09PM
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tombu
Posts: 138 - Karma: 69
These might help:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/techniques/
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/
Oct 29 2012 4:20PM
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Sklar
Posts: 8863 - Karma: 31,577
I go on the fred miranda photo forums, a lot of knowledge there
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/

there's also:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/index.php
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/
Oct 29 2012 4:40PM
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zbphoto
Posts: 7789 - Karma: 12,037
DING DING DING.
Oct 29 2012 4:46PM
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1337
Posts: 31038 - Karma: 29,003
I am a member on:
Fredmiranda -- GREAT source of info and lots of great contributors
Photography-on-the.net (POTN) -- Canon EOS system based, no nikon and m43 junk here!
DVXuser -- Video based, great resource for any sorts of video related stuff
REDuser -- For the real big budget guns, lots of big ticket items and projects discussed here
Skateperception -- not the best source of info, but some good stuff hidden around there
Canon Rumors Forums -- Good info on gear and predictions for new stuff
Oct 29 2012 4:54PM
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1337
Posts: 31038 - Karma: 29,003
Cinema5d is alright, not that active and mostly noobs
Oct 29 2012 6:51PM
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[~_~]
Posts: 20239 - Karma: 1,273
Funny you say that, since half the forums in your previous comment are mostly noobs, with the exception being snobbish REDuser fanboys and DVXuser.
Oct 29 2012 9:17PM
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1337
Posts: 31038 - Karma: 29,003
Skateperception and C5D are the worst two, Canon Rumors is border (haven't explored it much)

Would definitely argue that FM and POTN are pretty professional
Oct 29 2012 9:26PM
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[~_~]
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Fred Miranda seems pretty good. POTN seems like mostly retirees and gear whores, but then again, what forum isn't full of gear whores?
Oct 29 2012 10:18PM
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jeano
Posts: 333 - Karma: 104
There are many working professionals on POTN (such as Rolling Stone photographers and whatnot) which is pretty chill, but most of the people on the forums are pretty lame.

froknowsphotos.com is pretty good as well, LOTS of noobs though. it really depends on what kind of photo you're into. let us know what ur into and i may be able to help!
Oct 29 2012 10:23PM
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zbphoto
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Just FYI that was the site that I bought my broken pentax 6x7 off of, thank god for paypal. It's okay, some good tutorials on flash, nice work on there, but overall it's just sketch, no real moderation. I'd recommend not buying on there, most of the gear is in bad condition, skate photogs are so hard on equipment.
Oct 29 2012 10:24PM
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[~_~]
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I really like the vibe over at apug.com. Lots of cool stuff like people building large format cameras from scratch.

Am I the only one who doesn't hate Ken Rockwell? Sure he's hyperbolic and writes in jest some of the time, but to be honest I think most of his opinions are on point and people just hate on him because they don't like being told they didn't need to buy $5k worth of camera gear to take good photos.
Oct 29 2012 11:46PM
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zbphoto
Posts: 7789 - Karma: 12,037
I'm 'eventually' gonna get around to building my own 4x5 pinhole, wood and legos are both options for materials. Large format HP5 is pretty reasonable.
Oct 29 2012 11:52PM
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TWoods
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He says plenty of things I don't agree with, but has a TON of great information besides that. I've never understood the hate. I've always liked his site and used it as a resource when purchasing gear.
Oct 30 2012 12:11AM
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[~_~]
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Yeah, I also disagree with many of his sentiments. But unlike just about every other site he focuses on the philosophy of photography and puts his opinions into context of the entire photographic experience rather than just balking about which gear is better. I also think much of his hate comes from his nuanced points, and we all know the internet don't take kindly to those.
Oct 30 2012 12:28AM
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steezyshit
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Threads
Oct 30 2012 8:02AM
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michael_bc
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I guess a lot of the hate originates from the fact that Rockwell's photos are terrible.

Other than that he seems like a very smart guy that is very opinionated but knows a lot about technology. A lot of his writings are very contradictory, though. Nevertheless his site is a great source of information on various Nikon lenses.
Oct 30 2012 8:45AM
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[~_~]
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I feel people are too sensitive about this. The moment they see one inconsistency they throw their arms up and claim "contradiction!" and de-authoritize their words (this happens everywhere). The truth is, contradictions exist in reality because nothing is black and white. That's what nuanced points are all about - treading into that dangerous territory regarding non-matter-of-fact subjects, and the reason the internet doesn't like nuance is because it's less work to assign an opinion to black or white, or outright dismiss them entirely. If it made sense it'd be called fiction.

Not really saying this to defend Rockwell or attack you, I just think that as a society it's incredibly dangerous to operate this way.
Oct 30 2012 2:25PM
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chuuch.
Posts: 53 - Karma: 45
Threading this to read later. Some good links on here.
Oct 30 2012 10:04PM
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blatt
Posts: 5584 - Karma: 3,097
Skateperception as mentioned above is pretty tight. Some members are noobs but some are actually fairly knowledgable on how to make good videos. The only reason people say they're noobs is because they shoot videos faaar different from ns' ideal video.


Also, not really a forum but I like to poke around yobeat/transworld/berrics every once in a while for a little inspiration.
Oct 30 2012 10:08PM
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JuliusJ
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gonna look at these for when not studying
Oct 30 2012 10:18PM
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TijmenDal
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POTN is actually the worst, though I'm on there more than on FM. Really dislike the layout of FM.
The thing I like of POTN are that it's active and the sample images threads.

Other fora I'm on:

MFlenses.com
Rangefinderforum.com
Oct 30 2012 10:39PM
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Sklar
Posts: 8863 - Karma: 31,577
fm has the best buy/sell layout i think
no other gripes about the layout

i agree with potn being kind of lame though
Oct 30 2012 11:07PM
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jeano
Posts: 333 - Karma: 104
http://www.getdpi.com/forum/ is fucking amazing, almost everyone on the website is professional. Don't bother posting, anything you're looking for is there. Tons of info on D800/e and MFD cameras. Cheers,
Oct 31 2012 2:58AM
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