Tom Caldwell wrote:EarthQuake wrote:Tom Caldwell wrote:mister_roboto wrote:gaul wrote:Attn M4/3 users - WHERE do we regroup once DPR closes?Bien triste 😢 / Too sadMais merci à l’équipe ! But Thx à lot to the team!https://www.dpreview.com/aboutGaulhttps://www.mu-43.com/I mean, most people here probably already know about it.Roberto - no way am I willing to filter my way through the blizzard of advertisements on mu-43.Install an ad blocker - AdBlock is a good one if you use Chrome. It's a great site. Generally, much more photography orientated than DPR with fewer inane arguments about equivalence and such.Might be early days since the announcement but nevertheless 6 April ain't that far away.Just my opinion and I would be happier with a site where I did not have to ad-block to make it bearable.Unfortunately, that describes most websites these days. So an ad blocker is essential to use the internet in my view.I get why they do it though, they don't have Amazon paying the server bills, and with photo hosting it can't be cheap to keep the site running.In any case, they offer a subscription option. For $10 a year, you get zero ads.https://www.mu-43.com/account/upgrades

Another option has surfaced. check out this m43 thread https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4705467https://micro43.org/ (leave the www off - otherwise you might get a 'certificate' error...) brand new, no ads, and no onerous conditions, yet... seems to be gathering users from here, DPR can't hurt to give it a try Thx Yuri

Guy Parsons wrote:valsan wrote:Only 45 to go, where is the 40k party?In my head.Plenty of empty space in there for a wild party.So you should know by now, the best way to create a lot of replies is by using the word "EQUIVA..."

Guy Parsons wrote:valsan wrote:Only 45 to go, where is the 40k party?In my head.Plenty of empty space in there for a wild party.I'm at 987, was hoping to make 1000, lol.  Good luck

OldGuy-Yuri wrote:thinkinginimages wrote:I'm on Mastodon. Nice bunch of photographers there. Bonus: It's not centralized (multiple servers) and its crowdfunded.Maybe you can suggest an instance/instances ? I've tried all sorts of variations on Micro 4/3 & Olympus, with no search results (on instances.social...) just a general photo instance is too general for me to wade thru... Thx Yurihttps://photog.social/is a Mastodon instance dedicated to photography

I joined here -->https://micro43.org/

photographytalk dot com has forums. It would be nice to see a bunch of people go over there and join up. I'm not affiliated with photographytalk. I'm just a member.

mister_roboto wrote:https://www.mu-43.com/I mean, most people here probably already know about it.One member (Lapsa) of mu-43 has already jokingly complained:"Now you guys will get inundated with pesky DPR mft users and their bickering can ruin your forum. Lucky!!!"Like when Pigeons and Doves invade a neighborhood, huh?

Jamajuel wrote:I’m sounding old but despite being a very techie guy, I never ever “got” Reddit. It is so hard to follow anything, let alone find it again. So chaotic.Reddit moderators can be incredibly OCD , aka control freaks. If Ansel Adams were alive today, he might be critiqued by amateurs on Reddit about showing too wide of view of his subject. Everybody's an expert on the internet.I post in the political forums on Reddit, and it is full of meaningless arguments and very few answers. You only get accepted if you preach to the choir on a regular basis.

gaul wrote:Attn M4/3 users - WHERE do we regroup once DPR closes?Bien triste 😢 / Too sadMais merci à l’équipe ! But Thx à lot to the team!https://www.dpreview.com/aboutGaulM4/3 users all always hopeful!. All might not be lost, good ideas here, please visit:https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/66957601

Bob Carstens wrote:Guy Parsons wrote:valsan wrote:Only 45 to go, where is the 40k party?In my head.Plenty of empty space in there for a wild party.I'm at 987, was hoping to make 1000, lol. Good luckHi Bob,I need to reply to add one more post, this one will appear at first as number 39,962 so I'm getting there.The way I waste time on the Internet I'll easily get to 40K before the cutoff. Been at it for 20 years in a few different forums here.Regards.... Guy

Tom Caldwell wrote:mister_roboto wrote:gaul wrote:Attn M4/3 users - WHERE do we regroup once DPR closes?Bien triste 😢 / Too sadMais merci à l’équipe ! But Thx à lot to the team!https://www.dpreview.com/aboutGaulhttps://www.mu-43.com/I mean, most people here probably already know about it.Roberto - no way am I willing to filter my way through the blizzard of advertisements on mu-43.as well as the round avatars that is used by many to virtue signaling. Have an account there, but seldom there.

Paul De Bra wrote:Tom Caldwell wrote:... Just my opinion and I would be happier with a site where I did not have to ad-block to make it bearable.You mean you would be happier with a site that's not like dpreview?Frankly the advertisements on dpreview have never bothered me - they are easy to ignore.mu-43 advertisements are huge, and right in your face slap bang in the middle of the conversation.Any site that cannot be navigated sensibly without an Ad Blocker is not for me.I am a bit surprised that anyone might think that huge advertising presence that makes a site viable is quite ok if such advertisements that make the site viable are routinely blocked by all its users.Something wrong with someone's theory there.

I have AdGuard installed on my Mac computer, and that pretty much eliminates most ads.Regards, Dave

One of our members has kindly put a website together for us.There have already been lots of posts at micro43.org.  It's easy to sign up.Isabel

Tom Caldwell wrote:Paul De Bra wrote:Tom Caldwell wrote:... Just my opinion and I would be happier with a site where I did not have to ad-block to make it bearable.You mean you would be happier with a site that's not like dpreview?Frankly the advertisements on dpreview have never bothered me - they are easy to ignore.mu-43 advertisements are huge, and right in your face slap bang in the middle of the conversation.Any site that cannot be navigated sensibly without an Ad Blocker is not for me.I am a bit surprised that anyone might think that huge advertising presence that makes a site viable is quite ok if such advertisements that make the site viable are routinely blocked by all its users.Something wrong with someone's theory there.WHAT ADVERTISEMENTS  ????:-O...;-)...LOL!  it's amazing how much one can 'blank' out.  LOL! and it hasn't been in overload with these small video window applets... with 'audio' all of a sudden blaring thru my speakers. amazing what I've been able to tolerate... but yes, the ads are relentless - DPR much less so... Thing I really miss from DPR is the often immediate basic EXIF camera/settings info when hovering over an image (when left in the image by the poster). It's really great to see what the creator used/did... Thx Yuri

I have joined Cameraderie.org and  MU-43.com    I will try them out for a couple of weeks and see how we go, so far so good,  must check out  Micro  4 3  in the near future.

Tbh I'm not worried about a place for m4/3 users and discussion, but what makes dpreview great is that you have all the different communities. Countless times I've searched for information on other cameras and often it was already answered in a dpreview thread. If you are on the fence about which camera might best fit your needs, going to a place dedicated to a specific brand or system is going to give you a lot more biased view. There is a big difference between a forum about photography and one about m4/3.

Use duckduckgo or Brave as your browser on OSX ...

mister_roboto wrote:https://www.mu-43.com/I mean, most people here probably already know about it.So, I jumped there yesterday but noticed today there is some controversy regarding their TOS. You essentially give their parent company FULL RIGHTS to any image you post there.Maybe that was the same here as well but it has given me pause.They also want you to pay to be able to see EXIF (which their TOS says they have full rights to delete in any subsequent use of your images).