Original DPR has migrated to XenForo

Hope springs eternal, eh? Good idea though:

www.dpreview.com/forums/threads/testing-quote-names.4823685/

Hi,

Well, I noticed that griping over there leads to removal of said posts. And, as usual, removal of posters sometimes as well.

They don't wanna hear about it any more, I suppose.

Stan

Still the idiocy of some DPR moderators continues to amuse.

On the Nikon forum one of the Mods, or rather Man Child, received a revised estimate to repair a Z8. Three pages of ranting.

Of course my polite post advising him to act like an adult was removed. (but at least they did not ban me).

Well, the insanity of the mods over there was confirmed... On a whim, I tried to post my question about being volunteered for event photography over there too, and it was deleted by the mods. So it really is a forum that does not want to help people.

EDIT: I stand corrected, it was published, just took a lot longer.

i got a warning today by one of your fav mods Nige 😁 i have totally no idea where my posts are, they are that messed up by the system. must not compare cameras as it will decrease sales was the reference made. sounds like old times mate 😁

I have to laugh. It is not like suggesting a mod grow up isn't rubbing salt into his wounds - self inflicted or not...

Even the Nikon guru Hogan tried to explain why he got a bigger quote. You must admit this guys behaviour in that post is pretty childish. There are 4 pages of ranting on the OP.

Yes, makes me wonder how some of the mods got their position...

On another note there have been some trolls appear in the m43 thread. New names, low post count, trashing anything Panasonic over trivial things that just don't matter. Nothing being done about them even though they were called out about it. I am slowly weaning myself off that site. Just no point being part of it.

Not all the mods, though. Rick Decker of the Sigma Camera Forum is an excellent mod, one of the best anywhere.

I will do that next time if it happens again, although frankly I never had a good reception over there from a lot of the users.

Has it changed? In the past, there seemed a lot of competition in DPR's forums to be the least agreeable person, even towards people who were simply asking questions about what camera or lens to get (everyone is a noob at some point, and photography is so vast in scope, but that doesn't mean the more seasoned people should act antagonistically towards them). Not everyone was like that (I still remember the conversations we had in PM, you introduced me to Langford's book and more) but it was extremely hard to filter out the negativity. As they say, it leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.

I have not had much time to spend out shooting over the past year or so (personal / family reasons), but the event photography reminded me of why I like taking photos. Normally, I spend my forum time between here and the photography subreddits on Reddit. I am not sure I have the patience to deal with DPR if it is like it was in the past.

AMA is an Abbreviation for Ask Me Anything...

I was cheesed off that my reply was removed. It was not rude, just rather frank.

With reference to earlier "information density" comments:- that would appear not to be the fault of XenForo: For example at Cameraderie dot com, I got this today:- under 200px tall on my 1200px height screen.

Ergo, I blame DPR ... 😀

They finally put me on moderation 🤣 i will now delete my account, for a few reasons 1st i cant stand flat view. 2nd its turned back into a marketing site so no discussing camera performance amounst brands, Marketing has taken over honesty in camera gear testing. Photons to Photos has just pulled his testing results on the new sony a7v and now said the exact opposite, too funny.

I wouldn't bother.
By now the grim realities of the change will be biting.
Change may well come, but in due course.
No doubt they have tracking software on top of their package,
so they will know their retention rate, user interaction and who knows ?, new members.
It does sound like some numbers over there are pretty scrambled, so it will be a while before they trust their own site data.
No point in going off sideways, yet.

Ron

The other forums im on are totally against reality, they are trying to sell mutton as lamb, the new sony a7v has been so hiped up that it shoots 16 stops of DR which is total nonsence, then bill totally stuffs up his findings and then comments that he doesnt know what hes doing and retracts his findings to coenside with sony 🤔🤨Tony N makes a utube with a direct comparrision totally different to bills final figures and totally doesnt want to trash the new sensor even though he shows how crap it is during the vid. its a total circus, and im loving it because im saying the new FF sensor is no better than the a6700 in speed or image quality. Talk about get eggs thrown at me for stateing the obvious 😁 a mod then sends me a PM telling me to keep my mouth shut or i will stay on moderation 😊reminds me of the good old days 🥳