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rico wrote:
I hope you reconsider. It's true the Canon forum has descended into complete dreck, and I say that without Schadenfreude, being a Canon owner myself. I wouldn't tar FM entirely, however. The site's brain trust—and that includes Fred—is camped out in the Sony forum, and gearmongering proceeds with industrious purpose. Some people are altering the optical formula of their (new) lenses and tearing them open to remove shims. That's a bit too hardcore even for me! The pixel-shift feature (with all its software implications) is another fascinating topic. Even the Nikon forum is operating with a civil tone, and with respectable traffic levels....Show more →
There is still some good to be found in th Canon board, I enjoyed your and others' take on the new TS-E lenses, for example.
The brain trust center of gravity has moved from the Alternative board to the Sony board lately, it is long since the Canon board was the most exciting place to be. Some of the best are gone for good it seems (theSuede, Toothwalker, Brain Caldwell, ...), but there has also been good additions. That being said, there are a handful of people I meet here at the Canon board regularly, and whose photography, knowledge, ingenuity, integrity and manners I truly respect. More than a handful in fact. Most of these also post on other boards, maybe more than here.
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