We are watching comments here. We have been hesitant over the years to over complicate the forum. The forum area has always been a great area to learn and share with others. Sometimes it gets out of hand and we deal with those instances the best we can. We'll consider your suggestions as we look towards the new year. I will say one of the things that makes this forum work well is that we don't over complicate it. Too many topics and sub topics can be as confusing as helpful.
We are all ears but in the end we will make decisions based on what we feel will benefit all our readers. If any of you have strong ideas then send me a detailed PM.
Kevin Raber
Kevin,
Thanks for letting us know you're watching this.
I think that Synn's proposal is misguided, elitist and unworkable. Listen to the feedback, think about it, and then do us a favour and bin it.
There are two scenarios where "tech talk" arises in the Medium Format forum:
1) Threads which are named along tech lines. Anyone who knows they're not interested in that aspect can ignore them. No need for a sub-forum.
2) Threads where it becomes necessary to introduce "tech talk" to explain what's going on. You cannot seriously expect people who
understand why such-and-such a camera is a poor high ISO or long exposure of wide dynamic ange performer, to bite their tongue and say nothing when another member wonders how/if they can get better results. I'm an educator by profession, so holding back on useful information is anathema to me. It is also part of my personal journey through medium format to learn more about these aspects all the time, and that happens through discussion with other users.
I will not be relegated to 2nd-class status and stuck in a sub-forum because some other member holds one type of contribution as being more inherently valuable than another. Synn's proposal is not driven by an urge for organisational efficiencies: it is driven by an elitism about what constitutes "proper" medium format forum content. Don't believe me? See the similar debate we had in
this getdpi thread, posts #84 onwards.
Ray