Dave Redmann 
, Jan 18, 2012; 10:01 a.m.
Sorry if I don't have the time / patience to wade through the five pages of posts on the main forum renaming thread. But it was good to have a catch-all digital camera forum. IMO, a real problem with this change is that it forces some posts into a forum where they don't really belong, or into a forum that has an inherent bias, or to be double-posted. Examples:
* 'What are the pros and cons of a Canon T3i / 600D versus a Nikon D5100?'
* 'What are the pros and cons of a Nikon D3x versus a Mamiya kit with their low-end 22MP digital back?'
* 'At ISO 100 through 400, how much image quality am I giving up with one of the better-rated point-and-shoots versus a low-end DSLR?'
In other words, where the question concerns multiple, or generic, 35mm-style (either "full frame" or "APS-C") DSLR's, what forum is truly approproate? There no longer appears to be one.
Walt Flanagan , Jan 18, 2012; 10:12 a.m.
If people don't know where to post Canon vs. Nikon and then decide not to post I just see it as just a great side effect of renaming the forum.
Marc Rochkind 
, Jan 18, 2012; 10:13 a.m.
I'm one of many who always uses the unified forum, so it makes no difference where it's posted. Casual forum would
work. I'll still see the post.
Josh Root 
, Jan 18, 2012; 10:15 a.m.
This vs That is typically put into Casual Photo Conv these days.
Which is where I'm going to move this thread.
Zach Ritter 
, Jan 18, 2012; 11:57 a.m.
Josh, why not have a whole forum dedicated to this vs that threads? Seems like that would be serving your community pretty well. Just a thought.
JDM von Weinberg 
, Jan 18, 2012; 01:59 p.m.
I think the Nikon vs Canon questions should all be automatically referred to link.
Of course that would also have the advantage of the question having to be asked in such a way that a 'yes' or 'no' answer would serve. I think, on the whole, that would be an improvement.
Some of us have our feet in both camps, leading to a certain stress in the crotch region, of course.
Like Marc, I always enter from the Unified Page, so sometimes get uncertain as to where I end up anyway. People are always telling me where to go. :(
JC Uknz 
, Jan 18, 2012; 02:07 p.m.
+1 Zach ... then I would be sure to avoid the silly things :-) My feet are in three camps at the moment.
Josh Root , Jan 18, 2012; 02:40 p.m.
I actually thought about making a "this vs that" forum a while back. But I never got around to it. Perhaps I should revisit the idea.
Sanford Edelstein 
, Jan 18, 2012; 03:16 p.m.
It depends on who you want to win.
Rich Simmons , Jan 18, 2012; 03:55 p.m.
* 'What are the pros and cons of a Canon T3i / 600D versus a Nikon D5100?'
There is an amazing amount of reviews that do this. I bought the D5100.
