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General Photography Forums
- Business of Photography 65 New
Business of Photography
65 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Issues related to running a photography business
- Beginner Photography Questions 114 New
Beginner Photography Questions
114 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
A forum for all those beginner photography questions that you have been afraid to ask. This forum is strictly moderated to allow beginners to feel comfortable, so you will not see any rudeness or jokes at your expense. Equipment specific questions should be asked in the respective forums. The Beginner forum is not intended to be a "what should I buy" forum.
- Casual Photo Conversations 415 New
Casual Photo Conversations
415 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Photography discussions that do not fit anywhere else. Think of this forum as a buffet of photographic topics.
- Photography Education 8 New
Photography Education
8 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
For questions about formal photography education, such as college degree courses and workshops (also book reviews).
- Photography News 11 New
Photography News
11 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
(user/staff-contributed) - Share and read photo industry news & events.
- Philosophy of Photography 126 New
Philosophy of Photography
126 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Discussion encompassing ethical, aesthetic and sociological aspects of photography.
Image Related Forums
- No Words Forum 803 New
No Words Forum
803 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Post a photo with a theme; responses come in the form of photos, without words.
- Photo Critique Forum 1608 New
Photo Critique Forum
1608 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Request critiques of uploaded images. Contribute critiques to the works of other photographers.
- Photo of the Week Discussion 35 New
Photo of the Week Discussion
35 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
One image is chosen weekly by the Photo.net elves for discussion and critique.
Photography Practice & Technique Forums
- B&W Photo - Film & Processing 97 New
B&W Photo - Film & Processing
97 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Anything having to do with black and white film processing. Includes alternative processes.
- B&W Photo - Printing & Finishing 31 New
B&W Photo - Printing & Finishing
31 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
The black and white darkroom and anything related to its use. Printing, toning, dodging, burning, chemicals, etc.
- Digital Darkroom 212 New
Digital Darkroom
212 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Editing, manipulating, scanning, printing, Photoshop, batch processing, RAW conversion, etc.
- Film and Processing 65 New
Film and Processing
65 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Color, slide, negative, commercial and home processing. B/W questions can be asked here, but are better asked in the B/W forum and may be moved there.
- Nature Photography 20 New
Nature Photography
20 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Equipment, technique, locations and ethics relating to nature photography.
- Portraits and Fashion 14 New
Portraits and Fashion
14 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Fashion photography & general portraiture questions.
- Sports Photography 6 New
Sports Photography
6 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
If it involves a stick or ball or board or a winner & loser, this is the place to talk about it.
- Street & Documentary 91 New
Street & Documentary
91 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Documentary photography and reportage, urban landscapes and candid portraiture.
- Travel Photography 29 New
Travel Photography
29 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Taking a trip? Need to know where the best tripod holes are? The travel forum is for you.
- Wedding and Event Photography 78 New
Wedding and Event Photography
78 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Beautiful, exciting, fast pace and stressful, wedding photography has many photographic challenges in one tidy package.
Photography Equipment Forums
- Alternative Cameras 9 New
Alternative Cameras
9 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Cell-phone, pinhole, zone-plate, home-made, disposables, toy cameras such as Holgas, Dianas, and Lomos.
- Canon EOS 429 New
Canon EOS
429 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
The Canon EOS system (film and digital) lenses, accessories, etc.
- Canon FD 25 New
Canon FD
25 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Canon's manual focus camera system from the 80's and 90's.
- Classic Manual Cameras 276 New
Classic Manual Cameras
276 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
A place to discuss any camera made before the autofocus/electronic era. If it's manual, it has a home here.
- Deals and Discounts 3 New
Deals and Discounts
3 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
This forum is for announcing, sharing, and discussion of coupons, sales, rebates and other deals or discounts that photo.net users come across for photographic (or related) gear.
- Mirrorless Digital Cameras 180 New
Mirrorless Digital Cameras
180 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
A general catch-all forum for questions about digital cameras. Posts about specific models and 'Which camera is right for me' questions are on topic.
- Filter, Bags, Tripods and Accessories 10 New
Filter, Bags, Tripods and Accessories
10 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Looking for a tripod, filter, flash bracket, backpack or any other photographic accessory? This is the place to find advice.
- Large Format 100 New
Large Format
100 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
4x5, 5x7, 8x10 sheet film and digital backs for view cameras.
- Leica and Rangefinders 147 New
Leica and Rangefinders
147 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
A forum for Leica M, LTM, Voigtlander, Zeiss, Contax, FED and ALL other rangefinders, plus Leica's film and digital SLRs. Dedicated to continuing and advancing the art and practice of Leica and Rangefinder photography.
- Lighting Equipment and Techniques 183 New
Lighting Equipment and Techniques
183 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Studio and on-location lighting with hot lights, monolights, packlights and other flashes.
- Medium Format 245 New
Medium Format
245 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
For 645, 6x6, 6x7, 6x8, 6x9, 6x12, 6x17 roll film plus digital backs.
- Minox 3 New
Minox
3 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Tiny spy cameras for the very sneaky. Also Minox 35mm cameras.
- Modern Film Cameras 25 New
Modern Film Cameras
25 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Any film cameras that require batteries to work.
- Nikon 788 New
Nikon
788 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Nikon SLR (digital and film) lenses, accessories, etc.
- Olympus and Four-Thirds 89 New
Olympus and Four-Thirds
89 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
The Four-Thirds and micro Four-Thirds systems plus the older film Olympus OM SLR system.
- Pentax 234 New
Pentax
234 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
35mm film and digital; Pentax medium format is in Medium Format.
- Sony/Minolta SLR System 15 New
Sony/Minolta SLR System
15 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Newer Sony DSLRs and older Minolta DSLRs and film SLRs,lenses, and accessories.
Site Help and Community
- New User Introductions 17 New
New User Introductions
17 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Say hello!
- ImagePRO Help 1 New
ImagePRO Help
1 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Have problems or questions regarding your ImagePRO site? Ask here.
- Site Help 55 New
Site Help
55 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Need help with any aspect of the Photo.net site? Ask here.
- Member's Photo News 0 New
Member's Photo News
0 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Let our community know about your show, personal website, or other news about yourself.
Other
- Off-Topic 305 New
Off-Topic
305 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Photo.net's Off-Topic forum. Discuss most anything with your fellow photographers. Lightly moderated, but all photo.net rules/policies are still in effect. Keep everything clean and polite, but feel free to post about most anything.
- Video 2 New
Video
2 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
As video and still photography grow ever closer, many photographers are interested in learning about filming video with their digital cameras. Ask equipment, lighting, editing, outputting, encoding, etc questions here.
- Website Creation 2 New
Website Creation
2 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
A forum for help, critique and discussion regarding the creation of
photography websites.
- Test Posting 4 New
Test Posting
4 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
If you are new to Photo.net, you can make your test postings here to familiarize yourself with how things work.
- Active General Photography Forum Threads
- How do YOU expose properly? | by Charcoal Happy | 30 Responses
- Amateurs - the price of convenience | by Ray - | 15 Responses
- Drug store scan surprise | by Bill ORourke

| 10 Responses
- Active Image Related Forum Threads
- ISO 800 or faster | by Mike Gammill
| 26 Responses - Sky | by Richard Tully
| 23 Responses - Shapes | by Jon Eckman
| 17 Responses
- Active Practice & Technique Forum Threads
- Sell 24-70L for 35L ? | by Charcoal Happy | 9 Responses
- Mixing XTOL | by CHARLES ELIASON | 9 Responses
- Does picture control still matter when you shoot RAW? | by Alex Cortez | 8 Responses
- Active Photography Equipment Forum Threads
- Nikon Announced D800 and D800E, 36MP FX-Format | by Shun Cheung


| 79 Responses - Nikon Wednesday 2012: #6 | by Matt Laur


| 54 Responses - New 24 and 28 primes with IS. | by Scott Ferris
| 24 Responses
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