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General Photography Forums
- Business of Photography 177 New
Business of Photography
177 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Issues related to running a photography business
- Beginner Photography Questions 430 New
Beginner Photography Questions
430 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 932 New
Casual Photo Conversations
932 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Photography discussions that do not fit anywhere else. Think of this forum as a buffet of photographic topics.
- Photography Education 17 New
Photography Education
17 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
For questions about formal photography education, such as college degree courses and workshops (also book reviews).
- Photography News 85 New
Photography News
85 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
(user/staff-contributed) - Share and read photo industry news & events.
- Philosophy of Photography 40 New
Philosophy of Photography
40 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Discussion encompassing ethical, aesthetic and sociological aspects of photography.
Image Related Forums
- No Words Forum 1196 New
No Words Forum
1196 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Post a photo with a theme; responses come in the form of photos, without words.
- Photo Critique Forum 3975 New
Photo Critique Forum
3975 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Request critiques of uploaded images. Contribute critiques to the works of other photographers.
- Photo of the Week Discussion 41 New
Photo of the Week Discussion
41 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 126 New
B&W Photo - Film & Processing
126 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Anything having to do with black and white film processing. Includes alternative processes.
- B&W Photo - Printing & Finishing 67 New
B&W Photo - Printing & Finishing
67 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
The black and white darkroom and anything related to its use. Printing, toning, dodging, burning, chemicals, etc.
- Digital Darkroom 708 New
Digital Darkroom
708 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Editing, manipulating, scanning, printing, Photoshop, batch processing, RAW conversion, etc.
- Film and Processing 379 New
Film and Processing
379 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 108 New
Nature Photography
108 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Equipment, technique, locations and ethics relating to nature photography.
- Portraits and Fashion 90 New
Portraits and Fashion
90 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Fashion photography & general portraiture questions.
- Sports Photography 46 New
Sports Photography
46 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 223 New
Street & Documentary
223 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Documentary photography and reportage, urban landscapes and candid portraiture.
- Travel Photography 98 New
Travel Photography
98 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 761 New
Wedding and Event Photography
761 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 22 New
Alternative Cameras
22 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Cell-phone, pinhole, zone-plate, home-made, disposables, toy cameras such as Holgas, Dianas, and Lomos.
- Canon EOS 858 New
Canon EOS
858 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
The Canon EOS system (film and digital) lenses, accessories, etc.
- Canon FD 99 New
Canon FD
99 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Canon's manual focus camera system from the 80's and 90's.
- Classic Manual Cameras 509 New
Classic Manual Cameras
509 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.
- Digital Cameras 131 New
Digital Cameras
131 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 79 New
Filter, Bags, Tripods and Accessories
79 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 132 New
Large Format
132 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
4x5, 5x7, 8x10 sheet film and digital backs for view cameras.
- Leica and Rangefinders 353 New
Leica and Rangefinders
353 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 156 New
Lighting Equipment and Techniques
156 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Studio and on-location lighting with hot lights, monolights, packlights and other flashes.
- Medium Format 379 New
Medium Format
379 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
For 645, 6x6, 6x7, 6x8, 6x9, 6x12, 6x17 roll film plus digital backs.
- Minox 2 New
Minox
2 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Tiny spy cameras for the very sneaky. Also Minox 35mm cameras.
- Nikon 1414 New
Nikon
1414 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Nikon SLR (digital and film) lenses, accessories, etc.
- Olympus and Four-Thirds 90 New
Olympus and Four-Thirds
90 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
The Four-Thirds and micro Four-Thirds systems plus the older film Olympus OM SLR system.
- Pentax 405 New
Pentax
405 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
35mm film and digital; Pentax medium format is in Medium Format.
- Sony/Minolta SLR System 88 New
Sony/Minolta SLR System
88 NEW POSTS THIS WEEK
Newer Sony DSLRs and older Minolta DSLRs and film SLRs,lenses, and accessories.
Other
- Off-Topic 446 New
Off-Topic
446 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 27 New
Video
27 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.
- Active General Photography Forum Threads
- My Photo was on TV this morning! | by David Manning | 18 Responses
- When the scene is wonderful and you have run out of film... | by Ian Rance

| 17 Responses - Photography in potentially hazardous atmospheres | by David Glover | 15 Responses
- Active Image Related Forum Threads
- No one here... | by Richard Abston

| 20 Responses - Favorite from June | by Joseph Leotta

| 19 Responses - Smoking..... | by Pnina Evental

| 13 Responses
- Active Practice & Technique Forum Threads
- W/NW SHOOT-OUT: one of your favourite street photos | by Ton Mestrom
| 25 Responses - The One (Wedding Image) That Got Away | by Michael Brown | 19 Responses
- Your KODACHROME...How do you plan to spend it? | by Charles Watkins | 18 Responses
- Active Photography Equipment Forum Threads
- New CFV digital back 39 mpix | by Diego Buono
| 25 Responses - 70-200 2.8 VR -- Wow | by Ken Stoecklin

| 18 Responses - I took the plunge: 35 Summilux asph. | by Paul Neuthaler | 16 Responses
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