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Casual Conversations - Our photo.net "chat room". Topics of most any sort, within reason.
Philosophy of Photography - Discussion encompassing ethical, aesthetic and sociological aspects of photography.
News (user/staff-contributed) - Share and read photo industry news & events
Education - For questions about formal photography education, such as college degree courses and workshops (also book reviews)
Business - Issues related to running a photography business

Nature - Equipment, technique, locations and ethics relating to nature photography
Portraits and Fashion - Fashion photography & general portraiture questions.
Travel - Taking a trip? Need to know where the best tripod holes are? The travel forum is for you.
Street & Documentary - Documentary photography and reportage, urban landscapes and candid portraiture
Wedding and social event photography - Beautiful, exciting, fast pace and stressful, wedding photography has many photographic challenges in one tidy package.
Sports - If it involves a stick or ball or board or a winner and loser, this is the place to talk about it.
B&W Photo - Film & Processing - Includes alternative processes
B&W Photo - Printing & Finishing - The black and white darkroom
Film and Processing - B&W, color, slide, negative, commercial and home processing
Digital Darkroom - Editing, manipulating, scanning, printing, tearing up, starting over, reinstalling Windows, wishing you had stuck with film...

Canon EOS
Nikon
Olympus - The interesting Olympus Four-Thirds system plus the old film OM SLR system
Pentax - 35mm film and digital; Pentax medium format is in Medium Format
Sony/Minolta SLR System - They've changed the name, but not the lenses or technology...

Digital Cameras, Including Point & Shoot and Shopping
Leica and Rangefinders - Feisty bunch of guys wondering why a $5000 camera won't automatically take a great photo

Medium Format - For 645, 6x6, 6x7, 6x8, 6x9, 6x12, 6x17 roll film plus digital backs
Large Format - 4x5, 5x7, 8x10 sheet film and digital backs for view cameras

Alternative Cameras- Cell-phone, pinhole, zone-plate, home-made, disposables, toy cameras such as Holgas, Dianas, and Lomos
Classic Cameras (pre-1970) - Enjoy the feel of an Argus C3? Love the glow of an old Yashica GSN? Join others longing for the past!
Canon FD - Manual focus cameras, popular in the Reagan years
Minox - James Bond's choice

Filter, Bags, Tripods and Accessories - Active group of folks happy to discuss tripods, bags, technique, etc