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straw_man

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Being a newbie, I am trying to get a feel for which forum is best for which subject. I am into both digital and film. There is quite a bit

overlap between forums. For film, there is Canon FD, Classic mechanical, and modern. I gather that if a camera is inoperative with out

batteries, modern film is appropriate. Nikon film cameras may be either in classic or modern. But quite a few Nikon film entries appear in

the Nikon forum. It seems that Nikon forum would be better off if it was Nikon digital. I notice that there are quite a few entries in Canon

FD discussing FD lenses mounted on mirrorless digital cameras - fine with me. But mounting classic lenses on such cameras seems to

verboten on the classic mechanical forum. I just remembered that film cameras can all be discussed on the rangefinder forum.

 

I am not complaining or trying to change anything. I just need a Rosetta Stone. I really like the comprehensive and friendly advice that is

forthcoming.

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<p>There are no hard rules and indeed plenty overlap. The Nikon stuff indeed goes in both places, in the same way EOS film SLRs can go in Modern Film Cameras as well as the Canon EOS forum. Questions on point and shoot cameras can go into the Mirrorless section (as they do not have a mirror) as well as the manufacterer section; Olympus (m423rd versus old OM system) another example where both go fine. The Leica and rangefinder forum is fine for any rangefinder and/or any Leica (including their SLRs)... and so on.<br>

In the end, it's a matter of getting a feel for which forum will give you the best answer. The Nikon and Canon EOS forums are very lively, and see more traffic than the Modern Film Camera forum, however, more DSLR users that may not specifically know the oddities of the older products - the film camera forums more specialised audience, but you might have to wait longer.<br /> There is no right answer.</p>

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