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Lots of people here saying they used to visit this site regularly. I'm curious as to what they got out of it (some people say they used to visit the site daily)

Lots of people here saying they used to visit this site regularly. I'm curious as to what they got out of it (some people say they used to visit the site daily). I can see the value when you're looking to buy a camera, and reading reviews makes sense to me in that very narrow context. Besides that, why visit a camera review site daily? How frequently were people buying cameras? Professional photographers, sure, I can see the appeal.

mihaaly 4y ago
Daily is unrealistic - how many days of a year they have update for a particular interest? - but regularly when you are interested in cameras, following product news even if you are not buying right now, or soon, it is good. To be informed! I did so several years ago (once or more per week). Now... not so much. Less time for photography. If I had more time, this could have been different.
- valarauko 4y ago
  I mean, I kind of get it. Back when I was looking to buy a camera, I was on the site quite a bit. For me, the equivalent place to hang out, read reviews or discuss techniques were the forums of home-barista.com in the late 2010s. Lots of coffee innovations now commonplace came from there. I wasn't necessarily looking to buy an espresso machine or a grinder, but it felt like a place where people more knowledgeable than me in an interest of mine were pushing the boundaries, out in the open.
throwaway290 4y ago
Research before buying, troubleshooting after buying. I'm not a pro but a diehard enthusiast so most months I don't visit it but when sorting out gear I can spend days on this stuff and most of it is on DPR because that's the only place where people congregate specifically to discuss gear's obscure features and niche applications like astrophotography. Can it do bracketing and interval shooting together? How bad is rolling shutter? Can I adapt this old lens to that body, what about flange distance? Do you want to find out before you shell out $2000 that you have saved up, or after?
- valarauko 4y ago
  I've spent a fair bit of time on the site, but only on the reviews. Sounds like the forums were where the real action is/was.
  - throwaway290 4y ago
    If you needed it you knew it. You would Google something and the only result would be from a DPR thread. I didn't go to the forum specifically or even registered there.
mrelectric 4y ago
I enjoyed photography and camera handling tips, explored and troubleshooted my cameras and their countless options, as well as the general discussions as on any forum.

mihaaly 4y ago

Daily is unrealistic - how many days of a year they have update for a particular interest? - but regularly when you are interested in cameras, following product news even if you are not buying right now, or soon, it is good. To be informed! I did so several years ago (once or more per week). Now... not so much. Less time for photography. If I had more time, this could have been different.

valarauko 4y ago
I mean, I kind of get it. Back when I was looking to buy a camera, I was on the site quite a bit. For me, the equivalent place to hang out, read reviews or discuss techniques were the forums of home-barista.com in the late 2010s. Lots of coffee innovations now commonplace came from there. I wasn't necessarily looking to buy an espresso machine or a grinder, but it felt like a place where people more knowledgeable than me in an interest of mine were pushing the boundaries, out in the open.

throwaway290 4y ago

Research before buying, troubleshooting after buying. I'm not a pro but a diehard enthusiast so most months I don't visit it but when sorting out gear I can spend days on this stuff and most of it is on DPR because that's the only place where people congregate specifically to discuss gear's obscure features and niche applications like astrophotography. Can it do bracketing and interval shooting together? How bad is rolling shutter? Can I adapt this old lens to that body, what about flange distance? Do you want to find out before you shell out $2000 that you have saved up, or after?

valarauko 4y ago
I've spent a fair bit of time on the site, but only on the reviews. Sounds like the forums were where the real action is/was.
- throwaway290 4y ago
  If you needed it you knew it. You would Google something and the only result would be from a DPR thread. I didn't go to the forum specifically or even registered there.

mrelectric 4y ago

I enjoyed photography and camera handling tips, explored and troubleshooted my cameras and their countless options, as well as the general discussions as on any forum.