Definitely sad as this is a site that has been around and is/was an important early website. However I don't really think it's much of a loss for photography.

Definitely sad as this is a site that has been around and is/was an important early website. However I don't really think it's much of a loss for photography. DPreview was always pushing the whole equipment acquisition as the goal part of photography that always seems so weird. They would regularly talk about how you needed some new camera and willfully ignore alteration to your technique that got better results without needing the new equipment. Their forums and comments were always ultra dramatic and controversial with all kinds of brand bashing & cheerleading and other stuff that had little to do with photography. I think it was OK at first as all the tech was new, as time went on it became more and more counterproductive. I actually think smartphones getting people off the train of ever fancier cameras every few years actually helped photography due to: - Better UI - don't need to relearn a new camera constantly - Always have the phone, so everyone got more practice - Forced use of prime lenses made more people start moving around to frame their photos - People started to forget about the tool and just use it I'm still holding a pretty high value amount of camera gear, probably higher value than any other hobby I have. But it doesn't get used as much, and I"m constantly thinking of selling it off. I guess a lot of that being a result of no longer really caring about the specific types of photos the expensive camera gear facilitates.