It is a rumors board after all. I would probably have never come here if I hadn’t decided to wait for the 6D2 rather than getting an 80D, and so was interested in rumors about it and it’s arrival on the market.
I have given and received photo advice here, and I’ve posted a few pictures along, mainly to illustrate a topic under discussion. And I’m not in the market for anything that I know of, but I’m sticking around with a lifetime membership.
Yes, it is a rumor site, and has been named so since the start. However, there was a much freer exchange of techniques and craft a few years back, and of images too. I am NOT pinning blame on anybody for the site seeming to have become a bit narrowly specialized--and less appealing to photographers in general.
If the expected content involves people questioning Canon and then being hammered over and over by the same regulars for making waves, wow, that ain't much of a draw. And if the site is little more than a place for self declared and perhaps paid influencers to steer people away from Canon or just bicker and snipe...How attractive is that?
But perhaps there might be ways to encourage more posts about advice, etc. If the focus is on rumors, then that's the main, and at times the only draw. Seems that a site that needs views, and now memberships, for income should and could expand the appeal a bit. BUT, getting people comfortable enough to share images is a tough job in 2020!
And are the default image posting settings resulting in smaller, softer images? I'm seeing a lot of surprisingly soft images in the galleries the past couple months.
CHEERS! Go, CR, go!