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Ethelred the Ill-Named
Reged: 26/09/2006
Posts: 2043
Loc: Nottingham
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A lot of us use the lenses. Some use the SD DSLR and now the DP1 C size compact seems to be really imminent. What more do Sigma need to do for AP to have a subforum. I would have thought that if Panasonic has its own area within Equipment then Sigma should do so.,
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IvorETower
Little Buttercup
Reged: 15/11/2006
Posts: 1630
Loc: Camberley, Surrey
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Agreed.
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Ian_A
Avocadopearaphobe
Reged: 02/09/2002
Posts: 7348
Loc: Horwich UK
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Come on now - it's all the IT department can do to keep this shaky edifice running 24-ish/7 as it is, without the added load of a Sigma forum.
The hamster cannae take it ... 
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PaulatUKcamera
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 24/05/2005
Posts: 1873
Loc: West Wales
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Come to think of it, no Samoca, Walz, Taron, Beauty, Kowa forums either.
If space can be made for unusual benches .................
Paul
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TheFatControlleR
L'éminence Grise, Devil's Advocate & AP Fanboy!
Reged: 24/04/2001
Posts: 10330
Loc: In A Glass Darkly
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Come to think of it, no Samoca, Walz, Taron, Beauty, Kowa forums either.
If space can be made for unusual benches .................
Paul
What! There's an area dedicated to benches here... Where, show me, I'll have some of that. 
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And so, my fellow Benchists: ask not what your bench can do for you - ask what you can do for your bench... Ben Chism
Live fat, die young, and leave a self-basting corpse...
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Footloose
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 11/08/2005
Posts: 3159
Loc: Berkshire based.
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Maybe a section on Optics, would be better; after all, Sigma manufacturers optics to fit a number of manufacturers cameras, and generally, when the subject of Sigma's lenses is raised, it is in the context of how it compares to others. The optical design of say, a 100mm macro, will remain the same whether it fits a Canon, Nikon or Sony, so somewhere one can compare the qualities of all the various optical brands under one heading, would be more useful.
After all, if I was seeking information about using a Lensbaby, Perspective Control or a Process lens, at present I would have to trawl through all the various camera makes, to find such an article. Furthermore, it's more than likely that any lens-related comments will be buried within the text of someone's posting, so the search facility would have to be very sophisticated to track it down!
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beejaybee
Marvin
Reged: 18/07/2007
Posts: 4245
Loc: Really Here In Name Only
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After all, if I was seeking information about using a Lensbaby, Perspective Control or a Process lens, at present I would have to trawl through all the various camera makes, to find such an article.
Fair point but would something like this not belong in "Camera Chat" or "Other Brands"?
What independent brands are there these days? (SLR fitting lenses ... rangefinders complicate the issue somewhat) Are we down to Sigma, Tamron, Tokina and a few manual focus lenses from Zeiss?
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Benchista
Wich Tyler
Reged: 11/08/2000
Posts: 36434
Loc: Everywhere and nowhere, baby
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After all, if I was seeking information about using a Lensbaby, Perspective Control or a Process lens, at present I would have to trawl through all the various camera makes, to find such an article.
Fair point but would something like this not belong in "Camera Chat" or "Other Brands"?
What independent brands are there these days? (SLR fitting lenses ... rangefinders complicate the issue somewhat) Are we down to Sigma, Tamron, Tokina and a few manual focus lenses from Zeiss?
And some manual focus Voigtlander lenses. And I think there are still some Cosina AF lenses around in various guises, but certainly brands other than those three are decidedly uncommon.
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mark_jacobs
AP Art Editor
Reged: 07/08/2001
Posts: 1249
Loc: Santa Monica Boulevard 8585, a...
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Mark my words - this will never work!! Never I tell you!!!!
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TheFatControlleR
L'éminence Grise, Devil's Advocate & AP Fanboy!
Reged: 24/04/2001
Posts: 10330
Loc: In A Glass Darkly
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If it all comes tumbling, down don't blame me - I was only following orders! 
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And so, my fellow Benchists: ask not what your bench can do for you - ask what you can do for your bench... Ben Chism
Live fat, die young, and leave a self-basting corpse...
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Monobod
'Phantom' of the forum!
Reged: 03/04/2003
Posts: 5672
Loc: Just West of Norwich, Norfolk
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Come on now - it's all the IT department can do to keep this shaky edifice running 24-ish/7 as it is, without the added load of a Sigma forum.
The hamster cannae take it ...
Thats easily sorted, just cut the Nikon Chat page...... 
OK, I have retired to my concrete bunker.....(honest fellers, only joking).
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Ian_A
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Reged: 02/09/2002
Posts: 7348
Loc: Horwich UK
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If we're into creating new forums, how about a 'Feedback on this week's AP' one?
I don't subscribe myself, so the comments from the subbies over the weekend would be a handy pointer as to whether I should pop to the shop & buy one ...
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beejaybee
Marvin
Reged: 18/07/2007
Posts: 4245
Loc: Really Here In Name Only
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so the comments from the subbies over the weekend would be a handy pointer as to whether I should pop to the shop & buy one ...
... but how would you know the good comments weren't all planted by the publishers to boost sales?
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El Sid
Going potty
Reged: 14/04/2003
Posts: 9160
Loc: Sussex-by-the-Sea
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so the comments from the subbies over the weekend would be a handy pointer as to whether I should pop to the shop & buy one ...
... but how would you know the good comments weren't all planted by the publishers to boost sales?
If it makes sense..............
...........it ain't marketing...........
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A camera in the hand is better than one in the cupboard........
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