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Due to some significant limitations of this forum software (unable to edit, can't remove ads, unable to ban, photos difficult to diplay large, good names already taken ), I've decided to move the forums to another platform. 

The new location is www.camwk.com.  Hope to see you there.

Regards,
Amin

Cam, what do you think about this?  It's a little ugly, but it is fully featured.  In time, I can make it less ugly =).  Editing and images are fully customizable on that platform.

Thanks Sean!  The forum may change to a different platform, but the URL (http://www.camwk.com) will remain the same.  Regards, Amin

Bear with me while I change things up...

Michael and Everyone:

Would you prefer a "regular" forum like the one at Open Photography Forums?  This one lacks some of the usual features, like the ability to embed a large image without resizing and the ability to edit posts long after making them.  It has some nice features as I mentioned above, but I'm happy to go with one of the more mainstream forum platforms if that is preferable.  What do you think?

Okay, I changed the theme again.  What do you think?  There's no way to extend the editing beyond three minutes using this forum software.  If it's a big issue, then I can create the forum in another platform.  However, I may not be able to have some of the other features (threaded comments, recent posts and hot topics on the front page) using phpbb, vbulletin, and the like.

Another test post with yet another theme.

For those of you who saw the old theme, which one do you prefer?  I liked the look of the old one, but the new theme enables some additional functionality including threaded comments and post editing.

Cam, Mitch, great to see you guys here also.  Mitch, congratulations on being the only one able to secure a first name tag :).

Cam, I can edit posts so I assumed everyone could.  I'll check to see if that is a function I can enable.

EDIT: Okay, it seems as though the ability to edit depends on the theme I set for the forum.  This place may go through a few different looks in the next hour or so while I try to find one that allows editing and looks good .

Damnit, Stan is also taken !! The database is shared. Let's take my Flickr nickname !

.  That seems to be a disadvantage of using Lefora.  This forum software has gotten some good reviews though, and I expect that it will continue to improve with time.

Great to see you here Wouter .

I was surprised also when "Amin" was taken .  I think that there are quite a few forums made using Lefora, and the user names are not unique to one forum versus another.

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With any internet Buy/Sell board, there is always a risk of getting scammed. Having successfully completed many camera gear transactions online, I thought I'd share a few tips.

1) Verify the seller. Anyone can post on this board pretending to be someone else. If you are planning to buy from someone, confirm that they are who they claim to be. Examples:

- You see a "For sale" listing by someone you recognize as a regular poster in the DPReview forums, where that person has thousands of posts. Knowing, based on those posts, that the person seems reliable, you feel comfortable making the transaction with them. What to do next? Send an email contacting the individual via their DPReview profile and wait for a reply confirming that the person listing the item here really is the same person you know from the forums.

- Someone lists an item here and says they have good feedback at Fred Miranda. Go to search at FredMiranda and search the "Poster Name" in the "Buy and Sell" forum. Find the seller and verify his or her feedback. Then send a message (email or PM) via his or her Fred Miranda profile and wait for a reply confirming that the person selling here really is that person he or she claims to be at Fred Miranda.

- Someone lists an item here and says they have good feedback on Ebay. Go to Ebay, search for their user name, verify the feedback. Then send them a message via Ebay and wait for a reply to confirm that they are the same person selling on this board.

2) Be wary of deals that seem too good to be true. Some folks will legitimately sell cheap, but a very low price is good cause to take extra steps to verify an identity.

3) Meeting locally, in person, in a public place, is generally a safe way to make a transaction.

4) Do not pay by money order, cashier's check, or wire funds unless you are absolutely certain who you are dealing with.

5) Consider restricting shipment to Paypal-confirmed addresses only. These are addresses for which Paypal has verified, generally by confirming a billing address.

6) Unless you really know and trust a buyer, do not ship an item until payment has cleared.

7) If you grant a return as a seller, do not refund payment until a returned item has been received in good condition.

8) Keep track of serial numbers on items you sell, in case an unscrupulous buyer attempts to return a different, broken camera to you.

9) Use insured shipping and/or delivery confirmation on expensive items.

10) Remember that email addresses from free providers (Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, etc) are not linked to any personal information. Emails given by ISPs such as Comcast and Verizon are less likely to be used by scammers. Still, most honest sellers will use the free services.

11) Do not deal with a buyer who wants you to use an escrow service. These are likely to be scammers.


The above tips are simply my personal advice based on experience with quite a few internet transactions. Following these tips is not a guarantee that you will be free of trouble, but they do greatly decrease the risk of getting scammed.

Regards,
Amin

This being a photography forum, everyone is encouraged to share photos in any of the forums. Doing so is straightforward.

First click on "switch to text editor" in the upper right corner of the post.  If it says "switch to visual editor", then you're already in the right view and don't need to click anything.  At this point, it should look like this:



Nect click on "Embed Pictures", which will also allow you to add an image by either entering the URL or by uploading the image from your computer.  Multiple photos can be added in a single post using this method.

The option for adding pictures under the "text editor" view is the "Insert/edit image" button in the toolbar, which looks like this -> .  Unfortunately, this method seems to degrade the quality of the photo and is best avoided.

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