good photo forums?

[wmmk]

hey photogs!
I've had a lot of questions about photography lately that I feel would get more answers elsewhere than the 'ol MR DP board. I know of FredMiranda, photo.net, and the others, but I have seen some posts from some pros who think they're really high brow. I have also been on sites like flickr where many people in discussions are not even very well informed. I know lots of great (professional) photographers in real life who are secure enough to be nice to a 13 year old amateur like me.
I'm wondering what photo forum a young amateur would be most welcome and get the best advice at. I'm also hoping to find somewhere users of all sorts of gear post. I'm a Pentax guy, so that rules out a lot of those canon/nikon sites out there.

Thanks,
wmmk

 

[bmcgrath]

Flickr? They have amateur groups you can join and have discussions. Put yer photos up too and see what people think and ask them to point you in the right direction.

 

[Mike Teezie]

I posted in another thread - I just created a photography forum.

We'd love to have you around there, there are a ton of nice people to answer camera questions.

my forum

 

[b0tt094]

Personally I love MR becuase although its for mac's I have learned more from this site than other photography forums... just a little advice though if u have a myspace NEVER JOIN THEIR GROUPS.... those people can be very critical with little to no constructive criticism. No offense to anyone that enjoys them but it seem (how to put this hmmmm) stuck up, like they know everything about photography and if u don't like their picture then u are an uncultured slob



Sorry I just despise those groups


Good luck in your search though

 

[GoCubsGo]

dpreview.com has forums which I frequent. They also have everything else you could need as far as cameras go. FredMiranda.com is awesome but last time I went there I had so many problems with the site being slow I gave up and haven't returned. I also really love http://www.nikonians.org/ but I shoot Nikon so it's specific like that.

 

[slicedbread]

I second the DPreview.com forums. The traffic is so high, you can usually get an answer within minutes there, and there are enough sub-forums to cover any topic really. And since its so diverse there aren't as many brand-wars there.

 

[bmat]

dpreview is good, but you need a thick skin, and I've sometimes found the advice suspect. photography on the net is a good Canon resource, of course it doesn't have the shear speed that dpreview does.

 

[sblasl]

http://www.prophotohome.com/forum/

 

[cgratti]

Check out P.O.T.N. (Photography On The Net). Great people there.

 

[Zeke]

http://www.dailyawards.com

Fun competition and very helpful forum members.

 

[GoCubsGo]

And don't forget photo.net