Too many off-topic posts in this forum?

Dan Brown · Feb 17, 2002

Wheaten eatin snow, that's great. I wish I'd of thought of it, I think I will go back and add that to the title of the pic, do I need to give you credit?

--Dan Brownwww.pbase.com/wheatenman'If nothing changes, nothing changes'

kim kaila · Feb 17, 2002

I caught it also, but was not sure. Congrats to you both!
KK

Dan Brown said:
Bob S said:

Dan Brown said:

Dan Brown wrote:

I kind of treat this forum like going to dinner for a big family
gathering. I don't eat everthing and I don't interact with
everyone. I tend to talk and interact with the people who share
common interests etc. I tend to eat the meat, potatoes and desert.

"Take what ya need and leave the rest"

Click to expand...

I like what you had to say...

By the way, are you a friend of Bill W? I am...

Bob

--
http://www.pbase.com/mofongo
'A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse'

Click to expand...

--
Dan Brown
http://www.pbase.com/wheatenman

'If nothing changes, nothing changes'

kim kaila · Feb 17, 2002

NAH! I'm easy!...OOPS! I mean COOL! OOPS! You know what I mean! HA! just jokin with you. I think it's a great title, if I do say so my self.
Kim Kaila

Dan Brown said:
--
Dan Brown
http://www.pbase.com/wheatenman

'If nothing changes, nothing changes'

Brian · Feb 17, 2002

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Well there you have it. There isn't anywhere up there that says I can't post a thread about non camera non Olympus non technical stuff. Phil has made a request to post sample images in the samples & galleries forum, but it's not a rule.

Everyone who obeys the rules are welcome to come and go as they please. Many of the interesting technical threads probably would not have been posted had their not been a community spirit here. The topics generally tell you if the thread will be of interest to you. If you happen to hit a thread that your not interested in, just back out. It doesn't take more than 5-10 sec, even on a dial up.

Jared Hunter said:
Hold on while I put on my anti-flame suit...

Anyone else notice that a lot of posts here would better belong in
"Open Talk" or "Samples and Galleries"? I have no problem with
samples used to illustrate a technical issue with Olympus cameras
but I'm gagging on the volume of unrelated postings and images that
serve no purpose but to elicit "cutesy" responses. If you check out
some of the other camera Forums, this type of 'noise' is much lower
or non-existent.

By all means continue to post these here if you won't do so in the
proper forums, but PLEASE prefix the subject with "OT" for off
topic so that those that are seeking more technically useful
subjects can easily sift through these postings. And while you're
at it, why not include the Olympus model in the subject so that we
can easily skip past images from models we don't care to see?
Everytime someone has to click on the post to find out which camera
the samples are from, it causes yet another unnecessary hit on
Phil's server, slowing down the system for everyone.

'UZ'pShoot'ERS' · Feb 17, 2002

I'm relatively new to forums in general but from what I gather especially from this thread. "OT" should accompany anything not related to the proper operation of an olympus camera...everything else, Pictures produced by said cameras, Artistic opinions, Reactions to "OT" pics, Memories stirred up by such pics, reasons for shooting said pics. All that final output stuff Is "OT I guess. Unless of course it's an utterly brutal, bad pic & advice is needed to use the OLYMPUS camera properly to refrain from discrediting the OLYMPUS camera from outputting a Bad pic. I'm in total disagreement with this concept and feel that between "specific questions on the proper Operational aspects of Olympus Digital Cameras". No harm is done with a little frivolous levity or artistic impression or just plain giddiness
of pulling pics like this:

off within a matter of minutes on a first try shoot where I got no less than 16 seperate sequences of similar result ranging in size from 3 to 14 frames. Even if only a half dozen or so of ya'll thought them worthy of comment. Get real...If there's a direct post made pertaining to technical difficulty or technique it rarely goes unanswered as far as I can tell so what's the big deal??? Most of the subject lines are easily pegged either by author or subject line content as to what's technical or not....I'm having a problem with deliniating where the "OT" line is is it adobe software questions too, or peripheral product info or endorsements, is "IR" filters to use with an OLY "OT" please send me a clue. I thought this was an informal forum for any problem, solution, or hint achievable with specifically Oly brand Cameras....I own 2 now. An Uzi & an e100rs....Am I to believe I'd be better off just comming here when I have a specific problem or can I share the good times as well??? Thank god For "P" mode....LOL

George Druther said:
Now as I understand this whole thing, the topic is determined by
the poster who originates the thread (the thread title) and any
further posts that are irrevelent to the title require a (OT) to be
placed at the begining of the reply so as not to offend someone
following the thread..

Or do you place an (OT) in front of a thread in a topic that isn't
revelent to Olympus cameras?
--
George, K2EWL http://wwwbg.tripod.com
D-360L,C3000,C2100UZ +
2 crummy vivitars and a whole bunch of antique film exposing machines

--'Happy Shootin' !!!'UZ'P'Shoot'ERS' http://www.pbase.com/rrawzz http://www.pbase.com/otfgallery/uzpshooterMe & My UZI, Strollin Down The Avenue. Me & My UZI, Focusin On Somethin New. To 'UZe' Or Not To 'UZe'? That 'IS' The Question. Weather It 'IS' Nobler To Suffer Natures Outrageous Slings & Arrows? Or Go With Adobe? That's My Story & I'm Stickin To It. Take It Or Leave It c2100uz/e100rs (in that order)

Steven Sterne · Feb 17, 2002

This is EXACTLY what I was getting at when I asked Jared to explain what he felt was appropriate to this forum...

Steven
D7, C2100, S300

Sandman · Feb 17, 2002

Mary,

I appreciate and agree with your appraisal of this concern that we have too many OT subjects on this forum. To build on your post, I would like to add that this IS a community...a community composed of many individuals! In any community, there are the serious types and the funny types, the technophiles and the technophobes, the control freaks and those just along for the ride. Fortunately, there is wonderful diversity here...and it is this diversity that makes this a great forum. If this forum were just about the technical stuff, I would not spend near so much time here. I frankly think we have a good balance, a very good balance of technical talk, photo critique, post processing, peripheral equipment talk, and just plain humor. If we were constrained to any one of these topics, the forum would loose its charm.

Your final paragraph was particularly on the mark!

mhwarner said:
In a community, it's generally good practice to become an
established, CONTRIBUTING member before you start chastising those
who have been here long before you arrived for the way they
interact with each other.

Jared, you are more than welcome here. Post what you like, read what you like, enjoy what you like. When you have been here for a while, see if you agree that the balance of OT and T is just about right.

Jim

mhwarner said:
--
Mary

--galleries at: http://www.pbase.com/sandman3

DomDP · Feb 17, 2002

mwarner said:
... to someone who's barely been here 2 weeks and whose limited
postings since them seem to be primarily argumentative. I think
your original posting was correct. If Jared doesn't like the
flavor of the community, perhaps he should look elsewhere for
something more to his liking. Or better yet, he could stick around
for a while, pick up some valuable information, and get to know
folks better. The "flavor" of the forum has been known to change
from week to week. Maybe he will like it better next week or next
month.

This is a well-established community of folks who, in addition to
sharing information concerning Olympus cameras and photography,
also share laughs, criticism and comments. From time to time, we
seem to go through spurts of "off topic" postings -- like "Guess
What This Is", war arguments, or scantily clad appliances, clocks
and computers. But hey, life is too short to be serious all the
time.

Yes, we can post our photos in the Samples and Galleries forum, but
anyone who's been around here any length of time might have noticed
that that forum, too, is a community, with a pretty well
established group of members who have come to know each other and
respect each other's opinions. Unless you regularly participate
there, you are somewhat of an outsider and your photos are usually
treated with polite response (if at all) and little enthusiasm.

If you don't like the off-topic stuff (which is usually pretty
obvious from the subject line -- whether it says OT or not), skip
it. Personally, I am not into the "Hey, I just got my new camera"
or "Which camera should I buy" posts, so I usually skip them
(unless I see that they've generated into all-out war which
sometimes provides a little comic relief). But I realize that
newbies or prospective camera purchasers have a right to post and
get their questions answered, too. And in between the posts in
which you have no interest, there are gems of valuable information
scattered. And I have definitely learned from the photo postings
too -- whether it's "Hey, that's a great idea/composition/subject
-- I'll have to try it myself", or somebody's suggestion on how to
crop or post process a photo.

In a community, it's generally good practice to become an
established, CONTRIBUTING member before you start chastising those
who have been here long before you arrived for the way they
interact with each other.

--
Mary

--DomDP-NJC-2100UZPbase Supporter http://www.pbase.com/domdp 'Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go' --T.S. Eliot--

Alan - G · Feb 17, 2002

Brian said:
Jared Hunter said:

Hold on while I put on my anti-flame suit...

Anyone else notice that a lot of posts here would better belong in
"Open Talk" or "Samples and Galleries"? I have no problem with
samples used to illustrate a technical issue with Olympus cameras
but I'm gagging on the volume of unrelated postings and images that

serve no purpose but to elicit "cutesy" responses. > > Everytime someone has to click on the post to find out which camera
the samples are from, it causes yet another unnecessary hit on
Phil's server, slowing down the system for everyone.

Alan-G wrote:

Click to expand...

I agree. There are more important issues at hand. nothing cute about
this.
As captured her with my UZI
http://www.pbase.com/image/1177285/medium

DogOfThunder · Feb 17, 2002

Now that's an excellent example of an On-Topic posting...a photo, taken by an Olympus camera, detailing his technique and composition in-camera, as well as his post processing procedures...

Well done Ergo, you have set the standard for all future postings....

DOT

Ergo said:
Kim,
I accept your apology. Want some cake? This was shot with an
Olympus C3000Z at 3:00 P.M. with natural light coming from the
right through French doors. The Camera was set at "P." I was about
6" away and zoomed in about half way. I cropped the picture but did
nothing else.
http://www.pbase.com/image/1175545.jpg

--
Peace ... Ergo
Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time to
criticize others. c3000z, c2100uz, some crayons and a Hoover. See
ya in the Small Appliance aisle!
http://www.pbase.com/ergo/ergoimages

--DogOfThunderNikon 8OO8, Pentax K-1OOO andOlympus C-21OOUZ

Mofongo · Feb 17, 2002

Dan Brown said:
Dan Brown wrote:
Nice catch Bob. Bill W. and I have been friends for 17 years this
August. How long have you known Bill.

9 years this April, Dan...

Things are a lot more in focus if you know what I mean...

Bob--www.pbase.com/mofongo'A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse'

Mike S40523 · Feb 17, 2002

ANY photo taken with an Olympus camera is ON topic

Jared Hunter said:
Hold on while I put on my anti-flame suit...

Anyone else notice that a lot of posts here would better belong in
"Open Talk" or "Samples and Galleries"? I have no problem with
samples used to illustrate a technical issue with Olympus cameras
but I'm gagging on the volume of unrelated postings and images that
serve no purpose but to elicit "cutesy" responses. If you check out
some of the other camera Forums, this type of 'noise' is much lower
or non-existent.

By all means continue to post these here if you won't do so in the
proper forums, but PLEASE prefix the subject with "OT" for off
topic so that those that are seeking more technically useful
subjects can easily sift through these postings. And while you're
at it, why not include the Olympus model in the subject so that we
can easily skip past images from models we don't care to see?
Everytime someone has to click on the post to find out which camera
the samples are from, it causes yet another unnecessary hit on
Phil's server, slowing down the system for everyone.

Dan Brown · Feb 17, 2002

more in focus, back then I didn't even understand the concept of what focus was or cared for that matter. Funny thing, I thought it was they way everyone saw things.

Bob S said:
Mofongo said:

Dan Brown wrote:
Nice catch Bob. Bill W. and I have been friends for 17 years this
August. How long have you known Bill.

Click to expand...

9 years this April, Dan...

Things are a lot more in focus if you know what I mean...

Bob
--
http://www.pbase.com/mofongo
'A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse'

--Dan Brownwww.pbase.com/wheatenman'If nothing changes, nothing changes'

Mofongo · Feb 17, 2002

Jared Hunter said:
Jared Hunter wrote:
Hold on while I put on my anti-flame suit...

Jared, does your flame suit look like this? Hehe...

Photo taken by my wife with an from Olympus C3000

Flames from Eye Candy 4000 (Photoshop plug in)

Bob

--www.pbase.com/mofongo'A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse'

Mofongo · Feb 17, 2002

Dan Brown said:
Dan Brown wrote:
more in focus, back then I didn't even understand the concept of
what focus was or cared for that matter. Funny thing, I thought it
was they way everyone saw things.

Dan, how true...keep on keeping on!

Bob--www.pbase.com/mofongo'A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse'

mhwarner · Feb 17, 2002

You have made my day! And as far as I am concerned (of course, nobody put me in charge here), you get Photo of the Day from the Olympus Talk forum for it!--Mary

DougT · Feb 17, 2002

and there were only 6 posts to this thread. Now its 75 and counting! I guess it all been said by Jared, Kim K, Ergo, Bob S, others and me. So I best start asking some technical questions, or post some photo to get comments on. Kim K and Ergo, start coming up with more scantly clad home products and the rest get ready to laugh or answer the techie questions or critque photos. Jared, stick around as there's a bit of everything around here, no flame suit needed.

Doug

glen jones · Feb 17, 2002

Bob S said:
Mofongo said:

Jared Hunter wrote:
Hold on while I put on my anti-flame suit...

Click to expand...

Jared, does your flame suit look like this? Hehe...

Photo taken by my wife with an from Olympus C3000

Flames from Eye Candy 4000 (Photoshop plug in)

Bob

--
http://www.pbase.com/mofongo
'A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse'

Nice pic bob..haha I am thinking jared's flame suit isn't rate high enough for the current flames

hippp

DogOfThunder · Feb 17, 2002

The way this thread's running.....

hipppcat said:
Bob S said:

glen jones said:

Jared Hunter wrote:
Hold on while I put on my anti-flame suit...

Click to expand...

Jared, does your flame suit look like this? Hehe...

Photo taken by my wife with an from Olympus C3000

Flames from Eye Candy 4000 (Photoshop plug in)

Bob

http://www.pbase.com/image/1177355/medium.jpg

--
http://www.pbase.com/mofongo
'A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse'

Nice pic bob..haha I am thinking jared's flame suit isn't rate high enough for the current flames

Click to expand...

hippp

--DogOfThunderNikon 8OO8, Pentax K-1OOO andOlympus C-21OOUZ

buzzy2 · Feb 17, 2002

...gotta say yer wardrobe's hot !...
...what kinda monopod ya got there, or am I seein' things?...
buzzy

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