Re: Where are all the pinholer's?

Sorry,
but I agree with Eric
taco

Brian Reynolds wrote:
> Eric S. Theise wrote:
>
>> Certainly someone will be along very soon to tell you that this
>> list is not the place where things are happening, and that all the
>> action is at the f295 web forum. The bulk of the posts to this
>> list over the past year (or two) have been to that effect.
>>
>> For those of you who've missed it, or recently joined:
>>
>> http://www.f295.com/
>>
>
> A web forum is not a replacement for a mailing list.
>
>
>> I think the continued existence of the pinhole-discussion list only
>> serves to fragment whatever pinhole photography discussion may be
>> taking place on the Internet, and I propose that we shut this list
>> off, effective end-of-day August 31st.
>>
>
> I disagree that this lists fragments the community. Hardly anyone
> posts here anymore, so who is fragmented away from the rest of the
> community?
>
> To my eye the f295 forums are fragmented. There are separate forums
> for color and B&W for each of pinhole, and zone plate, plus a
> alternative process forum (What was wrong with the existing
> alt-photo-process-l list?), and camera making, etc.
>
>
>> The archives will remain in place indefinitely at spitbite.org.
>>
>
> Thank you for that, and for hosting this list.
>
>
>> If someone would like to take over the list--and by that I mean
>> finding a new hosting service, setting up the software, moving the
>> archive, the whole deal--please contact me either on or off list.
>> But I'll repeat myself: I think the best thing to do to further
>> pinhole photography on the Internet is to close down this list and
>> direct everyone to where there's some vitality to the conversation.
>>
>
> If you are looking for a new place to host the list, freelists.org is
> a nice hosting site. There are several photo related lists there
> already.
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Received on Tue Aug 21 11:46:30 2007