Australian large format forum

[welly]

Hi chaps,

Not sure if this is appropriate or in the right place or anything else but wanted to share an online forum that I've started up (as there appears to be a bit of call for it) at http://aussielargeformat.hostingdelivered.com/ if you're in Australia and want to chat with other LF photographers down under.

Cheers,

Welly

[alexn]

Awesome... Good work!

[RickV]

Cheers Welly,
Hope it works well for you.

[Tinshed]

Thanks Welly! Good luck with it.

Regards,

Lou

[George E. Sheils]

Fair play.

Hope it goes very well for you !

[jonreid]

I've bookmarked the site. Kinda needs a critical mass though doesn't it. Is the Australia forum at APUG or even an Aussie thread here somewhere not enough?

Jon (Sydney)

[welly]

My old philosophy of "you buy cheap, you buy twice" has bitten me on the arse. The free forum host I was with previously has bitten the dust, it seems. Unfortunately taking the forum with it. Apologies for that. I've started up a new one at http://largeform.at so if the Aussies out there are keen on reviving it, then you know where to go.

Cheers,

Welly

[alexn]

rejoined and ready to go! :D

[cosmicexplosion]

well i just had a look and saw some nice snowy gums , man i love those trees, i want to get down to thredbo and shoot!

[eddie]

you should ask the mods to fix the broken link in the 1st post.....otherwise you may miss many people that do not read down to post 7

[Drew Bedo]

Does your aperature controle work "the othew way" down there . . .you know, south of the equater the water ges the other way when flushed I've heard, so I was just thinking . . . .

Never mind.

[gilestown]

where are all the melbourne LF shooters?

[SMBooth]

There are quite a few, however we seem to be a insular bunch. Apug activity goes up and down in spasms, the colder winter months don't seem to help. Hop on to Welly's forum at http://largeform.at/, but don't neglect here as plenty of good people are OS.

[Lachlan 717]

We're here...

[Paul Ewins]

To be honest I don't see the need for a separate forum - I waste enough time on the net as it is. It would be nice to have a place for local LF chatter and "heads up" posts but most serious discussion and questions is better off being here. It might be worth asking the nice people here whether a "regional" category could be added like they have in APUG.

[Leigh]

This community worldwide is small enough as it is.

Dividing the participants, thus reducing the activity level on both forums, will just result in all of them shutting down.

Very bad idea.

- Leigh

[jonreid]

I tend to agree with Paul. I am subscribed to the Australia forum at APUG. Less email clutter and log
-ons to remember.
Although local classifieds are good.
Jon

[munz6869]

Tend to agree with above - I stopped looking at the local LF forum because the content didn't update enough and for a little while there was a lot of spam... these days I really only stop here and APUG.

Marc!

[Gary Tarbert]

Hi , I tend to agree with leigh , and our community in Aus is smaller again ,New york state has a larger population than the whole of Australia, I joined the Aus forum when it first started but only looked and would not have been considered a contributer . Cheers Gary

[alexn]

I think the Aus forums are great, especially when you're looking to sell or buy... I have just recently had a situation shipping items overseas where the item has gone missing and the buyer wants a full refund, meanwhile I'm out of pocket both the item and the postage costs.. Having local classifieds is a great thing... Also the smaller community allows a bit more of a sense of participation.. I still use these forums every day (not a member on Apug) but I am on LF forums every day..