Badger Website

[Doug Dolde]

Now don't get me wrong I think Badger Graphics is a great resource. But did you see their updated website? I can't stop laughing and the 3rd grade buttons. Maybe Jeff had his daughter color it with crayons.

[Frank Petronio]

Ha. At least he posted photos of cameras, which is head and shoulders above what most LF dealers are willing to do.

I know he can't throw $20K to a good designer to redo the site, but there are some templates he could follow that would at least not assault our eyeballs.

The first large format manufacturer/retailer that figures out that photographers appreciate quality websites and decent photos of their goods will prosper.

[Marco Annaratone]

Too bad the "used" section has kind of disappeared with the makeover. You can find it under "shopping cart", which is counter intuitive. And until two days ago there was a bunch of LF things for sale (mostly lenses) and now it's empty. I like the photos and the product presentations though. I think that after eliminating some bugs like the misplaced used section or some questionable look and feel choices (e.g., the buttons) it will be an OK site.

[Oren Grad]

I was wondering where the used stuff went, guess I just didn't look hard enough.

As with the MPEX site makeover, adding the e-commerce features gives us a design that requires many more clicks to get to a specific piece of information, or just to browse around. Oh, well...

[MIke Sherck]

The bed design of the Shen-Hao 8x10 looks a little unusual to me, although I'm not really very familiar with newer premium 8x10 cameras. Did they invent something new, or who did they model it from?

[Oren Grad]

Mike -

It's a ripoff of Dick Phillips' original design, as seen for example in his 8x10 Compact II.

[David A. Goldfarb]

I like the hypnotic footer image--

[Tom Westbrook]

I'd guess he's probably not finished with the makeover, yet. Last time it took a few days for things to settle (there was a very odd color scheme for a day or so last time).

[John Flavell]

I must be on the same mental plane as his daughter and her crayons: I can follow along easily. She should do more sites.

[Larry Mendenhall]

Jeff must have been reading and listening. The buttons have been changed.