What Happened?

[Tyler Lambert]

I really haven't had a chance to log on here in awhile, but I noticed that the Other Cameras page is gone...Can anybody tell me what happened there?

 

[ericyoung]

Yes. It was decided that this was primarily going to be a RED related forum going forward, and there were plenty of other forums more suited to DSLR discussions.

Not a decision that was universally liked, but we don't run the forum, and the decision has been held firm.

Not every DSLR post will be deleted, but it has to have some direct RED relevance I believe now to have dedicated threads.

 

[jimhare]

It was the right thing to do. People were starting to ask for support and tips on DSLRs on Red User! Ridiculous, I would have shut it down too.

Red isn't afraid of competition as some have suggested. But it's a bit unfair to expect them to offer a place for technical support and promotion of other brands.

 

[Martin Weiss]

And as others have said, there are dedicated forums for DSLR discussions.

After all, this is REDuser, and thus should primarily be a source for information about RED's gear, and third party gear for RED equipment.

EDIT: Jason, as so often, put it better and earlier:

For the record, I keep hearing this talk about the reasons why people assume that reduser has closed down the "other cameras" forum. The title of this forum is pretty self-evident, but...

REDuser exists with the primary objectives of being a platform to establish an on-going dialog between RED and it's customers as well as to be an information and networking resource for users of RED equipment and other common tools. It is not here to be (and it was never its intention) a general camera discussion forum. Landmine already has a thriving, comprehensive community for that... dvxuser. We don't need another one, and there are plenty of other options out there for that as well if one is seeking that type of community...

News was slow coming for a while from RED and new toys were coming out and discussion of them was starting to spread around the entire board and focus was being lost. People needed an outlet and it was understandable at the time. So, the other cameras section was created to house that stuff in one convenient location, rather than letting it pollute completely unrelated threads with endless measuring contests, etc. News from RED is dropping now, as their program is really starting to move forward pretty quickly now with the release of the MX sensor upgrade program, and so, naturally, REDuser is shifting its focus back towards that, and away from a sub-forum of a sub-forum that didn't exist until relatively recently in the first place, and tended to bring out the worst in people.

A section that didn't even exist before a few months ago on this forum, and people are drawing all kinds of wild conclusions about the motives behind its closing. The motives are pretty simple. REDuser is getting back to basics, and serving its primary mission statement. As being the ultimate news, information, and networking resource for users of RED Camera's. If someone wants to discuss other cameras, they should do so on a community that provides that infrastructure, and does so in a much more comprehensive manner then a sub-forum of a sub-forum on reduser ever will... like dvxuser, or dvinfo, etc. If you are shooting RED and 7D and have a question, that is something that is relevant to this community. Far better options out there on the internet for discussing the 7d, or 5d or <flavor of the month>, so I don't see what the big deal is about the removal of a sub-sub-forum.

later,
Jaosn