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Originally Posted by terraskye
Thanks for the thread link! I'm getting my 1st SLR camera next month and and dpreview has been gold in helping me pick it out
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DPR is not exactly know to be member friendly. In fact it's rather clique-ish with fanboi's run amok. If you are hunting DSLR info look to
http://www.imaging-resource.com or
http://www.photozone.de or just use Google to find a bunch of sites which cater less to the advertisers which support the site. Basically you won't find any low rated DSLR's from Canon or Nikon or other any other major advertisers. Not that it matters but Amazon owns DPR. And the brands which do not advertise much but offer gear as good as the big spenders will usually be glossed over or panned.
The sister site to Imaging Resource is SLR Gear (
http://www.slrgear.com/) with decent reviews on a lot of lenses and some user ratings.
Plus it is always good to have multiple resources. Also if you are looking at a Canon visit:
POTN:
http://photography-on-the.net
Fred Miranda: http://www.fredmiranda.com (non-denominational photography site and a great resource as in general)
Also a lesser know site is
The Motley Pixel (
http://www.motleypixel.com) they have had decent examples of lenses in the past but did sort of drop off it seems but I haven't checked back in a while.
There is a marginally OK site for Pentax shooters at:
http://www.pentaxforums.com but they have become a marginal site to my thinking and preferences. While I shoot Pentax again, I still hang out on POTN more as the people are nice and want to help now matter what brand you use. Dedicated Nikon sites tend to be odd ducks period.
Here is a good site for learning DSLR stuff via video:
http://www.learnmyshot.com
And there are oodles of dedicated groups over on
http://www.flickr.com for every aspect of photography you can want some are good others are, well, not to much. It is still a nice place to view photos to get ideas.