Gary C-G said:
I have a question. Is OPF to be about cameras or about photography?
A simple, bold but good question, Gary.
OPF is about a path from intent to print.
Whatever is needed for you in this journey is in our interest to cover.
However, we do not wish to retest a camera clearly detailed in dpreview.com and several other reliable forums. Obviously, advances are discussed here and things that others may not make a fuss about, but we think are significant in the process, we'll cover.
We'd love reviews of any neglected gems! Just submit an idea.
I personally am interested in the potential the latest CMOS chips, how the signals are processed, what new accessory chips are being integrated in digicams and many other such issues. So you will see a mix of new technology, technics as well as plain sharing of ideas.
This is a place where we will get to know the experiences and reliability of different cameras so, to that extent, it will be highly camera-centric.
However, by the professional specialist areas of interest, the focus shifts: purpose, business, needs and technics for that style or discipline of photography.
In every section of OPF, we still get back to ...and with what camera and what lens?
However, cameras are just one step in the process and to me at least, they should be, and probably have to be, pretty interchangable.
I hope this approaches an answer to your question.
Asher