The re-login issue is fixed. Once you are logged in, there is a "start new thread" button on the right.

Signed up, and logged in but cannot post comments (replay or new). I also have to re-login every time I hit the forum button, rather than the forms navigation buttons.

"Start a new discussion" on the right hand side

Well peter, I signed up, but can't see yet how I start a new thread....

Any tips?

The new forum is now live at http://forum.nikonrumors.com/. There are still several issues that must be addressed, but I believe the basic functionality is now working. If you are brave enough, go ahead and register. We ran into several issues when importing the data and I could not transfer all logins and passwords, unfortunately you will have to register again.

Ironheart said:
You could do a hybrid approach. Switch over to the new platform, keep the old site frozen and then take your time to figure out how to import the content. Also the search function can span both platforms so you won't have to look in both places. You can PM me if you want as I do this sort of thing for a living :-}

I think this is what we will do - we ran into several problems. The drawback is that you will have to register again.

Anybody heard of the new kid on the block? It's called 'Transformer' and it works like your own PRIVATE drop-box. I don't like/trust on-line back-ups so the Transformer option sounds good - and you have off-site covered with no effort too. It will be interesting to see how it takes off. Still in the embryonic stages at the moment.

I use Time Machine for the "normal" backups as well. In addition to that I do a backup of my image library from Aperture onto a additional hard drive that I only connect for the backup about once a week or after uploading a lot of new images. On that same drive I create a bootable backup of my entire hard drive using Super Duper. Call me paranoid, but you never know...

What I really like about the Aperture backup is that it creates a folder with all the images that have been deleted since the last backup. So they are not lost completely.

PB PM said:
Time machine works, but an additional backup is recommended. I don't know about LR, but Aperture has a backup archive and I use that for my additional backup (along with another full system disk backup).

Good to know- it's a mess since I had been using Windows computers up till 2008 or so and I've been backing up photos on both Windows and Mac because I didn't trust my Mac back then. Now they're on 2 machines. I used to manually back up photos, but Time Machine has been wonderful. I only have one true backup on Time Machine however. My older shots are on two external hard drives.

msmoto said:
@ NSXType-R... no one can be more "computer challenged" than I am. I publish all the keeper photos to Flicker at about 3000px size. So, I can always download one of my own if needed. But, I do have my photos off the main hard drive, and I backup my desktop to a separate hard drive as well. Currently my Time Machine is not able to maintain a constant connection for reasons I do not know, so the entire computer does not get backed up.

I think copying the important information like Lightroom and the NEF images onto a separate disc is a good idea.

I used to back things up manually, but I end up with missing files because I had two backups. It's a bit messy, but trusting something like Time Machine seems to be a bit easier.

By the way, Light Room organizes your shots... right? I have no idea because my friend gave me a copy. I used to use Picasa.

Thanks for the encouraging words!

@ NSXType-R... no one can be more "computer challenged" than I am. I publish all the keeper photos to Flicker at about 3000px size. So, I can always download one of my own if needed. But, I do have my photos off the main hard drive, and I backup my desktop to a separate hard drive as well. Currently my Time Machine is not able to maintain a constant connection for reasons I do not know, so the entire computer does not get backed up.

I think copying the important information like Lightroom and the NEF images onto a separate disc is a good idea.

Time machine works, but an additional backup is recommended. I don't know about LR, but Aperture has a backup archive and I use that for my additional backup (along with another full system disk backup).

So... how do you guys back up your shots now?

Does anyone use Time Machine?

I'm going to move my photos to the Mac side. My folders are such a mess.

And I also just got Light Room 3. I'm still such a noob on the tech side of things.

You could do a hybrid approach. Switch over to the new platform, keep the old site frozen and then take your time to figure out how to import the content. Also the search function can span both platforms so you won't have to look in both places. You can PM me if you want as I do this sort of thing for a living :-}

Thanks guys, Merry Christmas!

In the worse case scenario, we will just leave the old forum as read only for reference and will start from scratch with the new platform. It all depends on how good is the migration tool that was provided by new forum platform.

Peter

We all know it will be a bunch of work, but thanks for looking out for NRF. And have a happy and merry Christmas and great new year!

Looking forward to the migration

Ah....relief at last...

Happy Holidays Peter....this must be my Christmas Present, correct?

Hey, that is good news Peter.

Thanks and Merry Christmas to you too!

Hi all,

My hosting company is currently installing a new forum platform. In the past few months we have been experiencing a large amount of spam on the NRF and we did not have the proper tools to fight it. After doing some research, I decided to go with Vanilla Forums, which is a very clean and intuitive solution (check it out at http://vanillaforums.org. The most difficult part in this transition will be the migration of current database (topics, usernames and passwords). I will update you as I get more information on the progress from my hosting company.

Thanks and Happy Holidays!
Peter

Hello fellow Nikonian's, (if that is how you spell it). Name is Mark and I have just joined the forum as a place of familiarity and to contribute when I can. Look forward to talking with you folks.

Mark

@ bri4njun....Welcome, Brian, to NRF. Join in and post some photos, videos, or just chat.

Brian, checkin in!

it's quite old, some 2-3 years if I remember correctly - though it's really interesting indeed.

http://vimeo.com/29461342

Hope this is ok to post, it's really interesting.
Incredible usage of the NIKONs, someone has a lot of money.

kanuck said:
Yes the Holly Trinity set of enormous weight^^

you got that right! Im thnking about tanking my 28-70mm for a 50mm as I never zoom with that thing... My 14-24mm and 70-200mm stay.