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Just a suggestion. Now that we've grown and have people with a whole range of camera bodies, can I suggest that you add a tiny bit of text to the end of your location in your profile, or into your signature line, to indicate your camera body. I've done so (as you can see by looking below my avatar at left) and I know a few others have done the same (first I saw was Glen from whom I stole the idea). Makes it useful knowing this when responding to posts.

Peter,

Well, my AVATAR IS the body I prefer to work with - well as a subject at least.

Stubbsy, you have to but ask!

Deb

Stubbsy - amended as suggested.

Visited the psychologist and amended my profile also

stubbsy wrote:Just a suggestion. Now that we've grown and have people with a whole range of camera bodies, can I suggest that you add a tiny bit of text to the end of your location in your profile, or into your tag line, to indicate your camera body. I've done so (as you can see by looking below my avatar at left) and I know a few others have done the same (first I saw was Glen from whom I stole the idea). Makes it useful knowing this when responding to posts.

peter

sounds like a great idea, btw can i also add a suggestion. I remember there used to be (and still) is a thread along the line of "something about me". Could this thread be made a sticky.
And that to also get to know new members, that they be made to write something about themselve, as their first post.

my 2 cents

genji, the Mods are currently considering making "Location" a mandatory field - requiring people to write something about themselves might be a bit more than we could do, however.

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You know, we're eventually going to figure out a way to add a selection of bodies in a field in the actual profile... and then this thread will be useless!

Adding it to the database is easy.

Unless we want to account for more than one bod.

Looking through the code and adding it to the profile code is another exercise altogether, and requires a heaped dessertspoonful that most scarce resource, time.

Good Idea, Peter, off to do it now.

Bob.

When I first looked at the subject of this thread, I thought Stubbsy wants to make all our avatars self portraits in Speedos! OMGWTFBBQ!!!

Onyx wrote:When I first looked at the subject of this thread, I thought Stubbsy wants to make all our avatars self portraits in Speedos! OMGWTFBBQ!!!

There'd be some strange looking blokes in budgie-smugglers!
(I know we have female members, but I thought I'd leave that train of thought alone!)

Just a really dumb question, why not put it in the signature as that's a more obvious place to look due to the larger screen area?

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PiroStitch wrote:Just a really dumb question, why not put it in the signature as that's a more obvious place to look due to the larger screen area?

Piro

You'll have noted that's the alternative I suggested (although I originally said "tag" line I've just altered it to say "signature" line).

My preference is the location for 2 reasons - it's always on (you can turn the sig off) and it stands out a little more since it's the last thing output in the area on the LHS. Either is good though

VK4CP wrote:<snip>At the end of the day, does this really matter though, and what differenced would it make?

Adam

The reason for my suggestion is I'm thinking as we get more varied cameras it will make dealing with questions a little easier. Eg no point telling a D70 owner to set their ISO to 100 or a Canon user being recommended a Nikkor lens.

I've got it everywhere

Greg B wrote:I've got it everywhere

Maybe you should visit your doctor

Greg B wrote:I've got it everywhere

Must be contageous Greg, I've got it everywhere too.

phillipb wrote:

Greg B wrote:I've got it everywhere

Must be contageous Greg, I've got it everywhere too.

Is it a virus?

stubbsy wrote:The reason for my suggestion is I'm thinking as we get more varied cameras it will make dealing with questions a little easier. Eg no point telling a D70 owner to set their ISO to 100 or a Canon user being recommended a Nikkor lens.

Good idea stubbsy! It can get a little confusing at times discussing topics such as camera settings, when your not sure what type of camera people are working with.

phillipb wrote:

Greg B wrote:I've got it everywhere

Must be contageous Greg, I've got it everywhere too.

You forgot to put it in your avatar and your nick :p

My body would not fit in my profile

<---- How's that. I like to plan ahead

Good idea Stubbsy
Updating done!
Cheers
Graham

Good one Stubbsy.

Mic.

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Graham,

Reminds me of a couple of definitions ...

Bigamy : One wife too many.

Marriage: See Bigamy

VK4CP : could you please provide me with the link to that Mod?

I use a couple of sources for our basic changes, and I don't recall seeing this one. The only ones that I've seen that come close were to do with boards which have cars as their focus, and thgeir needs weren't quite in step with what I percieved ours to be.

As to the need, somebody else pointed out the ability to post an answer relevant to a camera brand would be a primary one.

Thanx.

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Great idea Stubbsy

Done as suggested.

Cheers,
Bill

Peter,

...uumm Do I really need to do this?

Ray

I think it's a good idea Stubbsy! For all the reasons you have said.....Although now that I've dared to mention it, it will most likely be banned

When you hit 500 Marcus

Nice to see you back you naughty boy, where's Jethro, is his head out of his Butt yet

Mic.

Good Avatar, could call you boys " The Starleicht 13 Boys "
Someone feel free to correct my German spelling



Your mate Mic.

Sorry, but I object to putting my body type in my profile. Perhaps we can "Register" it some other way (pun intended)

Stuart

oh! thatbody in your profile, added mine and am now putting self portrait away........

marcus wrote:I think it's a good idea Stubbsy! For all the reasons you have said.....Although now that I've dared to mention it, it will most likely be banned

Marcus

You may piss people off from time to time, me included, but you have never been bad enough to be banned. Every family has arguments and this big internet family is no different. It has to be a really bad argument before you get cut out of the will

stubbsy wrote:You may piss people off from time to time, me included, but you have never been bad enough to be banned. Every family has arguments and this big internet family is no different. It has to be a really bad argument before you get cut out of the will

And I would beseech you Marcus, not to see this as a challenge.

That means Beg Marcus, I just looked it up in the Dic

Mic.

Greg B wrote:And I would beseech you Marcus, not to see this as a challenge.

What challenge I know nutzinc.