Any Nikonians members?
Discussion
I've had a basic membership on there, and up until I received the below I didnt realise that it was more of a "Have a look around and give us some money" setup
Interested in others thoughts, especially anyone who's already paid up
Nikonians email said:
The following changes will be enacted on January 12th, 2009 at 00:00 GMT:
1) You will have access to the Nikonians Galleries with 20 MB of space for your own photographs.
2) Your membership duration at the current, free Basic level will be 25 days.
3) Full access to our forums will be granted to members on Basic level or higher. Unregistered members will have limited access only.
4) You can upgrade at any time during the next 25 days to Silver or higher.
5) During this Basic level re-adjustment transition we are making available a limited time discount upgrade opportunity. By using the voucher code SjB-20091u within the above mentioned term, you will receive a 20% discount on a Silver membership ($20 instead of $25 USD). The voucher is valid until January 26th, 2009 at 00:00 GMT.
I'm not a fan of pay-to-use sites or forums per se, but there seems to be enough time to see the areas I previously couldnt and make a call on whether there's any value in paying $201) You will have access to the Nikonians Galleries with 20 MB of space for your own photographs.
2) Your membership duration at the current, free Basic level will be 25 days.
3) Full access to our forums will be granted to members on Basic level or higher. Unregistered members will have limited access only.
4) You can upgrade at any time during the next 25 days to Silver or higher.
5) During this Basic level re-adjustment transition we are making available a limited time discount upgrade opportunity. By using the voucher code SjB-20091u within the above mentioned term, you will receive a 20% discount on a Silver membership ($20 instead of $25 USD). The voucher is valid until January 26th, 2009 at 00:00 GMT.
Interested in others thoughts, especially anyone who's already paid up
You're right, they're going to 'pay only' soon. I suggested a solution like PH (some advertising to cover costs) but in a nice reply Mr Nikonian made a fair case for not doing so.
I don't use the site much and if I do it's more often giving advice than asking for it, so I'm unlikely to pay up, at least for the foreseeable future.
I don't use the site much and if I do it's more often giving advice than asking for it, so I'm unlikely to pay up, at least for the foreseeable future.
It seemed like reasonable value when the £/$ rate was at a better level. I think I am "silver" at the moment and I've enjoyed joining in with competitions on the forums et cetera. Plus, I got an awful lot of great techie detail anyway from the lens forum when I was swapping lenses and the D1/2/3 forum since I changed body. Admittedly there's not much more than you can get on "free" sites.
When people have "bothered" to contribute little bit of dosh I feel a bit happier to try and help if anyone has any questions or problems too - makes you feel that they might be a little more serious; you know how it can be when week after week the same or similar questions are asked on interwebnetsites...
When people have "bothered" to contribute little bit of dosh I feel a bit happier to try and help if anyone has any questions or problems too - makes you feel that they might be a little more serious; you know how it can be when week after week the same or similar questions are asked on interwebnetsites...
Always found it a very useful resource as a visitor... but seems today I'm no longer allowed to visit without creating an account. It's not clear if I can sign-up and remain a free user? Not particularly inyerested in registering on a commercially run forum 
Read the T&Cs and it looks like they lay claim to all rights on posted images http://www.nikonians.org/html/about/terms_of_use.h... - unless this is fairly standard for forums/sites? Thinking about it... is it similar here on PH?
Extract:
7.1. If you contribute material (information, data, software, photographs, articles, reviews, stories, forum postings etc.), you also automatically grant us an irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable and worldwide right and license to modify, publish and reproduce that material in perpetuity, for the purpose of operating, displaying, distributing and promoting the site without any compensation to you. This also means that you, as the legal owner of the contributed material, automatically and implicitly - through the submission - declare yourself as the rightful owner of the contributed material and that all so called moral rights which may be raised out of this material have been waived. None of the material shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Nikonians and/or it's owners.
Read the T&Cs and it looks like they lay claim to all rights on posted images http://www.nikonians.org/html/about/terms_of_use.h... - unless this is fairly standard for forums/sites? Thinking about it... is it similar here on PH?
Extract:
7.1. If you contribute material (information, data, software, photographs, articles, reviews, stories, forum postings etc.), you also automatically grant us an irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable and worldwide right and license to modify, publish and reproduce that material in perpetuity, for the purpose of operating, displaying, distributing and promoting the site without any compensation to you. This also means that you, as the legal owner of the contributed material, automatically and implicitly - through the submission - declare yourself as the rightful owner of the contributed material and that all so called moral rights which may be raised out of this material have been waived. None of the material shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Nikonians and/or it's owners.
jason-l said:
Always found it a very useful resource as a visitor... but seems today I'm no longer allowed to visit without creating an account. It's not clear if I can sign-up and remain a free user? Not particularly inyerested in registering on a commercially run forum
Read the T&Cs and it looks like they lay claim to all rights on posted images http://www.nikonians.org/html/about/terms_of_use.h... - unless this is fairly standard for forums/sites? Thinking about it... is it similar here on PH?
Extract:
7.1. If you contribute material (information, data, software, photographs, articles, reviews, stories, forum postings etc.), you also automatically grant us an irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable and worldwide right and license to modify, publish and reproduce that material in perpetuity, for the purpose of operating, displaying, distributing and promoting the site without any compensation to you. This also means that you, as the legal owner of the contributed material, automatically and implicitly - through the submission - declare yourself as the rightful owner of the contributed material and that all so called moral rights which may be raised out of this material have been waived. None of the material shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Nikonians and/or it's owners.
Well done for spotting that, no wonder it's getting harder to get paid for photography. Everyone's "legally" nicking everything!Read the T&Cs and it looks like they lay claim to all rights on posted images http://www.nikonians.org/html/about/terms_of_use.h... - unless this is fairly standard for forums/sites? Thinking about it... is it similar here on PH?
Extract:
7.1. If you contribute material (information, data, software, photographs, articles, reviews, stories, forum postings etc.), you also automatically grant us an irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable and worldwide right and license to modify, publish and reproduce that material in perpetuity, for the purpose of operating, displaying, distributing and promoting the site without any compensation to you. This also means that you, as the legal owner of the contributed material, automatically and implicitly - through the submission - declare yourself as the rightful owner of the contributed material and that all so called moral rights which may be raised out of this material have been waived. None of the material shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Nikonians and/or it's owners.
Edited by malc350 on Tuesday 13th January 13:45
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