Nikonians
Type of site | Photography |
|---|---|
| Available in | English German French |
| Owner | Palacios and Stahlbrandt |
| URL | http://nikonians.org |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 1999 |
| Current status | active |
Nikonians is an online community website[1][2][3] dedicated to providing and sharing information among digital and film photographers, focusing but not limiting itself on those using Nikon digital and film cameras plus accessories.
Nikonians.org was founded by J. Ramón Palacios and Bo Stahlbrandt[4] in late 1999 and opened to the public on 30 April 2000 with 30 members. Early after the site launch, it was awarded the Professional photography.com Impact Award and on July 14, 2002, won the Pro Site Award[5] at Profotos.com.
The Nikonians community provides regular podcasts through three different English podcasts shows, and one in German[6] on various photography and imaging themes since 2005. The most popular program is The Image Doctors by Rick Walker and Jason Odell.[7][8] The show has been broadcast since 2006.
The community is active around the world, participating in exhibitions such as the bi-annual photo and imaging exhibition Photokina in Cologne, Germany in 2006,[9] 2008,[10][11] and in 2010.[12][13][14]
The site is independently maintained and is not affiliated with Nikon Corporation.
Notes
[edit]- ^ J. Dennis Thomas: Nikon D300 Digital Field Guide, Back matter, Wiley, 2008.
- ^ David Meerman Scott: The New Rules of Marketing and PR, page 82. Wiley, 2008.
- ^ Kevin Kubota: Digital Photography Bootcamp, Back matter, Amherst Media, 2005.
- ^ Darrell Young, James Johnson: Mastering the Nikon D700, Front matter, Rocky Nook, 2009.
- ^ Profotos, http://www.profotos.com/services/award/winners
- ^ The Podcast Directory, http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podcasts/1604
- ^ Podcast Alley, http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=16583
- ^ CastRoller, "Nikonians Podcasts :: The Nikonians Image Doctors - CastRoller". Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- ^ The Photokina Report, http://www.photokina-show.com/0265/nikonians/information/nikonians/
- ^ World of Imaging Magazine, http://www.world-imaging.com
- ^ Exposure Magazine, http://www.exposure-magz.com/newsletter/07-10-2008/index_en.php
- ^ Nikon Europe blog about Nikonians, http://blog.iamnikon.com/en_GB/photokina/nikon-meets-the-nikonians/
- ^ Meet the communities, http://www.photokina-cologne.com/thefair/meet_the_communities_2.php
- ^ FotoTV, http://www.fototv.com/meet_nikonians
Sources
[edit]- Nikonians: The Genesis http://www.nikonians.org/html/about/genesis.html
- Nikonians Awards: http://www.nikonians.org/html/about/awards/awards1.html
- Epson and Nikonians partnership http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Epson-and-Nikonians-partnership-10981
- HP contributes to online photography forum http://h41131.www4.hp.com/uk/en/press/HP_Joins_Nikonians.html
- HP partners with Nikon user Community http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/15197/nikon-user-community/