Newsgroups on Digital Photography.

Common Interest Groups

There are thousands of newsgroups in the world covering every topic known to mankind.

Digital Photography Newsgroups

These newsgroups are extremely useful if you are seeking information such as:

• how to do something in a graphics editor

• camera information

• information on new hardware

• product comparisons

The main photography related newsgroups are:

• rec.photo.digital

• rec.photo.misc

• uk.rec.photo.misc

• aus.photo

• comp.graphics.apps.photoshop

There are quite a number of additional rec.photo.other newsgroups covering a variety of topics that maybe of interest.

After joining one of the newsgroups try and find the FAQ (frequently asked questions) for the newsgroup. Generally these are posted periodically to each newsgroup and contain details on what type of posts are permitted to the newsgroup. Commercial posts are almost never allowed and off topic posts run the risk of being flamed.

Setting up Your Newsreader

Your ISP should have provided you with information regarding accessing newsgroups, in particular the name of the NNTP News Server.

News reader access to newsgroups automatically threads images to the discussion topics, marks messages as read/unread and allows you to add watches. A sample view follows.

Accessing Newsgroups through your Browser

In our opinion accessing groups through a web browser is vastly inferior to a Newsreader. We do suggest you make the effort to set one up.

The Google groups engine: < http://groups.google.com/> provides browser access to newsgroups.

• rec.photo.digital

Finding Groups and Searching Messages

To find a group on a particular topic or search for answers on a particular subject, you can search using the Google groups engine: < http://groups.google.com/>

Useful Newsgroup Links

Exploring Usenet Newsgroups at Webnovice

Usenet: The Basics

Accessing Newsgroups Using Netscape Messenger at Netscape