How did P.O.T.N. get started ?

[Greg Jones]

Can anyone tell me how P.O.T.N. got started and who is running it ? I am just courious! I orginaly thought when I joined that it was connected to Canon but now I am thinking it is not. I have looked for something that would tell me about it but I can't find anything.

[Chet]

Canon, you would think they would be kicking in to keep this great forum running.

http://photography-on-the.net

Hosted by Pekka Saarinen
Welcome. These pages are dedicated to digital photography. My own galleries are here along with a forum for Canon digital camera owners, Exhibit Engine photo gallery download and a free gallery database service. I thank you for visiting this site and I hope enjoy your stay.

[Greg Jones]

Thanks for the quick reply but now another stupid question. Who is Pekka Saarinen ?
Is he a photographer that just decided to start this forum ?
I read the into but doesn't say much about it.

[Chet]

That's all I can offer you. I'm very sure you will get the answer you desire from the throbbing brain a.k.a. The forum.

[the_incubus]

Yes, he is the great man whos started it all. He is the owner (pays for most along with a little help from donations), he is the head admin and he is a photographer.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/member.php?u=3

[Jon]

His "real life job" is double bass with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He started this shortly after he bought his first PowerShot G. More at http://www.photography-on-the.net (without the /forum/).

[Becca]

If you buy Volume I of the POTN book, Pekka wrote about how this forum evolved on the front flypage.

[Greg Jones]

Cool beans, hard to beleive someone is putting out money for everyone else to enjoy. He must be a good guy to do all of this.

[condyk]

And y'all can be good guys too by donating a small sum to the lads server and retirement fund ;-)

Click here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/donate.php)

[Pekka]

Basically, the reason POTN started was dpreview :)

Personally, I like to keep low profile. POTN is made by members. I'm one of the members. We have a great moderator crew who makes POTN spam free and do daily forum maintenance. I try to keep the server running and improve the "POTN platform" when needed.

[Becca]

And y'all can be good guys too by donating a small sum to the lads server and retirement fund ;-)

Click here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/donate.php)

Thanks for the reminder, Dave! It's been a while since I made a donation. Off to paypal!

[Pete]

^^^

Pekka also likes to maintain a high level of modesty in what he's done for POTN.

He's the Godfather of cool.

[Chet]

Basically, the reason POTN started was dpreview :)



A personal dislike of dpreview or as a compliment to dpreview.

[Greg Jones]

Hi Pekka , nice to meet you ! It was all curiosity on how and who was making this run.
I didn't know about the donations even though I have been a member for over a year , I just recently started getting more active. Thanks for the input and the insite about the donations.

[Pekka]

A personal dislike of dpreview or as a compliment to dpreview.

Let's say it this way: dpreview discussions were gear feature oriented and mostly flame-war'ish (no moderation, no community respect). I was looking gear-usage oriented talk, more photography related.

[Bill Roberts]

Basically, the reason POTN started was dpreview :)



I can well understand that! :lol: :lol:

Time to make another donation I think... because this place is genuinely the best forum I've found!

cheers
Bill

[condyk]

Yeah, I just done the deed again ... important Pekka and his 12 children can eat during this cold Winter-time in Funland :-)