As previously announced in our forums, on our homepage, and via a Halloween?orange banner on the site, we will be upgrading the software that powers DPReview’s discussion forums. During this upgrade, the forums will be in read?only mode while we migrate all existing forum data to the new system.
The forums will enter read?only mode on Friday, October 31, at 1:00 pm Pacific (20:00 UTC). During the read-only period, you can continue to browse, read, and search the forums, but you won’t be able to create new posts or upload photos. We expect the forums to come back online beginning Wednesday, November 5.
The move to a modern platform will ensure the forums remain healthy, secure, and sustainable for the years ahead. It will allow us to roll out important performance improvements and new features.
When the upgrade is complete, your discussions, posting history, photo albums, private messages, and other data will all be preserved.
Want a preview of the new forums? Our Community Manager, Mathew Anderson, put together a 5?minute video walkthrough, which you can find at the top of this article.
To learn more about the upgrade and why we’re doing it, please see our detailed forum post.
Read our post about the forum upgrade
We’ve also published a comprehensive FAQ about these changes. If your question isn’t covered, add it to the FAQ forum thread and we’ll find the answer.
Finally, thank you to everyone who’s contributed to the forums over the years – the experts, the beginners, and yes, even the trolls. We can’t wait for more discussions, debates, and shared discoveries in the years ahead.
Our DPREVIEW Tribute:
After nearly 25 years of operation, DPReview closed on 10 April 2023. This difficult decision was part of the annual operating plan review that parent company, Amazon, shared earlier this year.
Over the course of 25 years, DP Review built up a reputation as being one of the most informative places to go for information about that new camera or lens you’re after. DP Review began as an independent reviews site based in the UK in 1998, the brainchild of Philip and Joanna Askey, but it was eventually purchased by Amazon in 2007 and relocated over to Seattle in the USA in 2010.
Cheers DPReview – thanks for the great work and content that guided photographers, videographers and techno junkies the world over!
Friendly reminder: DPReview forums will enter read-only mode on Friday while we upgrade software