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I am old fashioned enough to believe that you don't get ought for nought in this world (apart from friendship) and so have steered clear of sites such as Flickr.

I still don't understand how such sites finance such large amounts of storage with their free accounts - do you have to accept what would otherwise be considered spam in your mailbox?

I am hoping that forum members can use this new thread to offer reviews of their experiences with the various sites such as those detailed in Wikipedia.

Bob.

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OM-D E-M5 + ED 12-50mm, H-PS14042E, H-F007014E, L-RS014150E, M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 45mm 1:1.8.
Gitzo GT1541T, Arca-Swiss Z1 DP ball-head.
Astrophotography: TEC 140 'scope, FLI ML16803 camera, ASA DDM60 Pro mount.

No, didn't get any spam from/through flickr. That's because you have to open an email account with yahoo first and don#t use your own email account. But even the Yahoo-inbox is quite.
I think they sell enough pro accounts to finance the <=100 limited-size free pics on the free accounts...

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D800+assorted lenses

No spam here either. There is some clause somewhere in the terms & conditions which alludes to Flickr being able to use any image for commercial purposes though, or something like that. I don't particularly like that but to get around that I only upload reduced resolution images to my Pro account.

Zorro.

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Various lenses, SB800 & Manfrotto 190 with 460MG head

Bob

I've had no spam, but one irritating by-product of flickring is that every now and then my web browser decides to display the 'Yahoo toolbar'.

I go to 'view' / 'toolbars' and untick Yahoo...but later it reappears for no apparent reason.

Don't know if this just happens to me...does anyone out there know a way to permanently disable this toolbar from popping up?

Tony

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Nikon D80, 18 /200mm VR lens, B+W filters (UV & cir pol), Manfrotto 055proB/322RC2

Thanks for the contributions so far. Any "non-Flickr" users out there?

FAO Tony,

Is it Internet Explorer that is providing the unwanted toolbar? Microsoft provides a knowledgebase article at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303047 which may help. If you are using Firefox (and why wouldn't you?) then the Add-ons manager (Tools/Add-ons) allows add-ons to be disabled or uninstalled.

Bob.

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OM-D E-M5 + ED 12-50mm, H-PS14042E, H-F007014E, L-RS014150E, M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 45mm 1:1.8.
Gitzo GT1541T, Arca-Swiss Z1 DP ball-head.
Astrophotography: TEC 140 'scope, FLI ML16803 camera, ASA DDM60 Pro mount.

I use photobucket and like it pretty much. Haven't read the terms & conditions though. But its always the same. no nudity so they cant be sued ect.

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Hi Bob I have a little bit of space on Flickr just the freebie bit but I mainly use Fotopic but pay for the space (£10 for the year) dont get any spam from either.

BTW in your signatue how did you get the text in Red... well sort of muddy brownie red LOL

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My Fotopic

Thanks for the Fotopic and Photobucket suggestions.



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Bob.

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OM-D E-M5 + ED 12-50mm, H-PS14042E, H-F007014E, L-RS014150E, M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 45mm 1:1.8.
Gitzo GT1541T, Arca-Swiss Z1 DP ball-head.
Astrophotography: TEC 140 'scope, FLI ML16803 camera, ASA DDM60 Pro mount.

You could always join Caedes. I have an account there too.

http://www.caedes.net/

Zorro.

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Various lenses, SB800 & Manfrotto 190 with 460MG head

Thanks Zorro. I hadn't heard of Caedes. Much nicer to hear user recommendations than try to sort through the hype.

Does anyone else have a photo storage site they would like to recommend and/or review?

Bob.

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OM-D E-M5 + ED 12-50mm, H-PS14042E, H-F007014E, L-RS014150E, M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 45mm 1:1.8.
Gitzo GT1541T, Arca-Swiss Z1 DP ball-head.
Astrophotography: TEC 140 'scope, FLI ML16803 camera, ASA DDM60 Pro mount.

I use Flickr for general sharing of photos but I recently started using Photobox.co.uk for ordering prints up (with which the quality and print options I was incredibly happy with) and they also offer a photo sharing service although I haven't used that side of it. The website seems pretty good to me and they finance the space by giving you a certain amount free and then with each order you place for prints, they give you extra space. It's quite a good idea really.

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Bob

many thanks for the link to help rid me of the yahoo toolbar....I'm working on it.

I'm afraid it is Microsoft I'm using. I'd try Firefox but i'm petrified of changing anything on the PC while it kinda works ok! You see, not only am I a novice crappy snapper, but also a bit of a blank when it comes to computers (which is why I'm not really ready to get into post processing right now).

Hey, has anybody got any questions on carpentry? I'm your man!

cheers

Tony

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Nikon D80, 18 /200mm VR lens, B+W filters (UV & cir pol), Manfrotto 055proB/322RC2

Firefox, or any other browser, will happily run alongside Internet Explorer with no problems. Try installing Firefox and start using it on an occasional basis. It won't take you long to kiss I.E. goodbye, promise.

Zorro.

PS - You do it and have any problems, give us a shout.

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Various lenses, SB800 & Manfrotto 190 with 460MG head

Go with firefox and deny Micro$oft another shareholder dollar !!!!

As to the original posting on photo hosting sites, if you are looking at one of the more artistic sites try http://www.deviantart.com and if you have the desire to sell your work on line , http://www.redbubble.com

Based on the survey I just took - it came as a notification in Photoshop Elements - it looks like Adobe will have their own photo hosting site soon... it will be probably launched together with the new version of Elements (6) and I suppose it will be easy to manage directly from within Elements...

There is a stong possibility to get addresses like 'yourname.myadobe.com'...
No indication on types of accounts/fees though... (I suggested free ones )

Darrin

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