Nikonians is an online community websiteJ. 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. 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 StahlbrandtDarrell Young, James Johnson: Mastering the Nikon D700, Front matter, Rocky Nook, 2009. 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 AwardProfotos, http://www.profotos.com/services/award/winners at Profotos.com.
The Nikonians community provides regular podcasts through three different English podcasts shows, and one in GermanThe Podcast Directory, http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podcasts/1604 on various photography and imaging themes since 2005. One of the most popular podcasts has been The Image Doctors by Rick Walker and Jason Odell.Podcast Alley, http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=16583CastRoller, The show has been broadcast since 2006.
The community is active around the world, participating in exhibitions such as the former bi-annual photo and imaging exhibition Photokina in Cologne, Germany in 2006,The Photokina Report, http://www.photokina-show.com/0265/nikonians/information/nikonians/ 2008,World of Imaging Magazine, http://www.world-imaging.comExposure Magazine, http://www.exposure-magz.com/newsletter/07-10-2008/index_en.php and in 2010.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.phpFotoTV, http://www.fototv.com/meet_nikonians
The site is independently maintained and is not affiliated with Nikon Corporation.
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Sources 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/