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I saw this rather interesting news shared on social media, and thought it may interest also peeps around here: ➽ Camera sales are falling sharply by Om Malik So, supposedly phone cameras are taking over. Whether this is a bad or good thing depends on the point of view. Someone could call that as a "progress", and some may see it as a "paradigm shift". Or it can be even a "philosophical revolution". We all can't be masters of photography and professionals, but that should not stop…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) The number of new club accounts created in the first 8 months of 2019, now +74, already exceeds the total number of new club accounts created in 2018 (+62). The number of active club accounts even increased by +82 from 1,298 to 1,380 since the beginning of the year. This makes us very optimistic. 2) In addition, members of the VIEW Fotocommunity are currently interested in finding a new home for their photo hobby due to the closure of…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) During the last 6 months our website has been updated in many parts. In addition to all kinds of small bug fixes, the Breaking-News function and the freely adjustable background color have been introduced. The “Terms of Service” have been updated as well as “About ipernity” and “History”. The subscription page has been redesigned, the old FAQ replaced by a completely new version. The geo-localization was migrated to Open-Street-Map, the inte…

The second of the most intense pair of heat waves ever to roll across the European continent is now departing Scandinavia and headed for Iceland and Greenland where it will finally dissipate altogether. On account of these unprecedented bursts of heat, the weather record book has been rewritten across much of Europe. All-time national heat records were set in Belgium (41.8°C/107°F), France (46.0°C/115°F), Germany (42.6°C/109°F), Luxembourg (39.0°C/102°F), and the Netherlands (40.7°C/105°F). A pr…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) Lately there has been a proliferation of copyrighted third party content presented as own creation. Please be reminded, the Terms of Service prohibit the use of content that violates copyright protections. To protect the best interests of our website and photographers, IMA reserves the right to delete content found to be in violation of copyright laws with or without prior notice. To avoid this inconvenience or embarrassment we strongly rec…

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! 1) For the beginning of summer we have changed the frontpage pictures to the new summer collection . We thank all photographers who provided pictures for this. ☞ To see the Frontpage pictures live, as casual visitors from the web, you need to log out and visit www.ipernity.com again. With [F5] you can scroll through the pictures, with a random order shown. 2) With regard to the database cleanup after August 15, 2019 , we offer…

UPDATED on 25.9.2020 It looks like DownThemAll developers have been busy to get it running with FireFox (Mozilla) again . However, the Metalink format used here on ipernity is not supported ! This is why one still have to either 1) use other methods , 2) use SeaMonkey and an older version of DownThemAll, as instructed below, or 3) wait until one fine day we get the whole ipernity reprogrammed. If the following old versions of Seamonkey and DownThemAll compo is not an option f…

Yes. For paid accounts ipernity offers functionality to generate a so-called metalink file that contains download links to all photos of one of your albums. Then you can download all of these photos at once with third party download software that is able to process metalink files. One example for such third party software that is free is uGet. Sounds complicated? Don't worry. The following step-by-step instructions will give precise instructions on what to do on a Windows computer in order to…

Currently on ipernity 'Photos' pages the following notice is shown on right margin: "It is recommended to have GPS data in the meta data (EXIF) of the images before the initial upload." The reason why this recommendation is given is that the Google Maps quota may become exceeded easily if many users search and use it get geolocation for already uploaded images. To avoid this it would help if more people would start to define geolocation before uploading the images. How to do that d…

Make sure you see especially the last three: Edit in 16-bit, correct the horizon, and have a break before you publish! GIMP users probably need to update to latest 2.10 version to get their hands on 16-bit mode under 'Image > Precision' menu. That is definitely useful advice for me, because I have used to edit JPEG only, and have suffered because of banding a lot.

[EN] This morning a security certificate for ipernity expired. To update it, we need support from an IT professional. However, due to the weekend and holiday situation, nobody is available. Fortunately, Gerrit Fischer gave us a tip on how to log in anyway. We benefit from the fact that ipernity is not (yet) completely encrypted, but only the login and payment page: You simply backdate the Windows system and then log in. Go with the mouse pointer to the system date in the lower right co…

Sonderfahrten verschiedener Eisenbahnvereine zur Schwarzenberger Bergparade am 15. Dezember 2018 www.ipernity.com/doc/bonsai59/album/1213562

In letzter Zeit geht irgendwie alles ein bisschen drunter und drüber. Politisch zumindest. Da macht man sich neben rechts und links auch Gedanken zum Oben und Unten . Wenn sich z.B. Astronauten zu lange im All aufhalten, dann verlieren sie nach einer Weile völlig den Sinn für oben und unten. Sie können dann auch nicht mehr die Unterlippe von der Oberlippe unterscheiden. Beim Bodenpersonal ist das natürlich einfach zu bestimmen. Ein Ober z.B., der hat Oberlippen. Und diese Oberlippen bestehe…

Moin ihr, auch wenn es so aussehen mag, dass ich hier nicht mehr aktiv bin, habe ich soeben meine Ende des Monats auslaufende Clubmitgliedschaft bei ipernity um weitere 6 Monate verlängert. Und ja, es ist in der Tat so - wirklich aktiv bin ich hier im Moment nicht mehr. Das liegt aktuell vor allem an einem Zeitdefizit, denn ich bin beruflich gerade sehr stark eingespannt. Aus diesem Grund komme ich aktuell nicht mehr dazu, zu fotografieren - geschweige denn, mir anderer Leute Fotos oder B…

Die Meiningenbrücke ist eine Brücke über den Meiningenstrom, sie verbindet die Halbinsel Zingst mit dem Festland bei Bresewitz in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

[EN] Dear members and friends of ipernity! We are pleased to present to you today the financial report*) for the short fiscal year 2017**). Adjusted for the one-off expenses in connection with the takeover of the website (contract costs and settlement of debts of Ipernity S.A.), revenues exceeded expenses. The website is therefore economically viable. *) English version : www.ipernity.com/doc/team/46643796 **) 14.04.2017 - 31.12.2017 Based on the existing subscriptions, a reason…

Having taken operational control of the site it is now time for some strategic considerations and decisions.

Why a user owned and operated platform is probably the best organisation model for a social community both in terms of costs and privacy.

[EN] Dear Members, we want to inform you about the progress of the transfer process contemporarily today: 1) Unfortunately there are still technical difficulties with regard to the transfer of the bank accounts from IPERNITY S.A. to IMA, concerning use of certain credit cards. We are working to solve those problems. In this context there are also technical difficulties with PAYPAL in several cases. We estimate that these problems will be resolved Friday, 15th of September, 2017. We also a…

[EN] Dear Members, We are thrilled to announce that we are about to take the last steps of IMA's take-over of the Ipernity platform and service. IMA is now handling the financial aspects of the site. IMA made the first payment to Amazon Web Services for August and will continue to pay the operating costs to ensure the site runs without interruption. This is a major accomplishment in the transition from Ipernity S.A. to IMA . However, technical issues such as renewal options still need…