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                      THE NIKONIAN
          www.nikonians.com Regular Newsletter
                http://www.nikonians.com
                     #5 27-JULY-2000
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In this issue:

 1. Editors Note
 2. Votes for Nikonians July 2000 Contest
 3. Calendar Administrator
 4. Convert 'em and Win a Nikon Coolpix 950
 5. Nikonians Assigment for July-August 2000
 6. Why a Nikon? 
 7. Tokina and Nikon
 

1. Editors Note
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Thanks for your interest in our non-profit community for
Nikon users.

With some 550 registered members, over 300,000 hits at the
site this month alone and with lots of interaction in the
discussion forums, in the contests and in the galleries,
Nikonians has indeed become the #1 community for Nikon
users on the web in only some three months time!

We want to thank all of our members in accomplishing this
feat in such a short period of time!

Our Contest and Gallery Administrator, Tom Vine, has had
*a lot* to do this month, getting all the images up for
the July contest which has attracted a lot of interest.
This is one of the few contests available on the web
allowing participants to simply post their images online
and to be in for an annual competition with over 10,000 USD
worth of Nikon and Nikon related equipment.

Recently we have had some sound "arguing" in one or two of
the forums in the community and some members have asked us
per email if this is ok. Yes, it's most definitely ok: We
can only learn from each other if we raise our own opinions.

As long as each member sticks to our Terms of Use, there is
no need to change anything. One of the most important
aspects with our community is that we are friendly, that is,
we put a very strong focus on acceptance and tolerance.

Once again, thank you all for making Nikonians such an
interesting place to be at.

Bo Stahlbrandt (bo@nikonians.com)
Jose Ramon Palacios (jrpalacios@nikonians.com)
27-July-2000


2. Votes for Nikonians July 2000 Contest
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Make sure you vote for the July contest. You need to be a
registered member to be able to vote. For more information
on this and how to vote, please see:
http://www.nikonians.com/html/contests/index.html

To vote directly (you need to enter your username and the 
number of the image you're voting for), please see:
http://www.nikonians.com/html/contests/voting_form.html


3. Calendar Administrator
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We're pleased to announce that Janice aka "Digbear" is our
Calendar Administrator. Janice is happy to hear about any
interesting events which you think should be included in
the Calendar. For more information on this, please see:
http://www.nikonians.com/dcforum/DCForumID38/26.html


4. Convert 'em and Win a Nikon Coolpix 950
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Another small contest just started at Nikonians: If you
convert a C*n*n user to become a Nikonian, that is you
make sure that your converted user was a former C*n*n user
and that the very same person has bought a Nikon camera and
have sold/dumped that other gear, you may win a Nikon
Coolpix 950! For more information on our "Convert 'em"
contest, please see:
http://www.nikonians.com/html/about/convert_em.html


5. Nikonians Assigment for July-August 2000
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Thomas aka "Basilides" has started a new photography
assignment. For July-August, the theme is "Glass".
This is a group assignment for fun and inspiration. For 
more information, see:
http://www.nikonians.com/dcforum/DCForumID29/2.html


6. Why a Nikon? 
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A totally superflous question, right? But, Mike aka
"Mikepoison" asked this and got lots of interesting
answers. Please check out:
http://www.nikonians.com/dcforum/DCForumID38/16.html


7. Tokina and Nikon
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Many Nikonians swear on the quality of the Tokina ATX Pro
lenses. If you're interested to read about the history of
Tokina, please check out:
http://www.nikonians.com/dcforum/DCForumID19/1.html


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