The name of the newsgroup cannot now be changed.  For your interest, here
is the charter with which the group was founded.

David
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CHARTER: rec.photo.digital.zlr

This newsgroup, rec.photo.digital.zlr, is an open forum for the discussion
of
high-end digital cameras with fixed zoom lenses and full manual controls,
and
using those cameras. These cameras are frequently referred to as digital
ZLR
(zoom lens reflex) cameras or SLR-like digital cameras, and typically have
an
SLR-like appearance due to the bulk of the lens rather than the relatively
more
compact shape of most point-and-shoot digital cameras.

Additional On-Topic Discussion:

- Any relevant accessories for digital ZLR cameras, such as: external
flash
 units, add-on lens elements, memory cards, microdrives, lens
filters/hoods,
 camera bags/cases, digital ZLR maintenance, tripods and monopods.
- Photography techniques, as long as the discussion remains within the
context
 of digital ZLR photography
- Image post-processing, as long as the discussion remains within the
context
 of digital ZLR photography
- Posting links to personal photo galleries or images, as long as the
 discussion remains within the context of digital ZLR photography.

What Is Considered Off-Topic:

- Discussion of "point and shoot" digital cameras with no manual controls
- Discussion of any film cameras
- Discussion of cameras with mounts for detachable lenses
- Discussion of scanners
- Discussion of printers
- Posting links to personal photo galleries or images, not in the context
of
 digital ZLR photography

Posting off-topic should be kept to a minimum. All off-topic posts should
be
prefixed with [OT] or another easily-identifiable prefix in the subject
line.
If a segment of any on topic thread ever becomes clearly off-topic, it is
the
duty of those individuals posting to change the subject line to reflect
the
off-topic change.

Debating the pros and cons of digital photography vs. film photography is
off-topic. Please be polite and try to not steer any conversations in that
direction. In the event that any segment of any on-topic thread ever
becomes
clearly off-topic by debating the pros and cons of digital photography vs.
film
photography, it is the duty of those individuals posting to change the
subject
line to reflect the off-topic change.

What Is Considered Inappropriate:

- Crossposting to any other newsgroup except where the post is of direct
 relevance to each group in the crosspost

What Is Not Permitted:

- Posts from mail2news gateways and/or anonymous remailers
- Flame wars (comparisons between different digital camera brands or
models are
 permitted as long as they do not degenerate into personal flames)
- Signatures with more than 4 lines
- Exchange and/or discussion of illegal software
- Personal attacks
- Binary postings (i.e. non text postings) other than PGP and small binary
 signatures
- Commercial advertisements:

This newsgroup explicitly prohibits the posting of advertisements of any
kind,
whether personal, private or commercial, as well as all other promotional
material, whether or not it is in any way related to photography.

Auction announcements (Ebay.com and others) are prohibited.

Posting links to commercial websites with the sole intention of promoting
those
sites is not permitted; links to commercial websites may be posted in the
context of answering a specific question.

All postings made to this group should conform to existing Usenet
guidelines
(see news.announce.newusers for guideline documents).

When posting on rec.photo.digital.zlr, please use standard Usenet
netiquette.
Treat other posters with courtesy and follow standard conventions when
replying
to posts. Please trim the posts you reply to, retaining only the
significant
portions in your follow up. Preserve attributions (the bits that specify
who
wrote what in each post) and limit your signature to 4 lines or less. To
ensure
readability, do not use HTML in your posts and limit your line lengths to
the
Usenet standard of 80 characters or less.

END CHARTER.

If you should ever meet a serious photographer, be sure to let us know.

If serious photographers are pedantic elitist snobs then offending them is a
duty that serves the greater good of mankind.

What do you call Olympus' E-10 and E-20 models then?

Regards,

Per Nordenberg

Then I suggest serious photographers stay away from it. There are over
20 thousand newsgroups out there, so if you don't like our rules, please
take your ball and go home.

One can be a serious photographer with a Kodak Brownie 120, as I was as
a kid - a camera that was probably around long before your time.
Having an SLR does not automatically make you a better or more serious
photographer and clearly for you is just an extension of your body.
Stay in the play pen until you have something useful to say, petulence
is not a pleasant trait in any walk of life.

It means zoom reflex camera and Oly E-10 end E-20 are ZLR.

The name of this news group is ZLR. It is not correct, as I have
told here before. But ... the charter defines what is meant by ZLR
in this news group. You may or you may not like it - but so it is.
Unfortunately you may think - but the only thing you can do if you
are offended is to go somewhere else. BTW - there are thousands of
news groups with not so optimal names. So - if you are easyly offended
by this - I recommend you to stay away from news.

Come to think about it: Are you a Troll?

You're an abomination to politeness and form.  Blow off.

*Plonk*