It's one of the most popular, and more importantly best, equipment and photography sites on the Web: Rob Galbraith Digital Photography Insights.
Rob announced yesterday that he has accepted a position as a photojournalism instructor at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. And here's the downside:
To devote myself properly to my new job, I first have to shed the responsibilities of my current job. This has meant making an especially difficult decision. Here it is: as of now, Rob Galbraith Digital Photography Insights is entering deep hibernation mode. This site isn't going off the air, but it will no longer be regularly updated for the foreseeable future.
Here's the whole article. Read it and weep, as the saying goes.
Rob Galbraith, from his website
I am as unhappy as anyone that we'll all be losing Rob Galbraith DPI as a going concern, but also join everyone in the online photography community in wishing Rob all the best in his new career move. Salut!
Mike
(Thanks to Michael Tapes)
Send this post to a friend
Please help support TOP by patronizing our sponsors B&H Photo and Amazon
Note: Links in this post may be to our affiliates; sales through affiliate links may benefit this site. More...
Original contents copyright 2012 by Michael C. Johnston and/or the bylined author. All Rights Reserved.
Featured Comment by Tim Medley: "I never recovered from the closing of his old forums, which were an incredible resource, and I especially admired his handling of the Canon auto-focus problems. The same level thoroughness was evident in all the reporting on his site."
Don't go getting any ideas Mike.
Posted by: Paul Byrnes | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 07:53 AM
Shoot; just realised that might be misunderstood. Don't go thinking you can quit too - that's what I meant to say.
Posted by: Paul Byrnes | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 07:55 AM
....and no tear was shed amongst Canon marketing executives...
Posted by: wtlloyd | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 09:08 AM
I have his cheat-sheet-cum-book before I have any dSLR. One period passed and good luck to him.
Posted by: Dennis Ng | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 09:14 AM
Hi Mike,
Private message. typo alert (??) third line missing "he" (??)
Best of days,
d
(I read that you're cutting down on responses to your sidecar editors -- good call! time is precious.)
Posted by: Denise Ross | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 09:43 AM
Rob Galbraith is an android...resist the urge to trust him. He also invented FlufferNutter™, which goes well with peanut butter but is excruciating with Leg of Lamb. I'll totally miss Rob's website, like, totally.
Posted by: David | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 09:59 AM
It is difficult enough for a web publication to build such a large readership (Canon 1D Mark III debacle notwithstanding), I am surprised he is not putting one of his associates at the helm while he is busy elsewhere.
Posted by: Charles Lanteigne | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 10:30 AM
Somewhere, a man with a fetish for female Canadian college volleyball players, dies.
Posted by: Taran | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 10:37 AM
Maybe he should have passed on the baton to his associates, but it's no surprise if you saw the high-handed and self-interested way they "managed" and then sold their forums to a paywall operation. Not many tears here.
Posted by: john | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 01:00 PM
I guess the "future" isn't always on the Web, after all...
Posted by: k4kafka | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 01:18 PM
What a bummer. His site was one I have regularly enjoyed, and the Canon AF stuff was really great.
I'd like to hear TOP's take on the best current sites for reading about photography (including TOP, of course).
Posted by: Cecelia | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 02:00 PM
I've always liked his site and I too will miss it, though I didn't visit it that often. It was a good resource for things such as the CF card database. Based on its most recent update, I knew which was the fastest card to buy for my 1DIV.
I followed his 1DIII autofocus test with rapt attention.
He will be missed.
Posted by: Mark | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 06:29 PM
As long as he keeps shooting 8x10, it's cool.
Posted by: Earl Dunbar | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 07:12 PM
Sad day, Rob delivered on all aspects of the true user experience with his insights. Unafraid to right the truth of what he saw and not in the pocket of a camera maker.
Posted by: Michael Steinbach | Saturday, 21 July 2012 at 09:30 AM
Together with TOP a nearly everyday read for me , a real pity.
I think we take these kinds of forums for granted until they are gone and the authors move onto a endevour that provides more financial security.
So lets all keep Mike chained to his Mac by buying something through this forum every so often.
Posted by: Terence Hogben | Saturday, 21 July 2012 at 10:09 AM