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VERDICT

Should I use Cameraderie?

Photography community forum - cameraderie.org

Worth it. Join if you want a free, all-brand photography discussion forum with active gear classifieds — that is exactly what it is. Skip it if you came looking for photo software or storage; it is a community site, not a tool.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 10 usable public sources. Many search hits were unrelated uses of 'cameraderie' (a York guest house, a Women In Media grant program, song lyrics) and were discarded.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo evidence
  • Security posture

Pricing

Not published

Supporter subscription

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • Photography hobbyists
  • All-brand gear discussion
  • DPReview refugees
  • Used-gear classifieds traders

Not for

  • Anyone shopping for photo software — this is a forum, not a tool
  • Teams needing cloud photo storage or client delivery
  • Security-sensitive users given the past account breach
  • One-brand shooters better served by brand-specific forums

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Breach disclosure thread: members logged in as other members. Use a unique password and 2FA

low

Supporter subscriptions exist but no published pricing anywhere

low

Searching the name surfaces a guest house, a film grant program, and song lyrics

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free community covering all camera brands, not one manufacturer
  • Cited as a leading option when DPReview closed
  • Active buy/sell classifieds with completed-transaction threads
  • Runs on established XenForo forum software

Cons

  • Disclosed breach let members log in as other members
  • No public security page found
  • Tiny social following: 76 Facebook likes
  • Name collides with unrelated film-industry initiative, muddying search

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/20/2026 - 10 sources - One disclosed incident where members could be logged in as other members; no security page exists.

official x5review x3security x2
  • Members logged in as other members, Forum posted a security breach disclosure about cross-account logins; remediation status unclear from sources.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • Not published

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Free to read and join
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Guess: standard XenForo forum layout
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Forum threads and classifieds, nothing beyond
  • Support quality. No evidence
  • Security posture: 2/5. Disclosed cross-account breach; no security page
  • XenForo Platform Self-hosted forum software
  • 2018 Active since Earliest community mentions found
  • Free Cost to join Optional supporter subs discussed by members
  • 76 Facebook likes Very small social footprint

Pricing

Supporter subscription

Not published

  • Referenced by members as 'Cameraderie subscribers'
  • Forum itself is free to read

Security

One disclosed incident where members could be logged in as other members; no security page exists.

  • Members logged in as other membersForum posted a security breach disclosure about cross-account logins; remediation status unclear from sources.³

What users say

Photographers recommend it as a friendly all-brand forum, most often mentioned among DPReview alternatives.

“Cameraderie or GetDPI are options”
DPReview forums
“fujix-forum.com or cameraderie.org?”
Mu-43.com forums
“I'm looking for Flickr 2005-2010.”
Reddit, r/AnalogCommunity

Alternatives

Compare Cameraderie with each alternative.

  • DPReview Forums

    Largest gear-review archive and forum community, recently relaunched

  • Mu-43.com

    Deep Micro Four Thirds community users compare directly

  • Fujix-Forum

    Fuji-specific forum frequently weighed against Cameraderie

    Cameraderie vs Fujix-Forum
Full analysis

Based on 10 usable public sources. Many search hits were unrelated uses of 'cameraderie' (a York guest house, a Women In Media grant program, song lyrics) and were discarded.

Free, friendly all-brand photography forum. Great for gear chat; not software, and a past account breach.

Methodology

Based on 10 usable public sources. Many search hits were unrelated uses of 'cameraderie' (a York guest house, a Women In Media grant program, song lyrics) and were discarded.

Sources

  1. Cameraderie customer page on XenForoxenforo.com
    official
  2. Cameraderie forum indexcameraderie.org
    official
  3. Security breach disclosure threadcameraderie.org
    security
  4. Security page (not found)cameraderie.org
    security
  5. Alternatives to dpreview — DPReview forums threaddpreview.com
    review
  6. fujix-forum.com or cameraderie.org? — Mu-43 threadmu-43.com
    review
  7. Where's the online photo community? — Redditreddit.com
    review
  8. Cameraderie Facebook pagefacebook.com
    official
  9. Why we should pay for Flickr threadcameraderie.org
    official
  10. Completed Transactions classifiedscameraderie.org
    official

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