User talk:Gooseta

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Botscura (talk) 15:38, 10 July 2013 (PDT)

Template/Infobox

Hi Gooseta and welcome to Camera-Wiki! I noticed your query about creating an infobox template. This has come up multiple time in the past but we've never found a fully satisfactory answer. The problem is that most of the proposed templates are inadequate for the wide range of cameras we cover - remember that some are film, others digital; some have interchangeable lenses, and other fixed lenses; some have apertures, others not; etc. The other problem is that a lot of the camera specifications don't fit easily into a narrow vertical infobox. The preference so far for readability reasons has been to create a Specifications section within the article itself and we've created templates that have worked out well for lenses using this model (for example see the Vivitar Series 1 70-210 page for an example of the specifications template in use).

One proposal regarding camera specifications was a specifications section made from two templates; one that had the fields common to all types of cameras and a second template that was specific to the type of camera. So, for a Nikon D800, you'd drop in the common template + a DSLR template, but for a Nikon S4 you'd drop in the common template + a Rangefinder template. And the two templates together would make up the specifications section. No one has gotten around to doing the work involved to develop a prototype for this yet and you're welcome to work on it and pose some ideas. In general there are a lot of inconsistencies in Camera-Wiki and we hope over time to settle on good template layouts and converge all the articles toward some better standards. A good starting point would be to take a look at the Camera types article to get an idea for the differences and similarities any kind of template system would need to deal with.

Steevithak (talk) 15:52, 10 July 2013 (PDT)

Image size

Also, just a quick note on image size. For compatibility with the largest range of displays, it's best to avoid using very large images. Generally we recommend using images no larger than 500px to 600px for the primary images and thumbnails should be the 240px wide size. Remember that because they're hosted on Flickr, the user can click through to enlarge the image to any size desired. There are plenty of inconsistencies here too but take a look at some of the newer, non-stub articles to get a good idea. The Vivitar IC 101 Panorama is a good example or check the articles we tweet each Wednesday as they tend to be newer, higher quality articles. Steevithak (talk) 16:00, 10 July 2013 (PDT)