Letter to Mr Rockwell in regards to his 5Dmkiii review

[BillyBean]

Sadly, I don't know if he's lost interest in his site.  A couple of years ago, he was belting out some good content.  Now it seems solely like a money making exercise.  It's as though he's sold the site and someone new is just capitalising from the page visits.

Yep, seems off his game these days. I agree, though, he can be entertaining. Kinda like Dilbert - you have to take him with a pinch of salt.

[briansquibb]

Ken Rockwell seems to me to have become the Sarah Palin of photography

[wickidwombat]

It's because I'm a bogan.  And I briefly lived in Logan, Queensland (the bogan capital of Australia).  I was a proud "Logan Bogan".

we need pics of your mullet as proof STAT!

[PeterJ]

It's because I'm a bogan.  And I briefly lived in Logan, Queensland (the bogan capital of Australia).  I was a proud "Logan Bogan".

we need pics of your mullet as proof STAT!

I heard a CR3 that Hillsilly is really Bloke Man, so no need for further proof myself:

Comedy Inc. - Bloke Man	Small | Large

[neuroanatomist]

The uninformed camera buying public loves over saturated and over sharpened photos...

FWIW, Canon clearly knows this, as is evident from the Standard Picture Style.

[Stephen Melvin]

Good grief, those pictures on his site burned my retinas.

I love this lens suggestion:
"The best lens to use on full-frame is Nikon's newest 28-300mm VR."

[Maui5150]

2) problem: no one touch ability to switch between commonly used AF modes.  Truth:  Fully customizable.  I set the DOF button to switch to AI servo, so when I'm shooting in single shot mode, if I wanna quick switch to servo without taking my eye off the subject I just hold the DOF button and then it goes AI servo until I let go and then it's right back to single shot. 

Great minds think alike!  Few days ago, I configured the DOF button to assign AI servo for those exact reasons.  Kind of exhilerating to follow a moving object, hold down DOF (AI Servo) and squeeze off High Speed Burst.  That's how I got this shot the other day:


DZ3C0198A by drjlo1, on Flickr

Too bad that Bee completely ruined your flower shot and shame the Canon lost focus on the flower like you intended.

... Oh?   

That was your point?



Very nice picture.

[neuroanatomist]

Too bad that Bee completely ruined your flower shot and shame the Canon lost focus on the flower like you intended.

The bee's wings are blurry.  Clearly, the AF system on this camera sucks.   

[V8Beast]

Too bad that Bee completely ruined your flower shot and shame the Canon lost focus on the flower like you intended.

The bee's wings are blurry.  Clearly, the AF system on this camera sucks.   

My guess is that the IS is faulty

[briansquibb]

Too bad that Bee completely ruined your flower shot and shame the Canon lost focus on the flower like you intended.

The bee's wings are blurry.  Clearly, the AF system on this camera sucks.   

My guess is that the IS is faulty

Time to buy a Sony then 

[EvilTed]

To characterize Ken as a prejudiced Nikonian is untrue.
Go read his recent updates to his beloved D800.
Seems he's pissing and moaning about it and he cannot get anything in focus

ET

[Somnipotent]

Ken Rockwell is a tool.  And holy cow is that camera ugly as sin.

[jfretless]

Crazy that he gets mentioned so often on forums all over the interwebs.

Ken Rockwell wins again.

[EYEONE]

Anyone ever seen the videos on youtube where he wonders around B&H like a buffoon, claims that good sports photographers should not need super teles, delcares a EVIL camera has too many buttons and all other sorts of nonsense??

Enjoy:

Ken Rockwell Visits B&H	Small | Large

[Daniel Flather]

The uninformed camera buying public loves over saturated and over sharpened photos...

FWIW, Canon clearly knows this, as is evident from the Standard Picture Style.

The uninformed camera buying public is also the uninformed photographer-hiring client. All of my work is over-saturated and over-sharpened and my clients just love it.

I feel dirty....

Moneh is moneh, we like moar moneh.