Ken Rockwell?

[Dan_1981]

Are reviews normally about right or is he a bit of an oddball?

I'm looking at the d3000 but he really doesn't rate it - every other review i've seen of it seems to disagree with him....

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d3000.htm

[GetCarter]

He's a complete idiot. Ignore everything he says.

[...Mole...]

"Ken Rockwell never flips his camera in portrait position, he flips the earth"

[jon-]

...Mole... said:

"Ken Rockwell never flips his camera in portrait position, he flips the earth"

HAHAHAHAHA

GetCarter said:

He's a complete idiot. Ignore everything he says.

+1. I recently met a "good friend" of Kens, and even he agreed his website was idiotic.

[Simpo Two]

Opinions aside (he likes the colour turned up so it matches the TV in a Chinese takeaway), his site does have sound technical data on it, especially lenses.

Re the D3000, I think 'worst' is an interpretation of the fact that the D300 is the cheapest camera in he range, and therefore unsurprisingly has less features and performance than the models above it. The old rule of 'you get what you pay for' heads teeth-first for the buttocks, as ever.

Other than that, you can believe the bits of his site you like, and ignore the bits you don't

Edited by Simpo Two on Friday 23 October 16:34

[stigmundfreud]

Sure, Ken Rockwell deletes a bad photo or two. Other people call these Pulitzers

Before Nikon or Canon releases a camera they go to Ken and they ask him to test them, the best cameras get a Nikon sticker and the less good get a Canon sticker
Once Ken tested a camera, he said I cant even put Canon on this one,thats how Pentax was born

[jon-]

Ken Rockwell doesn't color correct. He adjusts your world to match his.

When Ken Rockwell brackets a shot, the three versions of the photo win first place in three different categories.

[ian in lancs]

stigmundfreud said:

Before Nikon or Canon releases a camera they go to Ken and they ask him to test them, the best cameras get a Nikon sticker and the less good get a Canon sticker
Once Ken tested a camera, he said I cant even put Canon on this one,thats how Pentax was born

ROFL Thank you I needed that!

[Furyous]

^^^^^all of it....

[Felters]

mad as a box of frogs... is he still on the Leica kick?

[RobDickinson]

I would be if I got an M9 free!

"This is my personal website. I do it all by myself. I'm just one guy with a computer who likes to take pictures. I have the playful, immature and creative, trouble-making mind of a seven-year-old, so read accordingly."

'About' Ken himself....

[Simpo Two]

RobDickinson said:

"This is my personal website. I do it all by myself. I'm just one guy with a computer who likes to take pictures. I have the playful, immature and creative, trouble-making mind of a seven-year-old, so read accordingly."

Not unlike all of us then really...!

[Bob_Defly]

Chuck Norris is the Ken Rockwell of martial arts.