Do you still read Kirk Tuck and Ming Thein?

[DaveLemi]

Their attraction to m43 gear first drew me to their sites and I thoroughly enjoyed their content, but since they've moved on I no longer find those 2 blogs "must read" anymore. Ming is extremely clinical and obsessed with perfection. As much as I enjoyed his gear reviews in the past, his photography is borderline sterile.

With the exception of Robin Wong, who is artistic and extremely talented, I'm not reading many blogs these days.

Am I alone?

 

[Tom Caldwell]

Their attraction to m43 gear first drew me to their sites and I thoroughly enjoyed their content, but since they've moved on I no longer find those 2 blogs "must read" anymore. Ming is extremely clinical and obsessed with perfection. As much as I enjoyed his gear reviews in the past, his photography is borderline sterile.

With the exception of Robin Wong, who is artistic and extremely talented, I'm not reading many blogs these days.

Am I alone?

 

[Garry Schaefer]

Just Robin Wong for me. Shutter therapy all the way!

 

[dv312]

I follow Robin for some of his insights on Olympus gear, especially on new gear annoucements

Kirk, not so much, I found his work mediocre and boring

Ming Thein is a DSLR FF guy so don't read him much either

I do like to read Thom Hogan's, He's a Nikon guy but has lots of good insights into the camera industry

Used to read Luminous Landscapes but now that they require subscription, I skipped them

I no longer have a favorite photo site, except this forum ;-)

Cheers,

 

[Old Listener]

I do read kirk Tuck's blog. However, I realize that his camera of the week routine isn't relevant or even all that interesting to me.

 

[TheEye]

It's only May but already open season?

 

[samtheman2014]

Their attraction to m43 gear first drew me to their sites and I thoroughly enjoyed their content, but since they've moved on I no longer find those 2 blogs "must read" anymore. Ming is extremely clinical and obsessed with perfection. As much as I enjoyed his gear reviews in the past, his photography is borderline sterile.

With the exception of Robin Wong, who is artistic and extremely talented, I'm not reading many blogs these days.

Am I alone?

 

[DaveLemi]

I follow Robin for some of his insights on Olympus gear, especially on new gear annoucements

Kirk, not so much, I found his work mediocre and boring

Ming Thein is a DSLR FF guy so don't read him much either

I do like to read Thom Hogan's, He's a Nikon guy but has lots of good insights into the camera industry

Used to read Luminous Landscapes but now that they require subscription, I skipped them

I no longer have a favorite photo site, except this forum ;-)

Cheers,

LuLu is only $12/mo, but it's not very content rich. You'd think there would be more post subscription only.

 

[Karld70]

Their attraction to m43 gear first drew me to their sites and I thoroughly enjoyed their content, but since they've moved on I no longer find those 2 blogs "must read" anymore. Ming is extremely clinical and obsessed with perfection. As much as I enjoyed his gear reviews in the past, his photography is borderline sterile.

With the exception of Robin Wong, who is artistic and extremely talented, I'm not reading many blogs these days.

Am I alone?

I don't know who they are, guessing they write reviews on m43 gear

 

[DavidH202]

I gave up on Ming,

Still go to Kirk once in a while for amusement.

LL is nothing more than a Clique.

Robin is cool!

As a buisness owner myself, I like and mostly agree with Thom's views on the industry.

Mike Johnston on TOP is the only blogger that presents a varied field of intellectual topic discourse , pertaining to all aspects of Photography, past and present, with some additional off topic conversation of significant substance, with some humor thrown in here and there. http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/blog_index.html

Lately I spend more time viewing top quality Photography nightly for inspiration, on...

Flickriver, 500Pix, and 1x.com

 

[agogo]

I still visit Kirk's blog - still good insights, advice and information.

He will be the first to admit that he has no loyalty to any camera brand and he's had more different cameras than I've had hot dinners, but his decisions are based on his bottom line for business. Check out his current position as to why he uses Sony gear right now, makes perfect sense to me.

I first heard about him through here and his link to Olympus 4/3, which he stopped using - later he took up m4/3 and loved those cameras, especially the EM5II, but now he just pretty much uses Sony.

His interview on the Candid Frame podcast was really good too, especially the stuff about marketing.

 

[addlightness]

Only read their blog or review when someone posts a link here in this forum. I can usually get all my info from here

 

[Guy Parsons]

samtheman2014 wrote:

Robin Wong posts some great images though as an Olympus employee I take a lot of the things he says with a pinch of salt.

I am OK with Robin Wong, he declares up front who he works for but then is not afraid to apply strong criticism where it is needed. I like his writing style and his photographic results.

The others are much more a "look at me" exercise.

Regards...... Guy

 

[Glen Barrington]

I follow Robin for some of his insights on Olympus gear, especially on new gear annoucements

Kirk, not so much, I found his work mediocre and boring

Ming Thein is a DSLR FF guy so don't read him much either

I do like to read Thom Hogan's, He's a Nikon guy but has lots of good insights into the camera industry

Used to read Luminous Landscapes but now that they require subscription, I skipped them

I no longer have a favorite photo site, except this forum ;-)

Cheers,

LuLu is only $12/mo, but it's not very content rich. You'd think there would be more post subscription only.

 

[ItsHotInAZ]

Yes - I still read Ming; however, since he shifted his focus from gear reviews, I understand he lost some gear heads.

Ming stated that he still used M43 for video, but yes he did move on from using the M43 for photographs. His reasoning was completely valid - he started to focus on ultraprints, and 16MP regardless of the system wasn't the tool to achieve that result.

Let's be honest, if you are a professional photographer shooting on the margins and striving for perfection (not the folks here on DPREVIEW), then M43 isn't good enough. It simply can't compete with full frame and medium format for those that refuse to compromise regardless of the weight. I mean hell, he's a Hasselblad ambassador, so that tells you he doesn't give a sh#t about weight.

 

[richj20]

I check in several times a week to Kirk Tuck's blog, but don't read many of his articles, since I'm not interested in commercial portraiture. I do like some of his articles that discuss photography, the current state of photography, and the like.

I've never read Ming Thein or most of the other photography bloggers -- I'm stingy about how much time I spend on the internet.

But I do look at Mike Johnstons' TOP blog each day, where often he has articles of great interest to me on various aspects of photography, including the artistic. Frequently, the comments are as informative as the blog itself!

- Richard

 

[DaveLemi]

I follow Robin for some of his insights on Olympus gear, especially on new gear annoucements

Kirk, not so much, I found his work mediocre and boring

Ming Thein is a DSLR FF guy so don't read him much either

I do like to read Thom Hogan's, He's a Nikon guy but has lots of good insights into the camera industry

Used to read Luminous Landscapes but now that they require subscription, I skipped them

I no longer have a favorite photo site, except this forum ;-)

Cheers,

LuLu is only $12/mo, but it's not very content rich. You'd think there would be more post subscription only.

 

[ABCMO]

I stopped reading Ming Thein after the hissy fit he threw about Olympus in his review of the OM-D E-M5II. Putting a piece of black tape over the Olympus name on the front of the camera? Give me a break.

But I really like Robin Wong. Yes, he is now an Olympus employee, but he is also upfront about that, so we are fully informed that way. He is quite a photographer and writer, and I find his reviews very useful.

Al

 

[TheEye]

I stopped reading Ming Thein after the hissy fit he threw about Olympus in his review of the OM-D E-M5II. Putting a piece of black tape over the Olympus name on the front of the camera? Give me a break.

Black tape? How gauche! You really need to airbrush the brand name! The tape could fall off.

But I really like Robin Wong. Yes, he is now an Olympus employee, but he is also upfront about that, so we are fully informed that way. He is quite a photographer and writer, and I find his reviews very useful.

Al

 

[rashid7]

Kirk is the best... I turn to his blog, new almost daily, before all the others (4/3 rumors, Thom H, Mirrorlessons, Robyn Wong, LensRentals, Mu-43.com, CameraErgonomics)