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wow that was a waste of time :)
 
treepop said:
Skip M said:
aftab said:
Rockwell rocks well. :P
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mailman88 said:
Rockwell says,.... My 1D X is here. It's a speed-demon for pros. Image quality is about the same as the 5D Mark III; you get the 1D X if you need speed and durability and weather sealing, not ultimate image quality.
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" I compared at the same marked ISOs, which are about a half stop off in favor of the 1D X. If I did even more work to shoot at the same exposures, they would be closer."
 
There's no way the resolution difference is that apparent. The comparisons to the D800 aren't that apparent, and THAT's some resolution.

I've been shooting both the 5D3 and 1Dx for two weeks and I can barely see the difference at 100%, as one would expect. Count me as a non-believer of this "test".
 
More proof that Nikon has kicked him off the feeding trough. He's really been sucking up to the Canon side these past few months, not doubt hoping Canon will start feeding him. What a first class ho!
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Folks;

Lay off the Rockwell bashing please. It's highly unprofessional and extremely immature. The fact is that KR provides a valuable service. I don't agree with everything he says, but it's worth reading. He mentions the primary reasons to get a 1DX or the 5D mkIII, and he's spot on. His conclusions may be too simple for the snobs in our midst, but they are helpful for others. Let's all try to be civil and recognize the good that others do rather than looking for the rough edges so we can be unduly critical. KR does a lot of good - though he has historically been a Nikon user, he has pointed out with good logic why Canon's offerings are currently more appealing than Nikon's - so it's hard to proclaim that he is a fan-boy. Especially so since he also uses a Fuji X100, and a Leica, and...other cameras as well, including film cameras (as do I, and I suspect lots of folks reading this do as well).

I appreciate what he does. I also appreciate this forum, but only when it's civil and professional. Best of luck to you all, even if you disagree with me.

Mike Freeze
 
+1. Rockwell is, of course, sometimes a bit bombastic, and sometimes his opinions can't be properly supported, but his opinion isn't worthless just because one happens to disagree with him. His views are his own; we can either agree or not, but the constant put-downs and name calling regarding him on this forum are a bit too much, in my opinion. Yes, he's trying to make a buck, but dear readers, aren't we all (trust-fund babies excluded). Just how far that might iunfluence his pronouncements is open to question, but, the worst I can say about Rockwell is that I only occasionally bother to read him on his site.

Give the guy a break. I, for one, have sometimes seen merit in some of the opinions that I've read on his site, on those occasions that I did take a look at it. Regarding this latest comparison, I really don't know if he's being accurate or not, as I don't have access to a 1DX, but his results look fairly plausible to me, even if, eventually, they prove to be imperfect.

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David
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Yeah, I'd never really heard of Ken Rockwell until I joined these forums when I was in the market for an upgrade to my 7D. I saw all the vitriolic hatred of him, and it came across as mindless groupthink. I eventually did check out his site, and I really didn't see what all the fuss is about. Sure, there are some inconsistencies and testing methods you might not agree with, and he is outspokenly opinionated, but a lot of reviewers share these traits (they are reviewers, after all).

I like some of his articles; for example, some of his pages on photography technique are worth reading.
 
By Ken Rockwell's own admission, he makes things up for the fun of it. http://www.kenrockwell.com/about.htm

Now, if we want to call people "unprofessional", let's start with KR. Many people that read reviews are reading in order to help make a decision about a financial expenditure. In the case of a 1Dx, a rather substantial expenditure. The last thing I want is to make decisions based on comments by a proclaimed professional, that decides on a whim, to toss out a bunch of BS in his review. How is that professional? How is that helpul to anyone? In both cases, IT'S NOT.

I was taught, at a very early age, that people that make things up are called liars. That may be alright if you're a comedian. If you're writing gear reviews, being a liar lends nothing positive to anything you say.

Steve
 
I think he's harmless. And he was the first to start a website like that with live links to vendors (which everybody now does.) He's really no different than some other sites that are equally as subjective.

But what I'm curious about is why he recently pretended to move to NY. For some reason he wants people to think he now lives on Long Island. He still lives outside of San Diego.
 
because he actually does work and tests of cameras and lenses and writes them down. And he writes them down in a way that people read it (and love or hate it).

Check out the threads from you guys (KR haters), you easily fill a 150 post within one day where you whine about how AutoISO is implemented in the Canon vs Nikon cameras or how unbelievably stupid it is from Canon not to be have a in-body IS and implement IS instead in the short primes... guys, at least, he is taking pictures and writes about it, while you just whine....
That already makes him better...

Christoph

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