I am quite surprised, as I thought these two similar sites were
going to belong to Ken Rockwell, but unless the Scharf name is an
alias, they are different people.
I have not now, nor have I ever been, Ken Rockwell. I have seen his
site, and he presents solid and logical arguments as well.
Does anyone on the forum know ... What is this guy's problem?
The "problem" is that there were a couple of people on
rec.photo.digital, posting under many aliases, that were spreading
a lot of misinformation about the Sigma D-SLRs. There were
literally thousands of responses correcting the misinformation that
was posted; I simply gathered the coherent responses together into
a single location. Initially, there was some concern about people
being misled by Steve Gionovella and his imaginary friends, though
this fear was overblown.
And
why is he out to spread negative (and not at all honest) publicity
regarding Sigma and Foveon?
I am not aware of any incorrect or dishonest information on my
site. I have made numerous corrections in response to feedback that
I have received, though most of the corrections were very minor
nitpicks. Certainly there is a lot of negative information on the
site, but all of it is accurate, as far as I know. And I'm happy to
correct anything that isn't accurate.
What's worse, is that he seems to have
good contacts with Google, since he gets these lying webpages to
display very high in their result listings, and that is often not
an easy thing to do, even for legitimate sites that offer TRUE
information.
I have no contacts within Google. Google result listings are all
automated, and Google doesn't disclose the algorithms for obvious
reasons. I have some very esoteric and popular sites that come up
high in the listings because there are few sites presenting the
same subject. And while I realize that a few individuals in this
forum may not agree, my sites are legitimate and do offer true
information (as well as informed opinion).
If you have a different view, then I suggest that you create your
own site that presents it. I'll be happy to link to it. In fact
I'll even host it for you for free, as long as the material
presented in it is factual and well-referenced, and not simply
personal attacks. I have no axe to grind.
He also mentions this forum in particular, stating that WE post a
lot of mis-information.
Yes, I do state this. Not everyone here posts mis-information, but
there are several frequent posters on this forum that continually
post misinformation, i.e. "DaSigmaGuy."
So, does anyone know what his problem is? Did he get burned by
Sigma or Foveon in the past?
I have not been burned by either company. In fact I had great
respect for Foveon in their days of studio cameras (Canon lens
mount, prism, three sensors). I hope that they are able to bring a
higher resolution version of their sensor to market as soon as
possible.
He claims to own stock in Foveon, but
I doubt that myself, because every time I searched that avenue,
Foveon wasn't selling stock to private entities.
I do not claim to own stock in Foveon. Read the statement in the
disclaimer again.
I'm confused as to why anyone would take the time, trouble, or
$4.99 to attack a company and/or product with this type of
slanderous, misguided, one-sided, and repetitive drivel. What the
heck is he afraid of?
Don't be confused. The $5 is insignificant. I wanted a logically
named URL. I obviously don't share your view of the content on the
page, nor do most people who are able to view things objectively. I
took great care to be accurate, fair, and balanced. I do understand
why the content on the page upsets some people; there is a natural
defensiveness when someone explains why a product you own may not
be the optimal choice in a given product category.
Anyone wish to take a stab at his motivation?
How about me? The motivation was to provide accurate information
and to discredit people such as Steve Gionovella (aka George
Preddy, Georgette Preddy, Oroville Wright, Suzie Quinn, Don
Gentile, Lex Mathews, etc.). I believe that the site has
accomplished that goal. rec.photo.digital is being destroyed by
trolls like Steve Gionovella, though the people that respond to him
are partially to blame as well, and I have kill-filed him, and all
his aliases to avoid any temptation to respond. I felt that the web
site was a much more effective way to get the facts out.
Finally, I do not hate you, or anyone else in this forum. You are
taking this too seriously It's just a camera.
The Mayan Calendar predicts that the world will end on December 21,
2012. Be sure to have your camera ready and your batteries charged.
Preferable Li-Ion batteries.
