Ken Rockwell: $5 Trip 35 vs Canon 5D & L

[shadowfox]

Awesome. I enjoy Mr.Rockwell's writings. I really like how folks get upset about it, too.

Y'know, I was at a building class in the Mojave area 2 weeks ago, brought my Olympus Stylus Zoom 140 to document-and brought prints back from the lunch break every day. No one brought any digital prints... and darn, they looked good.

... then you need to post some of the pictures for us to see! 🙂

 

[ZivcoPhoto]

Exactly sparrow...that's just a disclaimer in case any one takes him in a too serious enough manner which could end up in a lawsuit.

 

[mich8261]

"...mediocre photographer at best..."

"...mediocre photographer at best..."

Agree. I was not comparing Ken to Michael though. Just commenting on Michael. He lost me a long time ago when he said metamerism was a thing of the past with the Epson 2200 (or was it the version before that he made that comment? He's a joke!), and then cemented it with the whole M8 fiasco. Not only is the guy a mediocre photographer at best but has zero credibility left in my book. I stopped taking him seriously a long time ago and stopped visting his site at all after the M8 stupidity.

Wow that's a strong statement. Of course everyone is entitled to their opinion. I usually enjoy the sense of community that forums create, but I abhore the fact that some individuals seem to use the apparent sense of anonimity to be rude.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Guess what? The Trip 35 40/2.8 Zuiko D cuts the 17-40/4 L on corner sharpness!!

Hmm, as every 17-40 L owner knows, corner "sharpness" isn't a trait of this lens; never has been and never has been claimed otherwise.

Now, should I compare a spoon and butter knife to see which one has better "flatness"? The amount of people surprised may surprise you :angel:

Like some have pointed out, a humorist. We shouldn't be taken too seriously 🙂rimshot🙂

 

[Superbus_]

Hmm, as every 17-40 L owner knows, corner "sharpness" isn't a trait of this lens; never has been and never has been claimed otherwise.

Now, should I compare a spoon and butter knife to see which one has better "flatness"? The amount of people surprised may surprise you :angel:

Like some have pointed out, a humorist. We shouldn't be taken too seriously 🙂rimshot🙂

I disagree with you. The majority of people take seriously stupid politicians, researchers and scientists. They are really serious about how they can understand the world better but then often fail.
So my suggestion: just take seriously the humorists... 😉

 

[drolo61]

Very new here, I just stumbled over this one

great advice!

Before you go buying a throw-away plastic film camera for simple family shots on holidays, why not invest his said 5$ to be prepared. The comparison is not important, but the performance of the little technical wonder is!

It will not die from dead batteries left inthere for too long, and even if the exposure meter should be off, you would be able to correct this via ISO settings. It is the reliability that intrigues me.

That's why M6 goes side by side with R-D1, FM2 with 5D and CM 500 with 6008i.

And lately I was disappointed with EF Zoom performance and head back to primes instead.

 

[Tom V]

Accurate Exposures Too!

Accurate Exposures Too!

Ken updated his previous post:

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Observation: I ran a roll of Velvia through my $5 Olympus Trip 35, and the exposures are remarkably right on. Not bad for a 30 year old batteryless auto exposure camera. [/FONT]

 

[aad]

... then you need to post some of the pictures for us to see! 🙂

That would mean scanning!

I will put one or two up when I get a few into the magic computer.

BTW, the Walgreen's in Hesperia, CA does a great job. Much better than my local one.