Ken Rockwell has gone gaga!

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KR has drank so much Leica Kool Aid that I think I am going to:D:D. What changed him? Anyway kind of entertaining.
 
It is that he is going more and more nuts over Leica. If you tell Stephen to remove the thread, I won't mind.
 
Do not let this one be wiped, KR is not the worst thing out there.

Have to go and look. I wonder if he used real sugar or the funny stuff in his kool aid? Is it Leica Red or perhaps the new Black Logo color?

B2 (;->
 
Maybe he realized the Adorama affiliate commissions on a M9 dwarf those on 3 5DmkII or D700...

More interesting is Phil Askey's admission that after ignoring Leica until 2008, he is enough of a fan now that he fears his objectivity may be impaired and feels the need to issue a disclaimer.
 
majid said:
Maybe he realized the Adorama affiliate commissions on a M9 dwarf those on 3 5DmkII or D700...

More interesting is Phil Askey's admission that after ignoring Leica until 2008, he is enough of a fan now that he fears his objectivity may be impaired and feels the need to issue a disclaimer.
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Phil ... who ?
 
sahe69 said:
Please forgive me. I clicked on the link. Immediately after having done so I regretted :D
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I clicked before i finish reading the warning.
I fear made the same error as you.
I feel the need to repent this action.

what has he been smoooookin?
 
KR states that " another reason the LEICA is eating the SLR market so quickly."
Yes of course the slr market not the dslr me thinks.

I am going to sell of some Leica lenses when I return in Oktober, by then KR will have whipped up the second hand prices, I ought to thank him.
 
Tsai said:
I clicked before i finish reading the warning.
I fear made the same error as you.
I feel the need to repent this action.

what has he been smoooookin?
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Ken doesn't strike me as someone who smokes ... seems more like the type who drinks milk and gets to bed early if you ask me! :p
 
What is it with people and Ken Rockwell? I can't seem to understand what all the fuss is about. I'm not too knowledgeable when it comes to the technicalities of photography, so can someone explain to me where he is wrong in his articles?
 
anorphirith said:
his leica man article is SOO stupid (euphemism)
http://kenrockwell.com/leica/leica-man.htm
please don't read it
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Ha! You should read some of the 'other' forums that don't relate directly to Leica on RRF. They are often a perfect mirror to what KR is saying (even if overblown and sarcastic) when a 'Leicaman' responds concerning other peoples 'inferior' camera systems and equipment. If you can't see it you aren't getting out much, which is also implied by KR.

Steve
 
Keith said:
Ken doesn't strike me as someone who smokes ... seems more like the type who drinks milk and gets to bed early if you ask me! :p
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Now you've done it! I've got a whole day ahead of me chockfull of serious meetings.. and everyone will be asking me why I'm grinning all the time.. :bang:
 
I think it is just a case of having pretty much everything from nikon and canon reviewed and re-reviewed, and he needed something to keep people coming in. he also basically managed to make the half of the internet that thought he was a troll think he is right, and the half that thought he was right think he is a troll. either way, it brings in the visitors, which brings in the people buying from his adorama links.
 
No, he is perfectly sane. He is just making money on the M9 hype. In his particular way. He must be laughing about threads like these, if he cares at all.
 
Ken is a man of enthusiasms, that's for sure. And sometimes those enthusiasms are a bit too - well enthusiastic. But don't knock him. I think that has become a bit too much like a kind of national sport that bullies play. Over at PhotoNet the forum will not even let you link directly to his site - the software blocks you. I think that is over the top and in fact repressive of freedom of speech. Don't get me wrong I am no apologist for KR - he says some things that I definitely disagree with so he must be taken with a large grain of salt sometimes. I just do not like the way people seem to make a mark of him. It does not appeal to the Aussie idea of being a good sport.
 
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