Ken Rockwell on the Nikon SP

[mrb]

I can only tolerate KR in small doses, widely spaced, but his take on the Nikon SP caught my eye:

http://kenrockwell.com/tech/00-new-today.htm

He moves things around on his site quite regularly, so this link may change.

 

[VinceC]

Interesting read. I like the F but don't know that I agree with his position that it is better than the SP. Just different.

 

[NIKON KIU]

No Pun intended, but I think Ken should concentrate on New Nikon Digital SLRs as they are introduced.
That should keep him busy.

Kiu

 

[Al Patterson]

Well. I find Ken amusing at best. I'd better not listen to you guys though, I have too many cameras already, I don't need an SP...

Or do I?

 

[NIKON KIU]

I do have to admit, Ken is pretty good at spreading the NAS(Nikon Acquisition Syndrome) Virus.

I wonder why he is not talking about the 24Mega Pixel Camera...

kiu

 

[ljsegil]

"I have too many cameras already, I don't need an SP..."
Yeah, that's what we all said (at one time)...
pretty tough to pass one up, however
LJS

 

[NIKON KIU]

Seems like Mr. Rockwell is not only good at spreading NAS(Nikon version of GAS) but he is also infected 😉

Looke at this ebay item:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120287283967&ssPageName=STRK:MEDW:IT&ih=002

I think we will see a mini review of the legendery black 8.5cm f2.0 soon....

Kiu

 

[pfoto]

I think we will see a mini review of the legendery black 8.5cm f2.0 soon....

That is a truly wonderful lens. I think they also made an 8.5cm f1.5 too.

 

[35mmdelux]

Ken has some good write-ups on a host of gear. Just don't trash my Leica.

 

[jonmanjiro]

WOW! Great price on a great lens!

Seems like Mr. Rockwell is not only good at spreading NAS(Nikon version of GAS) but he is also infected 😉

Looke at this ebay item:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120287283967&ssPageName=STRK:MEDW:IT&ih=002

I think we will see a mini review of the legendery black 8.5cm f2.0 soon....

Kiu

 

[kshapero]

I thought we all agreed not to pander to KR's ranting on our RF world. Didn't everyone agree to that? No? well never mind.

 

[NIKON KIU]

WOW! Great price on a great lens!

The seller also offered the hood(separate auction), the one you were looking for awhile...

hood went for $38.00

Kiu

 

[NIKON KIU]

Yeah yeah yeah, Nikons are the bestestestest cameras ever produced on the face of the Earth.

Especially on this forum :angel:


Kiu

 

[CameraQuest]

Yeah yeah yeah, Nikons are the bestestestest cameras ever produced on the face of the Earth. Ever. Every other camera maker should be promptly shut down.

Oh, wait. Where else is Nikon going to plagiarize ideas from? :bang:



P.S. Doesn't it sound really stupid to bash something just for the sake of bashing? :angel:

it's not bashing, it's true.
Nikon SP / F / F2 are much more reliable over time than Leica M cloth shutters, requiring substantially less CLAs and adjustments, about 4x less in my experience.

Stephen

 

[myoptic3]

Wow, I see more about Ken on this website than I do on his! I like Ken, and I like Nikon cameras, but Leica lenses are incredible aren't they? I wish Nikon could make lenses as good as their cameras. My experiences w/ the Nikon 85 1.4/1.8 and 80 200 AF D 2.8's have been very good, but lord they are big and heavy. I finally sold all of the Nikon gear and just shoot Leica now, but I have a soft spot for the Nikon RF 85 2.0 and 105 2.5 lenses

 

[wlewisiii]

<Shrug> We all have our favorites. I love pre-war Contax cameras & lenses. They have their (sometimes bleaping huge!) limits but for what I enjoy doing as an amateur they're fine.

He has his.

You have yours.

Why sweat the little stuff? At this point, everything is little stuff. Go find some good light.

William

 

[VinceC]

Yeah yeah yeah, Nikons are the bestestestest cameras ever produced on the face of the Earth. Ever. Every other camera maker should be promptly shut down.

Oh, wait. Where else is Nikon going to plagiarize ideas from?

I don't call it plagiarization. Japanese industry has a concept called 'Kaizan' which, to my understanding based on a relative in the car industry means constantly striving to incrementally improve the product and the processes that create it.

The Nikon forum here on RFF has plenty of examples of how so-called "copy cat" Japanese companies in the early 1950s used Contax and Leica lenses and camera components as starting points, then dramatically improved them and, through an explosion of innovation and breathtaking quality control, in less than a decade moved the center of the photo industry from Europe to Asia.

 

[jonmanjiro]

I don't call it plagiarization. Japanese industry has a concept called 'Kaizan' which, to my understanding based on a relative in the car industry means constantly striving to incrementally improve the product and the processes that create it.

"Kaizen" 😉

 

[VinceC]

Thanks. Spellling transliterated Japanese was never my strongest talent.

 

[Highway 61]

Oh, wait. Where else is Nikon going to plagiarize ideas from?

Just wait for Leica lenses being sold in Japan with a "domestic market quality control" red sticker on their boxes, which should happen quite soon, and you'll get the idea.

😛 😀 😎