Leica LTM Ken Rockwell's take on why Cartier-Bresson only shot with a 50

[sebastel]

not worth a second of my life's time.
too much said already.

 

[mark-b]

Here's to Ken: My M8 has never given me problems with its lack of an IR cut filter; even without the supplied screw-ons Leica sent me for the lenses.

My Leica M6 & M8 will outlast and outvalue all his Nikons and Canons, haha 🙂

 

[outfitter]

I was about to mail him about this but he proudly says on his website that he doesn't answer mail. This article really annoyed me. Normally I like what he is doing but this really made me mad.

Cheers,

Michiel Fokkema

I had a problem with one of the online camera stores that advertise on Ken's site and complained to him. I must say he stepped up to the plate intervened with the store and send many very kind and thoughtful emails until the problem was resolved. Cut him some slack he was just kidding to make a point.

 

[johannielscom]

Bresson was widely known to be the son of a wealthy family.

Ken Rockwell is widely known to be an idiot.

😀

And right you are!

For what it's worth, two years ago I missed by pennies the auction of an original eighties era Paris-shot photo of HCB using a Minolta CLE. Had a brief discussion on the net with someone who wanted to convince me it was actually a Leica CL, but the top plate layout was wrong. I owned a CLE back then and could easily compare.

 

[kevin m]

Cut him some slack he was just kidding to make a point.

Yes, but the RF Taliban take it very seriously when you make fun of their beards. 😛

 

[johannielscom]

Here's another photo of HCB with a CLE:

http://clerf.multiply.com/photos/album/3/3#1

 

[ferider]

Hi Johan,

the photo is copyright'ed by Delduque, who is also on flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/umdiaumafoto/24763474

Roland.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Yes, but the RF Taliban take it very seriously when you make fun of their beards. 😛

Or when the RF 700 Club just call anything that they don't agree with as the RF Taliban 😎

 

[PhotoMat]

Does any rational adult believe what's printed in the National Enquirer? Shouldn't KR be viewed in the same vein? The only thing that's missing is a headline like "PARENTS OF THREE-HEADED CHILD PREFER NIKON'S MULTI FOCUS POINTS OVER CANON'S!"

 

[Rprice]

Good Ole Kenny again. Why does anyone here even bother to go to his site. There is way more usefull information here on the RFF anyway.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Does any rational adult believe what's printed in the National Enquirer? Shouldn't KR be viewed in the same vein? The only thing that's missing is a headline like "PARENTS OF THREE-HEADED CHILD PREFER NIKON'S MULTI FOCUS POINTS OVER CANON'S!"

I'm more interested in what Elvis thinks of the Coolpix line 😀

 

[kevin m]

There is way more usefull information here on the RFF anyway.

Sometimes. The chaff-to-wheat ratio can be pretty high, on occasion.

 

[russianRF]

Does any rational adult believe what's printed in the National Enquirer? Shouldn't KR be viewed in the same vein? The only thing that's missing is a headline like "PARENTS OF THREE-HEADED CHILD PREFER NIKON'S MULTI FOCUS POINTS OVER CANON'S!"

I LOL'd. I've always thought of him more as a talk show host, like Geraldo or Maury or something.

"Ken, I'm 1000% CERTAIN that he's NOT the father! After all, he's a Canon user!"

 

[waileong]

Does any rational adult believe what's printed in the National Enquirer? Shouldn't KR be viewed in the same vein? The only thing that's missing is a headline like "PARENTS OF THREE-HEADED CHILD PREFER NIKON'S MULTI FOCUS POINTS OVER CANON'S!"

KR is funny. The guys here are too serious.

That HCB couldn't afford another lens is a joke-- geddit? As is the rest of the article-- so hilarious!

 

[JohnTF]

[sarcasm] An American who reads French! Good Lord, we must report this to Homeland Security ASAP! [/sarcasm] 😀

My friend's 4 year old in Villejuif reads English probably as well as I read French, report both of us. 😀 Picked it up from a video game.

Makes ordering off the menu an adventure, often a surprise. 😉

My Czech friends want me to learn Czech, and the Mexican friends want me to learn Spanish, and the French ones to speak more French and more quickly. My Cleethorpes' friends want me to repeat myself. My German friends gave up on me.

I have spoken Leica in the Czech Republic.

 

[vbarniev]

There is a reason why he used a 50mm the same way that Robert Frank shot most of the photos in The Americans with a 50mm. I will not disclose whats the reason, you must find out for yourself.

A great photographer is the one that takes great pictures with just a 50mm lens.

 

[vbarniev]

Aha...the perfect storm for camera forum bashing- HCB, Leica, and Ken Rockwell.

I posted the link for the Hitler/Nikon video on my camera club's forum and one member referred to KR this way: "...he is an internet joke himself. He is all about himself. Please stay away from that site.............."

Then I knew which camp my compatriot was in. He's a good photographer, but apparently a "don't get it" as well. C'est la vie.

There are better ways to spend your time than reading Ken R.

 

[photogdave]

There are better ways to spend your time than reading Ken R.

There are worse ways too...