CalArts 99 Posted November 10, 2012 Share #21 Â Posted November 10, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) It's odd that he pretends that he now lives in NYC. He even tosses in a few sentences about living in NY (and about the recent storm, but with no pictures of course.) He still lives in Carlsbad CA (north of San Diego) in a poncy gated community at the Aviara Golf Club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wda Posted November 10, 2012 Share #22 Â Posted November 10, 2012 I suppose he succeeds in his aim. Members are constantly quoting/lauding/criticising him. I have never felt the need to consult his reviews. But I do feel sorry for his family who depend on his website for food. (So he claims). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucisPictor Posted November 10, 2012 Share #23 Â Posted November 10, 2012 I occasionally visit his website, mainly for entertaining reasons rather than information. Â But tell you what? I'm kind of envious. He earns a living by playing with all that fantastic gear. I would love to do that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinnfell Posted November 10, 2012 Share #24 Â Posted November 10, 2012 I use the frameline preview lever all the time. I think it is an incredibly useful tool, to do just that - preview frames. Since I have 28/35/50/90mm lenses, this little lever has saved me numerous lens changes. Â Now that said, I think the ME is a very nice camera, and I could probably live without the lever, but making such statements is just killing your own message. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted November 10, 2012 Share #25  Posted November 10, 2012 Can you not visualise? I'm not being rude, genuinely curious.  Regards,  Bill  Sent from another Galaxy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanJW Posted November 10, 2012 Share #26  Posted November 10, 2012 Can you not visualise? I'm not being rude, genuinely curious. Regards,  Bill  Sent from another Galaxy Of course I can visualize. I can visualize KR raking it in and having the last laugh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted November 10, 2012 Share #27 Â Posted November 10, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have an occasional fluctuating lameness:rolleyes: Not enough that I couldn't do without that crutch which gets only very occasional use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted November 10, 2012 Share #28 Â Posted November 10, 2012 I occasionally visit his website, mainly for entertaining reasons rather than information. Â But tell you what? I'm kind of envious. He earns a living by playing with all that fantastic gear. I would love to do that! Â Â Oh, that he could make a living using, instead of his masturbating* over, all of that fantastic gear:D Â Â Â Â *Moderators...am I allowed to say that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angora Posted November 11, 2012 Share #29  Posted November 11, 2012 Still unsure whether his tone is ironic or if he's actually serious  Anyways, there are no Google ads and people probably won't click his sponsored links, so us visiting his website will only result in the augmentation of his bandwidth costs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenInTime Posted November 11, 2012 Share #30 Â Posted November 11, 2012 I wonder if the front selector level will return as a general programmable function on future M-2XX cameras e.g. having +1/0/-1 could come in handy for AE. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted November 11, 2012 Share #31 Â Posted November 11, 2012 Yes I too have never been able to work out if he is serious, funny ironic, or...well who knows. The whole "Leica Man" thing he bangs on about is utterly hilarious. It's either really, very funny, and quite comical OR very sad depending on his intentions. It does kinda read tongue in cheek though. But maybe that's giving him too much credit. Â Either way he writes something questionable like he has now about the preview lever and he gets to read about himself for a couple of forum pages...cheap thrills. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted November 11, 2012 Share #32  Posted November 11, 2012 Still unsure whether his tone is ironic or if he's actually serious  To date, Rockhead has not made one ironic ⸮ statement. Irony is neither sarcasm nor ignorance. It is the opposite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messsucherkamera Posted November 11, 2012 Share #33  Posted November 11, 2012 Oh, that he could make a living using, instead of his masturbating* over, all of that fantastic gear     *Moderators...am I allowed to say that?  Thank goodness that's not the case.  If Ken was as good at making images as he is at masturbating, Cartier-Bresson's work would be tossed in dumpsters behind museums all over the world, having been replaced by Ken's "masterpieces." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted November 11, 2012 Share #34 Â Posted November 11, 2012 Thank goodness that's not the case. Â If Ken was as good at making images as he is at masturbating, Cartier-Bresson's work would be tossed in dumpsters behind museums all over the world, having been replaced by Ken's "masterpieces." Â :D:D Very funny! You do of course realise that I was being as sarcastic as you regarding his photo taking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted November 11, 2012 Share #35 Â Posted November 11, 2012 I think he enjoys taking a swipe at some of those people (not any of US, of course!) who have a tendency to get just a little bit precious about our cameras, who worry about the colour of the dot for example, or whether the grey has a greenish tint to it. Â I find him amusing exactly because he's puerile. Anyone who takes it all seriously deserves to be made a little fun of, surely? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted November 12, 2012 Share #36  Posted November 12, 2012 Can you not visualise? I'm not being rude, genuinely curious. Regards,  Bill  Sent from another Galaxy  I like KR, much like I like many comedians. I don't take him seriously at all. There are so many KR-isms it's great. We need KR, just to be able to laugh at our selve's.  Bill, Are you equating people who use the fame preview lever, with EVF/live view folks? Just curious (and maybe a bit rude) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messsucherkamera Posted November 12, 2012 Share #37 Â Posted November 12, 2012 :D:D Very funny! You do of course realise that I was being as sarcastic as you regarding his photo taking. No disrespect was intended - only good natured ribbing (you are relatively safe, thanks to geographic separation; I am on the same continent with the formidable Mr. Rockwell and may have to enter the FBI witness protection program). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenper Posted November 12, 2012 Share #38  Posted November 12, 2012 ... people who use the fame preview lever....)  Now, THAT´s just what we all need: to get a preview of the fame we hope will come to us in the future....  I can see that KR sees no need for one, however Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted November 12, 2012 Share #39  Posted November 12, 2012 Now, THAT´s just what we all need: to get a preview of the fame we hope will come to us in the future.... I can see that KR sees no need for one, however  Well, there has been people who want a 40mm frame line, and in a "What lens you would like to see?" thread somebody asked for a 43mm lens. AND there has always been complaints about frame lines do not match the image at infinity....  And KR will most likely not like the idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffWright Posted November 12, 2012 Share #40  Posted November 12, 2012 Can you not visualise? I'm not being rude, genuinely curious. Regards,  Bill  Sent from another Galaxy  Resisting the temptation to call that a troll, but would instead refer you to the priceless pic earlier in the thread of Stanley Kubrick using a loupe to visualize a scene. One could hardly argue his mastery of optics, composition, and visualization. Yet he still found the tool useful in his work. I've known some excellent fine art photographers that carry an empty slide mount about with them to assist in framing, all with decades of experience (or at least old enough to remember slide film). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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