Interrupting Moss posted:

As a testament to the man's madness, I did not immediately dismiss this as a joke.

K-Rock posted:

With digital, no one can get their cameras to go. Half the time the pictures don't take when you press the button. Maybe there's no card in the camera, maybe you have it set wrong, or maybe the battery is dead. Good luck, sucker!

If you can get the camera to work, good luck trying to figure out how to set it. There are hundreds of garbage features in its menu system, so you never can get to the two or three features that actually do something useful.

FasterThanLight posted:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/about.htm#lefty

His proof that the lefty elephant penis F100 is real is the fact that he wears his watch upside down, apparently.

quote:

“You Cannot Be Serious”

According to a disclaimer on his website, Ken has mentioned that while writing articles, he often makes mistakes deliberately. A lot of his statements are practical jokes, and anyone reading his site must have a sense of humour to spot these ‘mistakes’. “I do these deliberate gaffes because they are fun!” says Ken.

The website has a photograph of Ken holding what seems to be a “left-handed” Nikon F100 camera. He decided to tell people that it is a custom-made left-handed camera that Nikon were kind enough to gift him. “In reality, of course, it is a regular camera whose picture I flipped around, because it looked better on the webpage’s layout!” With the constant scrutiny that surrounds his articles, his readers send him over a thousand emails even if he gets one product specification wrong. “But when I play these elaborate practical jokes, everybody believes me!” he laughs.

Interrupting Moss posted:

I'm absolutely convinced he's the photography world's equivalent of Fox News: saying whatever it takes to get the most viewers excited one way or the other so they'll keep coming back.

In other words: a troll to behold.

spog posted:

I think he deliberately has opinions that he knows will wind people up.

In other words, he's not an idiot, he is a clever troll. Let's face it, he gets quoted a lot more than people with sensible/mainstream opinions.

psylent posted:

psylent posted:

quote:

even had a veterinarian friend in Africa who specializes in elephant care send me some phallus hide from the Loxodonta Africana (known for its flexibility and grip when wet)

psylent posted:

Leyendecker posted:

Everyone should read the entire "Everything New Sucks" just since it's the single greatest Dorkroom troll we'll ever experience but the digital camera section was too good not to highlight:


Gerddamn digital cameras not takin the pictures when I tell em to and forgetting the memory card. Gerddamn menus too complicated THE NINETEEN EIGHTIES i tell ya

brad industry posted:

Which one of you did this

Private Label posted:

It was "Criticizing Photographs" by Terry Barrett. Which I still have yet to finish.

Mannequin posted:

This is insane and awesome!



It's a whole collection of old photos taken while put back into the scene, if that makes sense. Check it out.


I think my favorite is this one:

Nondo posted:

National Geographic / Light painting Stonehenge

Mannequin posted:

On an unrelated note, looks like the official White House photographers are now using tilt/shift lenses as part of their arsenal. (Also, they all shoot with Canon 5D Mk II's):

FasterThanLight posted:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/about.htm#lefty

His proof that the lefty elephant penis F100 is real is the fact that he wears his watch upside down, apparently.

Bahama.Llama posted:

So I never actually knew what this guy looked like... but wanted to see for myself. Yup... that's a flash on a super tele.

In other news, he wears his watch upside down. The watch face looks shopped though: http://www.kenrockwell.com/Images/KenLens3k.jpg

HPL posted:

Must be a Republican photographer, being a fan of small government and all.