Reviews, Good and Poor

CEBlueclouds

WestEndFoto said:

WestEndFoto said:

Another misleading at best, deceptive at worst, review from Ken Rockwell:

https://kenrockwell.com/fuji/x-mount-lenses/50mm-f1.htm

I respond:
Sure, there are lots of ways. Just buy a 1.4 from Canon, Nikon or Sony.

I believe people take ken rockwell more seriously them he does himself....his website says its all....see extracts below..

"This website is a work of fiction, entirely the product of my own imagination and personal opinion. To use words of Ansel Adams on page 193 of his autobiography, this site is my "aggressive personal opinion," and not a "logical presentation of fact."
"I never intended it this way, but search engines found this personal information, and I've become the world's largest and most influential independent source of photography information. Even the world's largest printed photography magazine has less readership than this website. Oddly, my little notes are read more than the work of any other photography author in history. Strange, but true".

and some more extracts...

"I continue to do this site all by myself for fun — probably the last remaining 1990's for-fun website that hasn't sold out to other interests. Even though it has become popular, presumably because so many people find it helpful, it is still run just for fun. I am this site's only author. I have no one to proofread, spell check or fact check for me, so there will always be errors and omissions. Apparently the world finds my opinions very useful, but remember, they are the opinions of one man. I have a big sense of humor, and do this site to entertain you (and myself), as well as to inform and to educate. I occasionally weave fiction and satire into my stories to keep them interesting. I love a good hoax. Read The Museum of Hoaxes, or see their site. A hoax, like some of the things I do on this website, is done as a goof simply for the heck of it by overactive minds as a practical joke. Even Ansel Adams kidded around when he was just a pup in the 1920s by selling his photos as "Parmelian Prints." I have the energy and sense of humor of a three-year old, so remember, this is a personal website, and never presented as fact. I enjoy making things up for fun, as does The Onion, and I publish them here — even on this page."

all taken from his website ...under About Ken Rockwell

WestEndFoto

CEBlueclouds said:

WestEndFoto said:

WestEndFoto said:

Another misleading at best, deceptive at worst, review from Ken Rockwell:

https://kenrockwell.com/fuji/x-mount-lenses/50mm-f1.htm

I respond:
Sure, there are lots of ways. Just buy a 1.4 from Canon, Nikon or Sony.

I believe people take ken rockwell more seriously them he does himself....his website says its all....see extracts below..

"This website is a work of fiction, entirely the product of my own imagination and personal opinion. To use words of Ansel Adams on page 193 of his autobiography, this site is my "aggressive personal opinion," and not a "logical presentation of fact."
"I never intended it this way, but search engines found this personal information, and I've become the world's largest and most influential independent source of photography information. Even the world's largest printed photography magazine has less readership than this website. Oddly, my little notes are read more than the work of any other photography author in history. Strange, but true".

and some more extracts...

"I continue to do this site all by myself for fun — probably the last remaining 1990's for-fun website that hasn't sold out to other interests. Even though it has become popular, presumably because so many people find it helpful, it is still run just for fun. I am this site's only author. I have no one to proofread, spell check or fact check for me, so there will always be errors and omissions. Apparently the world finds my opinions very useful, but remember, they are the opinions of one man. I have a big sense of humor, and do this site to entertain you (and myself), as well as to inform and to educate. I occasionally weave fiction and satire into my stories to keep them interesting. I love a good hoax. Read The Museum of Hoaxes, or see their site. A hoax, like some of the things I do on this website, is done as a goof simply for the heck of it by overactive minds as a practical joke. Even Ansel Adams kidded around when he was just a pup in the 1920s by selling his photos as "Parmelian Prints." I have the energy and sense of humor of a three-year old, so remember, this is a personal website, and never presented as fact. I enjoy making things up for fun, as does The Onion, and I publish them here — even on this page."

all taken from his website ...under About Ken Rockwell

I have often wondered what his intention behind this is. Perhaps it is true, or he thinks it gives him the ability to say, "I was just joking." when he gets caught making a mistake.

In all seriousness, people can be funny if they want. The challenge is the novice thinking some of this is true. I can just hear them retorting, "I bought crop sensor so I can get f/1.0 which is better than the best Canon can do, f/1.2."

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Judging Rockwell on less than the entirety of his work product, whether or not there are "hoaxes", is unfair. I have not identified any hoaxes, and I think he would be forthright when resorting to this behavior. His referenced statement should not be used to rationalize his comparing two different zoom lenses at widest aperture as "deceptive".

If you look at Rici's videos, I didn't view his comparison of a 50mm S prime with the very special 24-70 F2.8S at widest apertures as "deceitful". Actually it was interesting to see that the 50mm at F1.8S was considerably sharper than the zoom wide open, while the Zoom outshone both the 24S and 35S in similar comparisons. I see no inherent "lies" in this work.

Diglloyd's (sorry for the redundancy) most recent discussion points about Nikon Z lenses, favor many (all?) of the Z lenses as true APOs, something Nikon seems not be promoting. He speaks of Leica APO designation as Faux.

Whether or not some Nikkor microcontrast is lost due to software enhancements is probably of much less important to most users. This APO quality is rather revolutionary, IMHO. Anyone who shoots wide open should take note.