Ken Rockwell is unimpressed

[Dis]

http://kenrockwell.com/fuji/x-pro2.htm

To those who don't know Ken's reviews, don't take his words literally. He loves to exaggerate his real impressions.

[Stealthy Ninja]

 

I would not buy any Fuji for photos of places and things; Nikon and Canon each have far superior color rendition.

 

 

That's highly debatable   

 

KR isn't to be taken seriously, that's for sure.  He's a bit of a troll.

[Fred4hp]

Ken strikes again. He does not like the EVF, the color for landscapes etc., Of course he also bumps up his saturation in any of his landscape photos, even Canon and Nikon shots. Hey Ken, use raw and process your shots however you like.

[R0land]

hmmm...he prefers his X100T ?!
Looks like he missed the point

[Tommyboy]

Meh.

[greatwhite]

One minute he is knocking Leica then in another he is recommending them. No consistency so I just read his tests occasionally just for a laugh. If I had followed his advice I would have a very odd outfit. 

[deva]

I find Ken's reviews helpful... not so much his personal conclusions, but the info he provides. When I first tried my X-Pro2, I discovered the same thing. The auto brightness on the EVF is crap. It goes from washed out to too dark. I turned it off and have left it off since.

 

He is also right about the area af focus. I mostly shoot single focus point because it too often gets it wrong. 

 

I read a number of X-Pro2 reviews that did not mention these things. His review of the good and bad about the X-Pro2 is accurate. Now all his stuff about who a pro is, what they want, and his subjective conclusions, I mostly consider to be noise in otherwise useful reviews. 

[Max_Elmar]

Ken is a goofball, but he puts a good bit of info out there and it can be useful info. The reviews themselves border on clickbait.  Entertaining, perhaps. Hey, it's his opinion and he's entitled to it. Before you give any weight to his evaluation of color, go look at his work and you'll understand where he's coming from. I would describe it as lurid. Or exaggerated. Perhaps bat-shit crazy. Maybe that look sells in SoCal. I actually like it sometimes, but generally not my thing. But there is good info in there when it can be separated from the clickbait in which it is embedded.

[mdm]

Ken Rockwell... hmm, I know one guy... and he wants to be the President...

Edited June 5, 2016 by mdm

[adzman808]

It's all tongue in cheek, and he's generally quite disparaging (in one way or another) about most cameras...

 

Plus... By and large... He's not that wrong about things....

 

For example, the X-T10 does represent better VFM than the pro2...

 

He likes leica... But he pokes fun at them... He seems to poke fun at most cameras...

 

It's entertainment at the end of the day...

 

I bet when Huff eventually reviews it, we all like that review even less

[Phil]

"I prefer Fujifilm's X-T10 which adds a built-in flash. It weighs less, too."

 

Therefore, X-T10 > X Pro2. Ken Rockwell in a nutshell.  

[EddieX]

Ken is an idiot and I won't click on his website so that he gets no ad revenue from me. I have said this before moving from Canon to Fuji.

Edited June 6, 2016 by EddieX

[Dis]

Ken is an idiot...

KR is quite successful blogger. Thus he is not an idiot by any means. Nevertheless in order to synthesize not an idiotic advice from his article, you already have to know a lot, which makes the advice quite useless. There are lot's of correct, wrong and exaggerated info on the website so one has to sort very carefully.

[johant]

It's funny how people like KR when he talks favourable about their gear, and how they dislike him when he talks down their brand.

 

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[JaapD]

If Ken is unimpressed then it starts becoming an interesting product, at least something worth to consider for you and me.

 

The thing is that 'Ken' generates traffic. We're discussing him, some are visiting his website, and this is exactly what he tries to achieve. Nothing else! He is not interested in having a correct opinion himself and why should he? It would result in less traffic and be counter effective.

[Aswald]

That's it! I'm ditching my XPro2!

[immo_p]

Interesting review...although a lot of copy & paste on the viewfinder. Do not agree on the landscape colors for Fuji in general. But in most cases, he has some fair points about each camera he reviews, and a lot of subjective exaggerations and complaints that are not consistent. He for sure knows how to stay interesting and drive traffic...

[Aswald]

It's just his personal opinion at best......some are on point. I kinda stopped taking him too seriously when I bought the Nikon D7000 that he claimed was the best crop factor dslr in the world at that point in time. It was everything but!

 

I was already using my 5Dc and I was utterly disappointed with his recommendation.

 

He's still a good read once in a while.

[Sella174]

Hey Ken, use raw and process your shots however you like.

 

When you pay for a camera what you pay for an X-Pro2, then some of us darn well expect it to create excellent images straight out of the camera; otherwise then just buy an entry-level DSLR and use top-tier lenses.

 

 

One minute he is knocking Leica then in another he is recommending them. No consistency ...

 

Every considered the possibility that a manufacturer might make an excellent product and a real piece of dung at the same time or as a follow-up product? Rockwell apparently isn't a brand fanatic, but appears to evaluate each product on its own merit.

[BarryLaw]

Ken Rockwell is unimpressed with the X-Pro 2....

 

....and I have always been unimpressed with Ken Rockwell, so do the math...

 

Ken unimpressed with XPro2  x  me unimpressed with Ken  =  impressed with XPro2  

 

(negative times a negative = a positive kinda thing) 

[neon]

Ken is the absolute embodiment of selfdeclared expertism. Like a lot of so called "expert users and reviewers" on the web, it seems that making a distinction between facts and personal opinions/taste is rather difficult.

 

Especially the overdone statements and grandiloquence really make his reviews distrustworthy. It is such a shame, since his experience with a wide range of equipment could make him a great benchmarker. Now, people get mislead and his reviews are full off disputable statements.

[pictoseb]

Sorry for those who like him but I read his articles like I would read a tabloid magazine; The point of view from a fanboy who does snapshots and care more about the hits on his website than gear.

[jmai86]

Ken is a bit hyperbolic, and his views are often a bit out of touch, but I'm still glad his website exists, for several reasons.

 

- His product photography is top notch, and a valuable resource for me in checking out new gear in glorious detail.

- His "reviews" have info that I can easily glean, that I cannot get in a consistent manner anywhere else. # of aperture blades, consistent flare, sunstar, macro testing, etc.

- He is obviously passionate about what he does, and I can't fault a man for that. Whether his views agree with mine are irrelevant. \

- The target audience for his blog is not you or me, it is for the average consumer. When viewed in this light, his "reviews" make a little more sense. 

 

All that being said though, I will readily agree that his skill is lacking and his views on photography to be head scratching very often. I cringe at the photos he produces, all crunched through Perfectly Clear and totally destroyed. 

 

Also, I'm new to the forum! Hello!

Edited June 9, 2016 by jmai86

[johant]

 

 

Ken Rockwell is unimpressed with the X-Pro 2....

 

....and I have always been unimpressed with Ken Rockwell, so do the math...

But he drives a nicer car paid from his reviews than I can from my daytime job.

 

The guy must obviously do something right

 

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[pictoseb]

- The target audience for his blog is not you or me, it is for the average consumer. When viewed in this light, his "reviews" make a little more sense. 

 

I have to agree with you on that.