Apologies for those of you who know this already (it was published in 2007!) but it's something I've just stumbled across. This website has a list of statements about Ken along the lines of those that circulate about Chuck Norris. Here's a flavour:
- Ken Rockwell doesn't adjust his DOF, he changes space-time.
- Ken Rockwell doesn't wait for the light when he shoots a landscape - the light waits for him.
- Ken Rockwell never flips his camera in portrait position, he flips the earth
- Ken Rockwell is the only person to have photographed Jesus; unfortunately he ran out of film and had to use a piece of cloth instead.
The passage I liked, though, was this one:
- Before Nikon or Canon releases a camera they go to Ken and they ask him to test them, the best cameras get a Nikon sticker and the less good get a Canon sticker
- Once Ken tested a camera, he said I can't even put Canon on this one, thats how Pentax was born
Sacrilege!
Actually late in 2008 Ken opened a "Pentax section" on his blog at http://kenrockwell.com/pentax/index.htm, and it seems not so against the brand. Please read at http://kenrockwell.com/pentax/35mm/lenses/28mm-f28-smc-a.htm : "Heck, if I had tried these Pentax SMC Lenses back in the 1980s when I switched to Nikon, I just might have gone to Pentax. These are much nicer than Canon's FD lenses."
ReplyDeleteI think Pentax definitively needs a Ken Rockwell, and Nikon and Canon should have a RiceHigh!
Rice who? ;-)
ReplyDelete"I think Pentax definitively needs a Ken Rockwell, and Nikon and Canon should have a RiceHigh!"
ReplyDeleteHA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good one, Mario!
And thanks for pointing me to this list, Bruce. I remember having great laughs with my friends while reading the "facts" about Chuck Norris, Mr T and Jack Bauer.