Digital BW, The Print

Scott -

That is my impression of Ken Rockwell's contribution
exactly.  For those of us that like a more minimalist
approach, his ideas are very useful and provide a
rational for leaving some of the anal retentive
nerd-futzing behind.  Doing so can allow you to
concentrate more on the art of photography, leaving at
least some of the tedious work to the incredible
technology that is found in a camera like the D-70.

Peter 

--- Scott McLoughlin <scott@...> wrote:
Here is a "non-response" at least to the RAW/JPEG
debate.

IMHO, Ken Rockwell maintains a really useful site for
newbies.
Alot of his critique and "philosophy" is "just go out
and shoot alot
of pictures. Quality stuff is available for reasonable
prices. Don't
sweat too much of the details and the high end stuff
unless/until
you need to."

His colloquial style has a "no nonsense" and sometime
humorous
ring to it that I think appeals to newbies wading
through tons of
gear and films and advice and options for the first
time.

What's nice is that he combines this kind of advice
not on a just a
few pages reserved for "newbs," but includes tons of
info/reviews
on new and used gear, including lots of "short cut"
info for folks
who just don't even want to wade through his own info.

So I don't know the guy, and I'm not defending the
quality of
particular piece of advice he might give. But I do
think he helps alot
of newbs get going and start learning about the hobby
in a "spoonful
of sugar" kind of way.

Scott



		
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