$150 vs. $5000

I saw this on Ken Rockwell site
Which is Better: a $150 Camera or a $5,000 Camera?
What is your opinion on this?

There's no way to answer that definitively.

My opinion is that Ken Rockwell is and always has been a hack, whose opinion I wouldn't trust on any subject.

"The 16-35mm L lens was set to 35mm, it's sharpest setting,"

This alone made me close the window and go take a piss instead.

Of course a more expensive tool is going to have better functionality and quality but we all know that the photographer is the most important component so its really a silly question and I agree that Ken Rockwell's ideas are not worth the webspace.

I answered the OP's question within the thread in the poll, not the question at the top of the poll. Being different questions is confusing. If I had paid more attention I would have voted "No" grr.

Here is maybe why Ken Rockwell got the results he did:
Ken Rockwell said: "Why is this? Simple: I set the exposure compensation to -1.0 on the A530 to get the correct exposure. I guessed wrong on the 5D and left it at my usual -2/3 setting."

A bad Guess!

evandavies wrote in post #2323535
the photographer is the most important component

evandavies,
I agree!

John_B wrote in post #2323551
Here is maybe why Ken Rockwell got the results he did:
Ken Rockwell said: "Why is this? Simple: I set the exposure compensation to -1.0 on the A530 to get the correct exposure. I guessed wrong on the 5D and left it at my usual -2/3 setting."

A bad Guess!

Not only that, whoever said a more expensive camera take better photos ? That's like a more expensive pan can grill a better steak. Rubbish, its the photograher that takes the picture. He messed up the shot in the 5D, period.

Man, he's got a lot of time on his hands to do a stupid review like that.

Ken Rockwell is generally regarded as an idiot. He is infamous for comparing apples to oranges. He once compared a 6mp ccd to a 220 negative just to prove that film could out-resolve digital.

Downsizing a photo to less than 1 MP will hide almost all the differences in image quality.

Everytime you click on his stupid site he wins.

He's a moron. He has nothing constructive to say. That article was created to generate flames and clicks.

Don't bother and don't waste your time.

People who do reviews and don't have the two cameras to use on a regular basis, should be banned from reviewing them from one set of pictures. I happen to have both those cameras on the review and I have to say, the little 530 is amazing. It's color and contrast are very nice for such an inexpensive camera. But DSLR's are not for the average user and yes, like other pro equipment, takes learning and processing (film stuff included). So, it's like comparing apples to oranges and should be ignored. And Doc, I agree. I can't believe I clicked on it.

Every time one of us goes to read it, he makes money .