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Ken Rockwell for bicycles - but good?

"but good"? Have I missed something? I still occasionally use Rockwell as a bit of a reference (even if slightly dated).

So have I. But when he gives tips like "just turn your white balance nice and yellow for warm pictures" its functional but not very adept. Other than that I strongly suspect that some of the gear reviews has been done with having said equipment.

He gives advice like "no one uses a tripod anymore" then a few months later a glowing review of a tripod appears. What should you make of that?

IMO that's just a change in taste. IT happened to me as well on more than one occasion when You try something new, or just something You haven't bothered to re-try for a few years.

For me, Rockwell is basically an encyclopedia of practical data on lenses (I don't even use him much for camera bodies). Same as Sheldon's site is an encyclopedia of data on bikes. I use them both when I want to figure out how big / heavy / compatible with X something is. Much as I wouldn't bother trying to look up "is X good for me" on Sheldon's site, I wouldn't do so at Rockwell either.

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