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05-01-2012
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I just can't seem to part with my R-D1. I've toyed with the idea of an M9, and now the Fuji Xpro1. But I just love the R-D1 too much, it is just too cool. I think the quality of the files is better than anything else I've had. They need so little work and the b&w conversions are spectacular. I do wish for a larger sensor though, and better higher iso.
That said, I do have the fuji x100 and I'm really enjoying it and the IQ is also amazing. But I'm more into 50mm than 35mm, so I'm still unsure of my next move. If there were an R-D2, that would be my choice...
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05-01-2012
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#127
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Maybe not but it gives me a 75mm perspective when I'm shooting ... I think you're splitting hairs here. I understand exactly what the camera's sensor is doing to the 50mm's image circle ... thanks!
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05-01-2012
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#128
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I tried an R-D1 but found it rather clumsy to use. The M8/M9 handling proves far superior for me.
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05-01-2012
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#129
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Cock the shutter, expose, focus then shoot. How can that be so clumsy, Most of us came from film Ms, that's how we do it.
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05-01-2012
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#130
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Stewart McBride
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Originally Posted by willie_901
Uh... Perspective depends only on the lens-subject distance.
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I think we'd established that, but some folk seem to find focal length and field of view difficult
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05-01-2012
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#131
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Rapid-fire shutter cocking just looks cool. Where are you going to see that anymore (yeah besides your empty film camera)?
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05-01-2012
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#132
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Originally Posted by SteveM(PA)
Rapid-fire shutter cocking just looks cool. Where are you going to see that anymore (yeah besides your empty film camera)?
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A lot of us still have film cameras with film in and out of it. |
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05-01-2012
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#133
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AE lock by the shutter release button is a Leica feature i would dream to have on the R-D1.
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Originally Posted by gilpen123
Cock the shutter, expose, focus then shoot. How can that be so clumsy, Most of us came from film Ms, that's how we do it.
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05-01-2012
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#134
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Originally Posted by willie_901
Uh... Perspective depends only on the lens-subject distance.
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What a bunch of nit pickers! I was using the term perspective fairly loosely and not in a pure optical sense ... meaning I have a personal perspective of using a 75mm focal length when framing and composing through the RD-1's finder with a 50mm lens. 
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05-01-2012
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I was think of replacing the RD-1 by other newer cameras, like GXR, nex.....or xpro1.
But R-D1 is the only camera which allows me to shoot in the same way as my film leicas. For the reason, I won't quit it.
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05-01-2012
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Originally Posted by roundg
I was think of replacing the RD-1 by other newer cameras, like GXR, nex.....or xpro1.
But R-D1 is the only camera which allows me to shoot in the same way as my film leicas. For the reason, I won't quit it.
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That was the first thing I noticed ... how much like a film camera the Epson is to use. To me the M8, as nice as it was, never felt this way. Amazing what the addition of an advance lever and a a reversable rear screen can do for your state of mind when shooting. I find myself shooting a similar amount of exposures to a roll of film every time I use it but seldom many more!
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05-02-2012
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From what I've seen so far the Epson R-D1 is a extremely cool camera. Epson seem's to have made a great design bringing together the operational qualities of a film camera with the instant results of a digital - inspired!
Personally I would most likely choose this over a digital Leica just because of the advance lever concept - Leica's are still great though!
I wouldn't choose the fuji just because they're not rangefinders, I'm sure they are fantastic cameras but I like rangefinder focusing - the feel of it.
Have Epson ever made an updated model to the R-D1?
Was the R-D1 a success when it was first released?
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05-02-2012
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#138
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The R-D1 was too expensive when it was first released. EUR 3,000 in Europe. Also it had RF misalignment issues that Epson tried to fix by glueing some screws of the rangefinder in the R-D1s. Successors to the R-D1 were R-D1s and R-D1x.
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05-02-2012
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#139
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Is it so hard to just take apart an RD1 and just stick a new sensor in there?
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05-02-2012
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#140
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Many thanks for the info LCT.
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05-02-2012
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Is it so hard to just take apart an RD1 and just stick a new sensor in there?
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It would be profoundly difficult. |
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05-02-2012
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#142
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Many thanks for the info LCT.
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05-02-2012
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You can't just "stick in a new sensor". You'd need everything redesigned, new electronic boards, new clock rates, new processors.
The sensor wouldn't even physically fit. Sensors cannot be swapped like light bulbs.
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Is it so hard to just take apart an RD1 and just stick a new sensor in there?
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05-02-2012
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#144
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Stewart McBride
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Originally Posted by I Love Film
You can't just "stick in a new sensor". You'd need everything redesigned, new electronic boards, new clock rates, new processors.
The sensor wouldn't even physically fit. Sensors cannot be swapped like light bulbs.
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Why? one can with film .... and that's a really old technology now
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05-08-2012
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#145
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has not been gone long and already having sellers remorse .....
Just reviewed the photo of my son in the RD-1 image thread and compared to the G3, the process of making the photo is just so different
Dave
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05-23-2012
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#146
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Now after reading this thread for 6 pages...and never seen or heard about R-d1..I think Im going to find the used one ...
Always heard about M8..but this beauty looks amazing...maybe i can still live with the 6.1mp ....even my samsung galaxy at 8mp..lol
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05-23-2012
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Originally Posted by donz
Now after reading this thread for 6 pages...and never seen or heard about R-d1..I think Im going to find the used one ...
Always heard about M8..but this beauty looks amazing...maybe i can still live with the 6.1mp ....even my samsung galaxy at 8mp..lol
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It's a fun camera ... 6.1 megapixels is a bit weeny but the RD-1 is more than the sum of its megapixel count.
Anyway ... as we all know it's not the size that counts, it's how you use it!
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05-24-2012
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#148
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someone earlier in this thread mentioned that when he goes out with his r-d1, even though it's a digital camera he takes about the same amount of pics he would with a film camera.
i find when i go out shooting it turns out the same way.
the r-d1 really slows down your mind and makes things a bit more contemplative. the camera itself is not slow, it can photograph just about as fast as you can wind the lever.
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05-24-2012
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#149
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paradoxbox
...the camera itself is not slow, it can photograph just about as fast as you can wind the lever.
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Within the limits of the small buffer. In raw mode, 3 shots and wait... |
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