Am I mad?

[willie_901]

M mount glass will have litte appeal to us toy camera users. We prefer toy lenses to produce toy images.

I see no reason to ever buy another M mount lens.

 

[Keith]

Do they actually come on the market for $600 or is reality around the $1000+ mark?

Michael

I felt I was very fortunate to pick mine up here for $850. It's not 'mint' and I had to adjust the rangefinder but after watching and seldom seeing them below $1100 I'm well pleased. That said I believe the price I paid represents the true value of a camera with a ten year old 6 megapixel sensor. A real beater should go for a fair bit less.

A large part of this camera's success in holding a relatively high value is it's obvious charisma IMO.

 

[Cagliostro73]

I was very lucky in finding mine. € 600 and 250 shutter count. Almost mint. You are not mad, man. You would be mad to loose a chance to have one.
Look in Italy on the bay. Now there's one at 700 euros...
Good luck.

 

[donz]

It would be good if I can get RD1 at below the $1000..like Keith said, something that is old at 6mp ..should not be to high in price..technology run very fast!

now where is the best place to find them ? LOL

 

[gilpen123]

My favorite in the RD1 is a 35 which is 50ish in the crop. The 90 is workable just shoot a little further to have a good estimate of the framing. Here's some sample with the 90.

 

[donz]

very nice indeed!
How long u own the Rd1?

 

[gilpen123]

Had my 1st RD1 sometime 2009 sold it in 2011 got an M8.2 sold it then get the RD1x in 2011. All in all around 3 years.

 

[djonesii]

not crazy at all

not crazy at all

An RD-1 is still the cheapest way into a digital rangefinder.

Epson hit the sweet spot with that sensor implementation, some how, it shines well above its contemporaries, and even holds well against the next generations.

The price you pay is that you have little ability to crop i.e. be a good photographer, and it wont matter!

I sold mine off because I did not use it much, but it gave me a great deal of pleasure when I did shoot with it, post processing those images was a pleasure, the RF slow and think methods seem to give me better photos.

If you have the cash, go for it! If it is at the expense of another system, I just could not justify it.

Dave

 

[Out to Lunch]

It would be good if I can get RD1 at below the $1000..like Keith said, something that is old at 6mp ..should not be to high in price..technology run very fast!

now where is the best place to find them ?

The best Epson R-D1's are to be found in Japan since Epson focused it's marketing of the camera in that country. Add the fact that the Japanese take good care of their gear. I've found two mint R-D1's in that country. Not for under USD 1000 though.