anyone using a 12 on the rd1?

I use to have one for my rd1, and it was a really neat lens. I had bought it for a client's summer long project, and when that project ended I couldn't justify keeping it. Sean Reid, in his review shows that it vignettes much less than the 15mm. The finder was oh so very bright--much brighter than reality.

--michael
 
I use to have it on my RD-1 and it was great. I confirm that it vignettes a lot less than the 15mm on the RD-1.

It is a great lens but it was too slow for me.
 
Quite a fun lens. I have some images on R-D1 and film.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/ngminchai/sets/72157607470765021/

Cheers,
 
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I have one because it came with my second hand R-D1 even though I hadn't planned on buying one. I am still struggling with it, but find it very much fun.

At first, I was bit irritated at the fact that the lens is not coupled to the range finder. However, this turned out to be a non-issue.

Here are some samples: For the first one I didn't bother to use the viewfinder.
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The second one took place in some really ghastly lighting conditions. You can see what the lens does with fine details outlined against the bright windows.
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The third one shows some noticeable distortions.
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All three are uncropped images, just re-scaled. In the middle one I adjusted the brightess a tiny bit.
 
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Got the 12 and it is mounted on my R-D1 pretty much all the time now. I just love it, feels like the 15 on my film camera. With the R-D1's good high iso I can take some night shots with not much difficult, amazing for f5.6!

great detail
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performs well in contrasty situations, it was really bright on the beach
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surprisingly good low light capability with high iso
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popsch, really liked the cat photo!
 
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