Epson rd-1 skewed horizon?

[Rob-F]

Every time I think about getting an Epson, something like this comes up!

 

[Ezzie]

Don't worry, I don't. In my case I've come the (preliminary) conclusion that the framelines are slighty off. If I use the focus patch to line up my horizon it\s not that far off. It's digital after all, and raotating the image afterwards isn't much of a problem. Most captures don't need it, not on mine.

 

[flyalf]

Hi,

have any of you tried with a Spirit Bubble Level in the flash shoe? Or is this in pratice to diffiicult to use because of acuarcy?

Thanks!

 

[Ezzie]

Spirit level works, but mostly if you're using a tripod. Hand held its a pain.

 

[pagpow]

See third post this thread

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=80432

right here in river city

 

[menos]

Ok - I am officially one of the patients too.
It is strange though, I could swear a few days ago, the camera was not off, while yesterday I did some careful framing and had always 3-4º right tilted shots.

I frame my shots intuitively pretty accurate and do very little rotation correction. With the shots from the R-D1 now, it is uncomfortable despite an otherwise very, very satisfying camera.

I work on the funds at the moment, to purchase either my wish lens, a Leica 35 Cron ASPH or a used M8 − 1/8000 and 1.33 crop yay!

I might steer in the M8 direction, which would make experimental self made repair on the EPSON more reasonable ;-)

 

[Ezzie]

A wild guess. Different lens? The fault would be more difficult to compensate for the longer the lens.

 

[Philip Whiteman]

The other gotcha is a rangefinder patch that is not parallel with the framelines: on mine, horizontal alignment is fine so long as one uses the brightlines. With a wide angle lens on the camera and framelines almost out of sight (I wear glasses) the eye goes the the crooked rangefinder patch and image alignment goes to pot.

That said, it does still make nice pictures, and RD-1s are still half the price of M8s (and certainly not half as good!)

 

[menos]

Philip, I am happy, the rangefinder patch is skewed in the opposite direction than the bright lines, as this way, I can remind, to aim in between the bright lines and the rangefinder patch orientation.

I would love precise bright lines in the R-D1 as in my Leica cameras.

 

[Philip Whiteman]

The RD-1 is a bit like one of the classic Jaguar cars; a lovely design that would have been even better if it had been built by Mercedes (or, in the case of the RD-1, Leica!)

 

[menos]

The RD-1 is a bit like one of the classic Jaguar cars; a lovely design that would have been even better if it had been built by Mercedes (or, in the case of the RD-1, Leica!)

Very true - and that is why people, who under normal circumstances would be annoyed by it's "issues" call them "quirks", live with them and love using the camera (me included).

In many respects, the R-D1 is the better digital Leica M (especially ergonomically). In many others, it is just a different Japanese camera.

In any case, it is surprising, that I can not put it away in a shelf, even as a few Leica M are around ;-)

 

[Wallo]

In any case, it is surprising, that I can not put it away in a shelf, even as a few Leica M are around ;-)

The R-D1 is definitely the first digital camera I like even when I'm not using it.

 

[borismach]

same problem with mine...quite annoying...really no solution? omg...

 

[remphoto]

As I have gotten older, I have this problem with many of my photos, whether rangefinder, DSLR or P&S. Think it has something to do with my eyesight. Easily fixed with digital processing, though.

 

[menos]

I do less and less cropping of my photographs. Doing this with the R-D1 is impossible. I live with that for now. It is one VERY big downfall of this camera though and looks incompetent in comparison to my Leica film bodies.

Too bad, there seems to be no cure, especially, as the R-D1 is an very interesting camera to use parallel to Leica.