Eulogy for the RD1s

JSU said:
There is something very appealing to me still about the analog aspects of the R-D1S, particularly the advance lever, and the function of rotating the rear screen inwards and ignoring any image review.
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I feel exactly the same way, although I couldn't always resist having a look a the screen anyway :p. However superfluous it is from a technical point of view, I also like that advance lever: it gives a feeling of "getting ready and all set" for the next shot, and it looks good too; I find the Leica M8 and M9 a bit "empty" on top, but that's just me.

BTW, where did you get 4,294,967,292 posts ? I did a quick calculation: if you started posting when just born, and posted a message every second, without ever stopping, then you are it bit more then 136 years old (a very respectable age indeed for someone working with digital cameras; shouldn't you use a glassplate viewcamera :D ?).

Stefan.
 
umcelinho said:
really nice shots, Stefan!

I liked the harsh BW ones playing with the geometry of things.

and that 12mm is such a joy to use, isnt it? It works so well with the R-D1
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Thanks ! That 12mm seems to be made for the R-D1; I hardly ever used it on a filmcamera, but on the R-D1, it's a nice 18mm and the viewfinder of the VC 15mm fits nearly perfectly.

Stefan.
 
Great to see the camera being put to good use!
I also liked the gritty, film-like b&w images. The ones that push over into posterization and other post-processed effects are not really my cup of tea, but they're interesting too.

My feeling is that the strength of the camera lies in how close the final image is to film - b&w conversions are always really strong, and the color is very close to slide-film imo.

Still, at the moment I'm not missing the camera as I've been solely using my (new to me) M6 - loving getting back to film!

Keep us posted!
 
mani said:
Great to see the camera being put to good use!
I also liked the gritty, film-like b&w images. The ones that push over into posterization and other post-processed effects are not really my cup of tea, but they're interesting too.

My feeling is that the strength of the camera lies in how close the final image is to film - b&w conversions are always really strong, and the color is very close to slide-film imo.

Still, at the moment I'm not missing the camera as I've been solely using my (new to me) M6 - loving getting back to film!

Keep us posted!
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Hi Mani,

These special effects are not my usual thing either; I was just playing around a bit. In fact, I kind of hate those B/W pictures with a touch of green of red (in this case), but this was just to test the public :rolleyes: (any excuse will do) and to see if I could pull it off. I promise it won't happen again :D :angel:!

My M6TTL is getting a bit lonely ...

Stefan.
 
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