First impressions and photos with R-D1

[Epimetheus]

I finally got my R-D1 yesterday after couple of years of dreaming about it. I had to sell two cameras and couple of lenses to finance it but I think it's worth it. I bought it from forum member RichC and it's in great condition and was packed like new.

Unfortunately I only have Jupiter-8 at the moment which seems to back focus badly so my experiments are quite limited. I have Nokton 40mm and Heliar 15mm on order so things are getting better.

Here are some photos from the first walk with it:
http://markuspuustinen.com/galleriat/07/09/photowalking_epson_rd1/


These are just test pictures, art comes later. In the vertical picture with the three pillars I focused on the first one and the last one seems to be in focus. That's how bad the Jupiter-8 is.

There are a lot more to this camera then these few points but these are just some observations I made during my first walk with this camera.

+ The camera is absolutely beautiful. It’s well made in will be a pleasure to own.
+ Shutter sound is very quite which is very nice.
+ It produces more "film like" results then my other digital cameras.
+ High ISO looks better then my DSLR (Konica Minolta Dynax 5D).
- Battery life is ridiculously bad. Good thing I have plenty of them.
- Picasa which I use to organize photos and generate web galleries doesn't recognize Epson files
- ISO is impossible to adjust with gloves on.

 

[mac_wt]

Nice pictures. If these are test shots, they make me curious about the art. Most 'test' shots I've seen around here (including mine) are pictures of brick walls or front porches.

Wim

 

[RichC]

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[Steve Litt]

Great shots-congrats on a fine camera.I use a 40mm cron mostly on my RD-1
and find that focal length fits the 35mmm frame lines really well.enjoy that camera!
Regards
Steve

 

[emraphoto]

- Battery life is ridiculously bad. Good thing I have plenty of them.
i'm suprised to hear that... i can shoot all day (and i mean ALL day) on one battery and generally not have to change (r-d1s). i have three but rarely change during a day.
anyhow, great machine indeed! the 15, r-d1 combo is a sheer pleasure to use out on the street!
here's a 15 shot
http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=18797

 

[Trius]

Markus: Those are really nice. I see the focus issue with the Jupiter on most of the shots, but #3 seems to be fine, so that's a bit curious!

 

[Epimetheus]

I see the focus issue with the Jupiter on most of the shots, but #3 seems to be fine, so that's a bit curious!

Well actually the focus isn’t where I wanted it to be. It’s just luck that some right parts are in focus.