First shot with the Epson
First shot with the Epson
In my opinion the "first shot" is clearly aligned to what you are feeling in this special moment.
Even if bought as second hand, buying a digital rangefinder is a sort of investment.
I felt hungry afterwards (one Epson means 10 dinners or so with my wife in a fancy restaurant in Duesseldorf), plus: I have had no lenses. So I took a Jupiter 12 with Contax bajonet from the shelf, and went into the kitchen...
...held it in front of the Epson and tried out. And was whoowed. If a handheld device could do this (in parameters of sharpness and so on, not in motive...).
Concerning the bad pixels - if you know that they are existing, you will have a mental problem. How to fix? There is a pretty good step by step guide by forum member "jlw":
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5854
I want to have control over the whole process, that's the main issue why going the rangefinder route. Bad pixels have been a natters and tatters theme from the first LCD computer screen on, so what? Apple Computer said in those days: Warranty from 4 bad pixels on. I have had always a maximun of 4 of these sel lightning midgets with my old PowerBooks. No warranty, but why are they just THERE?
Needless to discuss, find other routes!
Have you heard any complaints from Robert Capa during D-Day concerning "silver lacks on the upper right side of this ISO 400 film"? His CONTAX works perfectly, the workflow afterwards not...
Be a man, and stand by yourself.
Concerning the guide mentioned above, it works perfectly, since then I only have to count sheeps to fell into sleep - electric sheeps, of course, following Phillip K. Dick ;-)
So far for the moment,
Andreas
PS: By the way, back alley, I love your nice Apple PowerBook workplace. Clean and sober, remembers to a monks cell.
