Good new for all of you R-D1 lovers

[LCT]

One does not have to chimp with any camera. I often keep preview turned off on my digi M's, to simulate the effect of shooting the R-D1 with screen closed.

So you never check battery level or remaining shots with your M9? Never change iso either?

 

[punkromance]

Not quite understand. Lens wise, for the same lens the DoF is fixed, regardless of sensor size. View finder magnification does affect yes.

Yeah, depth of field with any lens is the same, but say if you were taking a portrait with a 35/1.4 on both an M9 and an R-D1, if you were the same distance away because of the crop factor the image will be a lot tighter. If you wanted to achieve the exact same composition, you'd have to step quite a bit back when using the R-D1 as it's become an effective 52mm lens. You stepping back increases the distance to your subject and so results in a deeper DoF.

I have an R-D1, and I've used an M9 and to be honest I prefer everything about the Epson except the fact it's not FF. A couple more MP would be nice, but I coped with the 6MP D70 just fine for several years, and I'll cope fine with this too. The biggest problem with it for me is what Simon said: "there just aren't enough fast 21-24mm lenses around, that normal people can afford." I want my 35mm equiv.

 

[kbg32]

I have owned a RD-1. While a fine camera, the M9 blows it out of the water. Nothing is perfect. The RD-1 has its quirks too. Don't know if the M9 you used had the latest firmware updates, but the auto white balance is quite good. I use my M9 pretty hard. I carry it day in and day out. While you find it to be an expensive gadget, I find it to be a hard working camera, as do quite a few "professionals".