has anyone 'famous' used an rd1?

I was gonna mention a Dutch photographer that traveled along with a documentary film crew.....but I forgot his name....which kinda beats the purpose of posting this. Buzzardkid posted a link to his R-D1 work a few months back. He's not famous but at least he's known.
 
I´ve seen evidence of it being used professionally, but not exactly prolifically. Had the VF alignment issues been solved it would no doubt have seen more use and abuse as a pro tool. The up-side is that they are now available for us enthusiasts at a third (or less) of what the sold for initially.
 
HCB would have ... unfortunately the camera arrived a little late for him but as a digital it would have to have been his prefered choice IMO. :)
 
I know of a Newsweek photographer who was using two of them for a short time. This was about seven years ago. Nick Ut had one also.
 
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