Has anyone gotten their registration gift?

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When I registered, Epson said that I would be getting a bonus gift with a case and some other stuff. Anyone hear about the status of that giveaway?
 
Nope. Same as the prior poster. Bought the camera in early December, no word since then. I registered online (as they mentioned online would work just as well as the paper registration for the gift).
 
I think I'll hold off on registering mine until people actually receive their gifts, so that I know it's not just a marketing ploy to scam me for my information.
 
I just received my "registration gift" today. The Tamrac bag and Element CD came as advertised, along with a "certificate of authenticity." It states "The World's First Digital Rangefinder Camera" along with my serial number AND Date of Manufacturing. My serial # is 181X and manufactured on Oct. 13th, 2004. Also it has 3 hand signed signatures by CEO of Epson America, Gerneral Manager and Manager of Seiko Epson Corporation.
 
When did you send it off? And did you send it by mail or electronically? Thanks and congrats!
 
I got my bag today. I had mentioned something in the dpreview.com Epson forum, and Phil Amato from Epson handled it. He stated that you must fill in the serial # of the camera and your proper address or the gift won't be sent.

BTW, the bag is great for taking the R-D1 and my 20D and two lenses around. If I want to shoot both formats in a trip, it's perfect. My 17-85mm lens fits nicely in the little cubby, the 20D rides on the left, and the Epson R-D1 and lenses fit below (at 1/3 of the size of the rest of the kit)!

Ken
 
I wonder what they will do when you have gotten a replacement camera and filled the online regs twice. Maybe two bags!
Cheers,
Chris
 
I've received mine. Came about two weeks ago, if I remember correctly.

The bag is nice, but I don't have enough R-D 1 stuff to fill it!
 
Thanks -- I decided to register online. One can never have enough camera bags. :D Andrew, you can try doing the same to see if Epson sends you any freebies.
 
krimple said:
BTW, the bag is great for taking the R-D1 and my 20D and two lenses around. If I want to shoot both formats in a trip, it's perfect. My 17-85mm lens fits nicely in the little cubby, the 20D rides on the left, and the Epson R-D1 and lenses fit below (at 1/3 of the size of the rest of the kit)!

Ken
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Oh no, I was afraid of that! If the bag fits both the 20D and the R-D1, it is too big for the R-D1. I thought as much by looking at the picture but I couldn't tell the dimensions of the bag. I was hoping it was a small bag. I bought the R-D1 to get away from carrying the 20D. I certainly don't want to carry both cameras at the same time.

Does anyone know of a good small bag for he R-D1, that would fit a couple of lenses, and batteries, that's it. I have the LowePro Stealth Reporter 200, which I bought as a small bag for the 20D, but I feel it is too large for the R-D1.

Larry
 
I've got a Tamrac belt bag that's perfect for the R-D1. It holds the camera body with one lens mounted plus one other lens in the main compartment, and batteries and memory cards in the front compartment.

The model number isn't marked on it, and I couldn't find it in Tamrac's online catalog, so am attaching a picture in case you want to have a hunt.
 
I bought a small army surplus "bread bag" almost exactly the dimensions of the R-D1 + Leica 35/1.4 ASPH + hood. It's burlap and provides zero cushioning, but with the strap around my torso the R-D1 rests up tightly against my side, and the whole bag disappears beneath my jacket with very little bulge when I'm out prowling the streets.

I have a few different padded bag/backpack options for the 20D (or when I take both cameras along) but if I had a pocket big enough for the R-D1 in my jacket, I'd just drop the camera in there instead. The "bread bag" was the closest alternative. I got the R-D1 so I don't have to use it with a "real" camera bag in the first place! (YMMV of course.)
 
I registered with Epson HK already, but there was not a word about gift at all. I use Domke 803 for my R-D1. It will take the R-D1 with a lens attached, and there is space left a an Epson P-2000 and a few more lens.
 
I was looking into getting an Epson P-2000 -- you can't zoom in on the R-D1 files when you're shooting in raw mode, right? And does it incorporate your "film" settings in the view for raw files (for example, if you have it set on black and white)?
 
When you view a raw file on the P-2000, it is the Jpeg thumbnail that you are looking at. Therefore, you cannot zoom into it like you can with Jpeg files, but it retains the film settings that you shot with. If you shoot in the B&W mode, the thumbnail is also in B&W.
 
I Have the perfect bag for you...

I Have the perfect bag for you...

Larry Kellogg said:
Does anyone know of a good small bag for he R-D1, that would fit a couple of lenses, and batteries, that's it. I have the LowePro Stealth Reporter 200, which I bought as a small bag for the 20D, but I feel it is too large for the R-D1.
Larry
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It is an odd choice of bag for a leica-style shooter, unless you have 10 lenses and a visoflex laying around that you always want to take with you...

I have a TREMENDOUS bag for you. It's the Tamrac Velocity 2. A small messenger pouch with two dividers, you can fit 2 lenses like the 50 Nokton or the 28 Ultron on either side, and a pancake or heliar lens in the middle at the bottom, then put the camera with another lens facing downward on top.

The side pouch is useful for the battery. The front pouch holds my tiny little flash (an auto model from sunpack), the finder for the 15, and the filters. There is not a web pouch on the inside of the top flap, but there is a nice pouch on the front of the outer pocket that is great for ditching a polarizer I'm not using right now. I can also jam my Leica CL in there with a body cap as it fits in one of the pouches.

It's the perfect bag for bringing most, if not all, of your leica gear. Otherwise I'd just take either a bag to carry the 35 f/2.5 and the camera (little digital pouch works) or put the lenses in my coat pockets.
 
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