How many of you have had problems with your Epson R-D1?

How many of you have had problems with your Epson R-D1?

  • No problems

    Votes: 101 40.7%

  • Rangefinder out of alignment

    Votes: 77 31.0%

  • Frame lines not level

    Votes: 25 10.1%

  • Hot pixels

    Votes: 48 19.4%

  • other problem

    Votes: 37 14.9%

  • 1st Camera was a winner.

    Votes: 65 26.2%

  • 2nd Camera was a winner.

    Votes: 14 5.6%

  • 3rd Camera was a winner.

    Votes: 4 1.6%

  • 4th Camera was a winner.

    Votes: 3 1.2%

  • 5th Camera was a winner.

    Votes: 4 1.6%
  • Total voters
    248
The shutter died on mine after less than three months, sent it back for repair, I should get it back tomorrow.
I really hoped they repaired it instead of replacing, because on mine the focus is spot-on (even with a Noctilux at f1) and no dead pixels.
 
No dead pixels....that's always impressive. Good luck with the shutter.

Cheers,

Sean
 
No problems out of the box. No hot pixels. Framelines appear to be level. Focus appears to be correct (tested close-up w/Noctilux @ f/1). However, since I've only had it for a week, I'll have to see if any longer-term issues turn up (e.g., RF or framelines getting knocked out of alignment, shutter problems, etc.).

FWIW, as a point of comparison, my Leica M6 TTL 0.85 (purchased in mint condition from Photo Village) developed a film advance problem after 2 1/2 years of regular use & recently experienced a faulty meter (currently being fixed). No such problems w/my Kyocera Contax G2 (bought new) or Konica Hexar RF (used), though I haven't used them quite as heavily as the M6.
 
furcafe said:
I'll have to see if any longer-term issues turn up (e.g., RF or framelines getting knocked out of alignment, shutter problems, etc.).
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And these are not problems restricted to the R-D1, mind you. Every rangefinder can (and most will) develop an out-of-alignment rf over time. And failing shutters are known from the earliest of cameras. But these problems suck anyway. :)
 
How many people on RFF own an RD1? Ninety people have replied to the poll. For an expensive (£2000 body only) camera that doesn't say much for the quality. If I saw that many people having problems with any camera it would make me think twice before buying one.
 
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My vertical alignment was out, i fixed it myself... I've just got an r3a and it too has vertical misalignment that i may get in there and fix. Discovered recently that it has a potential focusing issue that is only revealed on a 90mm lens.. perhaps subtly on my 1.4 one... its not being fixed just now as it rarely effects me with normal lenses.

I also seem to have the problem of aliasing or similar where detail near the pixel sizes goes a bit nasty.. no one else seems to have had this problem yet, but i dont know if they've looked at the same kind of images from their cameras. its pretty minor and different raw converters seem to handle it differently, like the raw format isn't totally understood by everyone. hopefully now with RAW+JPG the next problem i get i can see what the camera made of the image in the body to have an idea if its a real problem or not.

So for now my 1st camera is a keeper.. the new firmware helps :)
 
RF disalignment, hot pixels...

RF disalignment, hot pixels...

I got mine a week ago. Not really satisfied so far. The RF patch is not spot-on but slightly disaligned to the right and the top, when focused at infinity (clock tower on the other side of the lake). I checked it with a Color Skopar 28, Nokton 40, Summicron 50, Canon 50, Summilux 75 and Canon 135, which all focus correctly on a recently CLA'd M6 - but the R-D1 RF patch is constantly disaligned.

Have noticed several hotpixels, some can even be seen at ISO200/daylight (when in 100% view in PS).

Epson Switzerland will get it tomorrow as they promised to take care of it (though the camera was bought in UK).

:(

Didier

I forgot to mention: my serial is 243X
 
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Something must be wrong with that statistics.
It's definitely impossible that 2 of 3 are faulty...
But if so, I'm more happy to own that other 1.

nemjo
 
Mark
I assumed the "new" RD1s was unsold NOS from the original run of 10,000. Does anyone think any different? Is it possible that Epson/Cosina actually manufactered new cameras? Or is it more likely that they just made new hotshoes and painted an "S" on the old bodies?

I"ve wondered what would happen when old RD1 still under warrenty came in for repair and there was no more NOS to replace them with. Does anyone feel that their malfunctioning RD1 was actually repaired instead of replaced?

I'm hoping my RD1 keeps on going so I don't have to find out by personal experience.

Rex
 
Broken shutter

Broken shutter

fgianni said:
The shutter died on mine after less than three months, sent it back for repair, I should get it back tomorrow.
I really hoped they repaired it instead of replacing, because on mine the focus is spot-on (even with a Noctilux at f1) and no dead pixels.
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i was wondering what happened when you say the shutter died? I am having a similar issue where I am getting "black frames" because one of the shutters is not releaseing.
 
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