HU:R-D1 for $1200 BIN on ebay

These are getting cheaper and cheaper ... for obvious reasons I guess. That said a digital rangefinder for this price is pretty appealing and you have to wonder when they may dip below $1000.00?
 
Yes, it is tempting. I've seen wonderful photos from the R-D1 posted here. Its output is appealingly film-like for a digital camera.

What's off putting is that it's still quite a lot money for a camera that's getting long in the tooth by digital standards and which might not be repairable if it were to fail. Sophisticated modern cameras do have a depressing ability to die spontaneously because one of several thousand tiny components fails.

Matthew
 
Keith said:
These are getting cheaper and cheaper ... for obvious reasons I guess. That said a digital rangefinder for this price is pretty appealing and you have to wonder when they may dip below $1000.00?
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Are they getting cheaper? This one seems unusually cheap, other recent ones seem to be more in the $1500- 1700 range. Or is there a less expensive source I haven't seen?

Thanks
 
I dont know who got it - not me ;), but I'd be rather questioning this auction - too low of a price - these can sell for a lot more still. Not much of a description. Looks like it was a quick, no questions asked kinda sale. I wonder if it is indeed fully functioning camera? Or worse - a stolen one? In any case I'd rather pay more and get one from Japan, from a well known seller. But thats me.
 
perhaps a camera dealer?

perhaps a camera dealer?

Perhaps a camera dealer bought it to resell? I'd prefer to get more new "refurbs" from the Epson store for about $1400 shipped, but it's good to know that a steady suppy is currently availble from Matsuiyastore and others, and even better to know that there are folks who can fix these when they need fixing.

Krosya said:
I dont know who got it - not me ;), but I'd be rather questioning this auction - too low of a price - these can sell for a lot more still. Not much of a description. Looks like it was a quick, no questions asked kinda sale. I wonder if it is indeed fully functioning camera? Or worse - a stolen one? In any case I'd rather pay more and get one from Japan, from a well known seller. But thats me.
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At a price of $1000 I would get a second body for sure and forgo my current M8 gas attack.
 
Well I really like the handling, and the look of the images, but I have a heck of a time adjusting the RF. I am very close to selling mine to someone who has more patience with it!
 
$1000 is way too low. A good 'used' R-D1s will go for 1500+. The fact that it still gets good reviews against the only other DRF in the world, which should blow its doors off but doesn't, means it will hold that price. I just ordered a couple of parts for my rd1s from japan to do a minor self repair of the SD assembly, and can adjust the RF no problem. It my be getting "long in the tooth", but it still has plenty of bite.
 
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