Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
But Keith...didn't you read the M10 is coming...
Patrick, the fact your girlfriend bought an R-D1, nay...the fact she shoots RF in general...means she's a keeper!
You have your name down for the M10 of course .... life with one kidney isn't too bad they tell me!
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i use ir/uv filters on my rd1 lenses...just in case.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
One thing that has been a huge bonus with the Epson's 1.5 crop is the use I've now found for my 50mm C Sonnar. That lens has become the sweetest f1.5 75mm portrait lens with the Sonnar look that you could ever imagine. And a lot cheaper than a 75mm Summilux I might add!
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the rd1 is cool, no doubt in my mind...but i think the competition they are up against is getting too strong...for as many as people buy there seems to be at least an equal number of them for sale...and not too many 'sold' sings going up after the sale is posted.
i think the new fuji is really slowing the rd1 down...it has it's own cool factor, plus built for lenses and af...sure, it's not a rangefinder but it's close enough for many.
i think the new fuji is really slowing the rd1 down...it has it's own cool factor, plus built for lenses and af...sure, it's not a rangefinder but it's close enough for many.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Who are you trying to convince ..... me or you?
As for sales of the RD-1 I think it's more hindered by it's age than it's competition ... what am I saying? It has no competetion!
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not trying to convince anyone of anything...just stating an observation.
i'm sticking with the rd1 for as long as i can...
i'm sticking with the rd1 for as long as i can...
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
I think that should be your new tattoo .... RD-1 FOR LIFE with maybe those words curved around the top of the analog dial?
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my sig used to be the 'rd1...the original digital rangefinder'...
Sparrow
Veteran
... I think it's about time that you and Keith meet off-line Joe ....
gilpen123
Gil
Nothing has caught up with the RD1 as a DRF yet, the rendering is way up there and IMO it give more character to whatever character the M lenses has.
I Love Film
Well-known
The Sonnar lens does not "become" a 75mm lens.
It is still a 50mm lens. The image still looks like a 50mm image, albeit one where you have cropped the face out of the center of the image to make a portrait.
It is still a 50mm lens. The image still looks like a 50mm image, albeit one where you have cropped the face out of the center of the image to make a portrait.
Sparrow
Veteran
... a bit like a 75mm lens would?
raytoei@gmail.com
Veteran
ilovefilm: technically you are correct. but it sure feels like a 75mm lens...
dogberryjr
[Pithy phrase]
It really seems like a lost opportunity for someone not to update the RD-1 with a newer, larger sensor and a newer processor. It's as if so much of the R&D has already been done.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Maybe not but it gives me a 75mm perspective when I'm shooting ... I think you're splitting hairs here. I understand exactly what the camera's sensor is doing to the 50mm's image circle ... thanks!
photografity
Established
Technically you are right.... but the "angle of view" changes to 75mm...
My MS 28mm Triplet becomes a "Pancake" 42mm.....
I Love Film
Well-known
Nothing changes. Imagine you get back a print from the photo finisher, then you take a pair of scissors and cut out the middle part.
Sparrow
Veteran
I think we all know how it works, but it still quacks like a duck when one uses it