bennyng
Benny Ng
A sad day....
Epson officially announce the cessation of the production of the R-D1 series of digital rangefinders. Limited quantities of existing stocks R-D1x will be available for sale.
Here's the Epson statement on the ProSelection Blog (in Japanese).
http://proselection.weblogs.jp/epson_proselection_blog/2014/03/r-d1xg-275a.html
The inevitable has finally come. However, I'm sure it will still remain a cult classic.
Cheers,
Epson officially announce the cessation of the production of the R-D1 series of digital rangefinders. Limited quantities of existing stocks R-D1x will be available for sale.
Here's the Epson statement on the ProSelection Blog (in Japanese).
http://proselection.weblogs.jp/epson_proselection_blog/2014/03/r-d1xg-275a.html
The inevitable has finally come. However, I'm sure it will still remain a cult classic.
Cheers,
back alley
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still, one of my favourite cameras, ever!
kshapero
South Florida Man
Wow I thought it had been discontinued long ago. A 10 year run. Gotta be a digital record.
coelacanth
Ride, dive, shoot.
Reading that blog post made me tear up a bit... R-D1 is definitely a classic.
Out to Lunch
Ventor
Even though the message does not surprise me, how do you know that 'Yusuke' in the blog is speaking on behalf of Epson Japan?
Epson did an incredible job of designing and producing the camera in partnership with Cosina.
Epson also did an incredible job of destroying any RD-1 commercial success in the marketplace with monumentally inept marketing.
Stephen
Epson also did an incredible job of destroying any RD-1 commercial success in the marketplace with monumentally inept marketing.
Stephen
Frank Petronio
Well-known
Geez I thought they died off years ago. If it was such a great camera then how come ya'all got Fujis?
noimmunity
scratch my niche
Ain't that the truth!
I had fun with mine. And somehow by coincidence, another RFF member resuscitated only a couple of days ago a thread on the R-D1 that I had started 6 years ago.
back alley
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marketing? what marketing?
BW400CN
Bessamatic forever!
Mmmmh I thought it was out of production for years - but maybe we get now a R-D2 with FF sensor?
Gid
Well-known
kdemas
Enjoy Life.
I had no idea it was still listed as an active product.
RIP RD-1, RIP.
RIP RD-1, RIP.
Gid
Well-known
It would have to have at least 40MP, HD video, wifi, bluetooth, GPS, 100% accurate framelines, live view, accept all lenses from all eras without adapters, image stabilisation, fit in a shirt pocket, a silent shutter tested to 500,000 cycles, be capable of producing completely clean images at f16 in complete darkness. I don't think i'ts going to happen
Come on Frank, you've used a lot of cameras too...
olakiril
Well-known
Amazing camera. They could have updated the sensor and actually advertise it, instead of stopping the production.
Frank Petronio
Well-known
Don't call me promiscuous ;-p
http://frankinstan.tumblr.com/post/66224153819/chronological-list-of-cameras-that-ive-owned
noimmunity
scratch my niche
just before death, all of them return all at once :angel:
My goodness, I didn't expect that! Interesting.
coelacanth
Ride, dive, shoot.
As far as I can tell, the blog is Epson's official blog, and Yusuke guy states that he's the marketing guy for Pro-Selection division of Epson in his 1st post.
