Just curious-How many R-D1s does this list have?

Just curious-How many R-D1s does this list have?

  • Yes I do!

    Votes: 294 66.4%

  • I am thinking or going to but one!

    Votes: 149 33.6%
  • Total voters
    443
A few days ago I took some people pics at close range with the R-D1 and CV 40mm Nokton, using the 35mm framelines. When I reviewed the pics shortly afterward I discovered I'd partially chopped off a head in three of 'em. Since this is something I'm not in the habit of doing unintentionally (though I have some photos of my folks, taken at age six, that showcase creative cropping), and have had no framing issues with the Leitz 40mm Summicron-C used in the same manner, I decided to investigate a little further.

It turns out the Nokton is a sllghtly longer lens than the 'Cron-C. The R-D1's 35mm framelines are a near perfect match for the 'Cron-C at all distances but are a bit too generous for the Nokton up close. Something to keep in mind for anyone using the R-D1/Nokton combo.

-Dave-
 
Did you buy a R-D1 yet?

Did you buy a R-D1 yet?

Martin,
Just wondering if you had succumbed yet and bought one?
Cheers,
Chris

mfs said:
That is a nice mix of lenses.
I just recently purchased a used (mint) Leica 21mm asp.
I tested it in my usual way (newspaper at closest focus, and at comparable distances for image size comparisons to my other Leica lenses - 28, 35, 50mm) on Kodak 400 chromagenic film.

It was surprisingly sharp at the edges even wide open. The angle of view is staggering. Can't wait to try it in real life!! Maybe on an RD-1!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for all of help, advice, and support.

Martin
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I just got mine this afternoon and I'm playing with it now. I love the feel of the camera and so far, just playing around with my lenses (28 f1.9, 35 f1.7, 50 f1.5 and 90), I can see that it's going to be a joy to use. The menu system is going to take a while to get used to... it seems to take too many actions to do some fairly frequent types of operation. I can't wait to get the D-style viewfinder for my 12mm... it really brings a nice wide angle in but you really need the viewfinder to line things up.

Ciao,

Simon
 
I've had mine for a couple of months. The thing that amazes me most is how usable ISO 1600 files are; they're useless in my D2H
 
drgary said:
I've had mine for a couple of months. The thing that amazes me most is how usable ISO 1600 files are; they're useless in my D2H
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I can second that. I wonder how the new D2X stacks up against the r-d1? Anybody with the new camera yet?
Thanks,
Chris
 
drgary said:
The thing that amazes me most is how usable ISO 1600 files are; they're useless in my D2H
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The R-D1's ISO 1600 performance is just a bit worse than my Canon 20D's, which in itself is remarkable since this is Epson's first large-sensor camera while Canon has had many, many DSLR's over which to hone their image processing techniques (and high-ISO performance has always been a Canon forte). The R-D1's ISO 1600 is also surprising in how much better it is than those of the 6MP DSLR's that use the identical Sony CCD chip: D70, *ist D/DS, Maxxum/Dynax 7D which is "technically" as clean but loses much detail due to overaggressive noise reduction, etc. I was expecting high-ISO on par with the other 6mp DSLR's but the R-D1 has really surprised me as well in this department.

Nikon hasn't been very strong in the high-ISO arena, and in fact the D2H is one of the worst performing high-ISO DSLR's on the market. Although the R-D1 is certainly impressive with its high-ISO performance, a large part of the reason for the significant improvement compared to the D2H has to be attributed to the D2H's own poor high-ISO performance.


driggett said:
I wonder how the new D2X stacks up against the r-d1? Anybody with the new camera yet?
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The D2X is a far superior studio and sports camera, but not very good for available light. According to Bjorn Rorslett's D2X review, all ISO's above ISO 800 must be specifically enabled in the camera's configurations, and even after enabling them, the D2X will apply in-camera noise reduction that CANNOT be turned off. This, I think, gives you some indication of how poorly the D2X would perform normally at ISO 1600. Having said that, it's still possible that the D2X's 12mp file downsampled to 6mp could possibly be cleaner than the R-D1's, but IMO even downsampled the noise reduction would make it less detailed than the R-D1's native 6mp image.

This is all speculative though, since there's been fewer than a half-dozen D2X reviews out there so far.
 
Bob,
Bjorn's review is getting blasted all over the place. In the d1scussion mail group there is great talk of this. There are several reviewers on that mailing list regular professionl photographers who have just got thier cameras and I am awaiting to here back from them.
Cheers,
Chris
 
There's some pretty heavy discussion of Bjorn's and a handful of other reviews on sites such as DPR, FredMiranda, RobGalbraith, etc, but the jury really is still out. I'm sure the D2X will be a great studio camera though and should be up to the task for just about all other uses (sports, photojournalism, etc). IMO, there have been far too many positive samples and user reports to believe that the D2X is anything other than an extremely capable camera. To my eye it looks like Nikon is definitely getting the full 12mp of resolution out of the D2X's sensor, and the D2X is sure to both stem the tide of the Nikon pro defection and also should put the pressure back on Canon once again -- finally! As I've said in many a post elsewhere, kudos to Nikon, and watch out, Canon! :D

Where I differ from many of the more rapturous responses in several Nikon forums though is the notion that the D2X is suddenly a "miracle" camera for Nikon, that it outperforms everything else with a lens mount and a digital sensor. Conventional wisdom has it that decreasing pixel pitch will increase high-ISO noise and decrease dynamic range. There have already been some less-than-ideal noise tests of the D2X and even the famously retracted one, although precious little has been said about dynamic range. I'm willing to bet though that after all the reviews are in (with Phil ASkey probably getting his done around, oh, Halloween :D ), the D2X will have tangibly worse high-ISO noise and dynamic range compared to both the Canon 1DsII and the Fuji S3. I just don't think it's possible for Nikon to cheat physics as we currently understand it.

And another thing I posted on several other forums: the big news about the D2X is that people are arguing about test results between an 8k camera and a 5k camera at all! Even if the D2X turns out to have worse high-ISO noise and dynamic range than its competition (as I'm fairly certain it will), as a value proposition in the pro segment it's a very strong challenge to Canon. I hope the D2X will start a price war in the pro DSLR segment similar to the price war in the consumer DSLR segment started by Canon's Digital Rebel (300D), but ultimately that market segment isn't nearly as price-sensitive. Well, one can always wish for lower prices, anyway. :D
 
I wonder how the new D2X stacks up against the r-d1?
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No matter how technically fabulous the D2X is, there's no getting around the fact that it's (bleah, ick) an SLR!

I might start getting excited when the Nikon SPX-d comes out... ;)
 
driggett said:
New owners please take a moment and vote.
Thanks,
Chris
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Hi Chris,

I have one and love it, but still getting used to it (had it about 4 weeks). Sean's review finally swayed me.

I did have trouble initially getting stuff perpendicular and I guess the frame lines may be slightly off, but I seem to have got used to it and most shots are now as they should be. Couldn't bare to be parted from it and risk getting a "bad" one back.

Regards

Gid
 
I got mine 2 weeks ago. Off to Havana and then El Salvador Saturday for nearly two weeks, to give it a full workout. (Wish there were some theft resistant features like phoney Russian-script logos one could attach.)
 
hi all

hi all

hi all, I am new here,
answering the original question- I am an owner of an RD-1. Unfortunately, it is now on the way to Epson (had it since January- my third one...) Hot pixels... can be seen even on 100 iso and at 1/30 one of them looks like a red naughty hole. When it looked, in one picture, as if someone has bitten my girlfriend I decided it was too much. quit disappointing.... besides that- I really love the camera. I own the VC 15, Leica 21 apsh, Leica 28 Elmarit and 28 cron asph (I was planning to sell the Elmarit but I never did, I love it.) Also the 35 lux asph and the 50 cron, the 75 lux and the 135 apo. However, I was travelling for a month with the 28 cron alone (in fact, rearly, using the 15). Latter I tried the 75 lux for a rock show (Tuxedomoon) in Manhattan and focus was better than using my M7 or my M6ttl, and I was extremely happy about it since it is my favorite lens (even with the crop...). I managed to shoot it on 1.4 and got sharp pictures.

I love the RD-1 for two things- first, the handling and just for having a digital rangefinder. The second is the fact that it uses CCD (rather than canon's CMOS) and has the cripy film like look and bright colors. I love the image from the RD-1 much more than the 20D's (which look to me smooth and lifeless with an easy tendency to look like plastic). I wish Leica, Espon and Zeiss will stick to CCDs. ;)
 
Yep, got one the very second I heard about it. No regrets. Not a replacement for my Ms, but has its place for rangefinder color work. Use it for weddings and travel along side my Ms (which cough up color film like a hair ball ; -)

Use a 28/2, 35/1.4, 50/1,4 and some 75/1.4 & 90//2
 
Yes, I have an R-D1, my third. The first two had RF problems. This third one (serial # 16xx) focuses every lens I have perfectly. They are all current Leitz or Leica lenses, from 21 through 135 (all of them except the 75). That's not a typo about the 135. I am consistently getting sharp images wide open with the 135, short RF base and all. One thing I noticed, however, is that one has to very, very carefully focus any lens over a 50 mm and what I find is that if I go beyond the split image to a closer focusing point and then carefully turn the focus ring back just to the point where it perfectly overlaps the other window, it's always dead on. In other words the focusing works perfectly provided that I am moving from closer to further distances on the focusing ring when the windows converge. This is true of the 50 1.4 summilux, 50 f/2 summicron, 90 f/2.8 tele elmarit, 90 f/2 Apo Asph and the 135 APO. The 90 APO is hardest to focus and the 90 f/2.8 is the easiest. Go figure. Love this camera.
 
sevres_babylone said:
I got mine 2 weeks ago. Off to Havana and then El Salvador Saturday for nearly two weeks, to give it a full workout. (Wish there were some theft resistant features like phoney Russian-script logos one could attach.)
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Hi

I used the "old fashion" Dymo, the manual type to cover the Epson Logos,
an entered my name over the logo on the lcd screen and my phone number
over the top logo, now it dosen't look like something you want to steal anymore
and that's great, but for my liking its looking even better, the only thing that
shows is the R-D1 logo wich does say anything for the common man in the street!

You should try this, it really looks good...and is functional aswell...
 
I have one.

I have one.

I got mine as a result of Sean's review as well. I've always wanted to shoot with Leica Lenses. So far I have all ASPH's:
21/2.8
28/2.8
35/1.4 and
as of yesterday, the new 50/1.4
Cheers,
bill
 
Alexander, do you have a picture of what that "doesn't look like something you want to steal" treatment looks like? :D
 
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