...let me count the ways...

[kermaier]

The wonderful controls interface. (I only wish for a hard control to toggle between color and b&w modes.)

1:1 VF magnification.

Great high ISO in b&w.

This camera gave me back the joy of photography I used to have with my Canon F-1, after a year in purgatory with a digtal P&S.

Ari

 

[back alley]

i think this thread needs a pick me up...

I LOVE MY RD1!!!!

thank you very much...

 

[helen.HH]

Loved
its Look
the in house color filters...green & yellow
the sound of the shutter
the EASY access to the card
iso 1600

 

[back alley]

hello miss helen!

how ya doin'?

 

[kshapero]

Agree with all of the above. Still stuck on film but I do so appreciate the R-D1.

 

[helen.HH]

hello miss helen!

how ya doin'?

xoxo!!!!!!

 

[bellyface]

- ditto to all comments

its a simple camera, my 7 year old knows how to use it.

 

[Guaranteed]

Just wishing I could find one at a decent price.

 

[SteveM(PA)]

I think it's funny how it says "rangefinder" and "camera" on it.

Also, I like how the glass over the gauges has not scratched at all ... must be some type of hardened mineral glass from a Seiko watch ... ?

 

[Vagabond]

Ditto on all of the above. Without a doubt the most enjoyable camera that I've ever owned.

 

[SteveM(PA)]

It would be kinda fun if there were a tiny ambient light inside the gauge that would activate when the WB/Q lever is toggled. But no love lost, pretty easy to read as-is.

 

[menos]

I think it's funny how it says "rangefinder" and "camera" on it.

Also, I like how the glass over the gauges has not scratched at all ... must be some type of hardened mineral glass from a Seiko watch ... ?

Now that you mention the glass covers, it is quite amazing - isn't it ;-)

 

[J_L]

...it feels so solid and operates so smooth...

 

[mrmarquez]

… hope that some day we will see a full-frame R-D2!!!!

That makes 2 of us! 🙂