kennylovrin
Well-known
Hey guys
Newly registered on the board and waiting for my R-D1 to arrive in the mail soon. I've been wanting to try a proper rangefinder for quite a while, but I never really wanted to go analog and for some reason always wrote off the R-D1 as "not an option" for some reason.
But I don't know, it seems the camera is experiencing a revival? Maybe it's just me, or maybe it is actually the case. Anyway I looked it up more in detail and figured it might fit the bill for me, as the only other option is a Leica and I just cannot justify the prices they demand. Even the Epson is a bit over the top I'd have to say, but still reasonable enough to give a go.
I found one with leather half case, three batteries and a 35mm 1.4 Voigtländer Nokton for €1000. To me it seemed quite reasonable with the only known fault being the battery meter acting up a bit.
So anyway, not sure what I'm getting at here, just kind of saying "hi" and all that. I'm really looking forward to getting and shooting with the camera.
I do have some concrete questions though while I wait for the package to arrive:
* Is there a known way to get the real shutter count? I am not sure of the count of the camera I've bought, but it would be nice to know for some reason.
* Does anyone know how manu shutter actuations it's actually built to handle? This one kind of relates to the first question I guess.
* What is the deal with the left biased center weighted metering? I've been thinking about it, and I just don't get why someone would design the metering like that, but I might be missing something? It just doesn't make sense to me 🙂
Thanks for any help!
Kenny
Newly registered on the board and waiting for my R-D1 to arrive in the mail soon. I've been wanting to try a proper rangefinder for quite a while, but I never really wanted to go analog and for some reason always wrote off the R-D1 as "not an option" for some reason.
But I don't know, it seems the camera is experiencing a revival? Maybe it's just me, or maybe it is actually the case. Anyway I looked it up more in detail and figured it might fit the bill for me, as the only other option is a Leica and I just cannot justify the prices they demand. Even the Epson is a bit over the top I'd have to say, but still reasonable enough to give a go.
I found one with leather half case, three batteries and a 35mm 1.4 Voigtländer Nokton for €1000. To me it seemed quite reasonable with the only known fault being the battery meter acting up a bit.
So anyway, not sure what I'm getting at here, just kind of saying "hi" and all that. I'm really looking forward to getting and shooting with the camera.
I do have some concrete questions though while I wait for the package to arrive:
* Is there a known way to get the real shutter count? I am not sure of the count of the camera I've bought, but it would be nice to know for some reason.
* Does anyone know how manu shutter actuations it's actually built to handle? This one kind of relates to the first question I guess.
* What is the deal with the left biased center weighted metering? I've been thinking about it, and I just don't get why someone would design the metering like that, but I might be missing something? It just doesn't make sense to me 🙂
Thanks for any help!
Kenny