question for former rd1 owners

[back alley]

why did you get rid of your rd1?

joe

 

[helen.HH]

why did you get rid of your rd1?

joe

BOREDOM quite frankly
its a wonderful Cam really...does a Great Job
particularly at NIGHT
thought I would be HAPPY and got an M8
and Guess what
thats Gone too

Its Film for me /M2
It just has more of an 'Atmospheric Vibe'
and more forgiving
I seem to adorn my Walls w/B&W film more than Digital
and am even cosidering a Mamiya 6 as a Playmate for the M2

Perhaps a small digital cam for the Pocket .....Cheers!- H 😀

 

[sleepyhead]

Due to a momentary lapse of reason I sold mine - so I bought another...

 

[Tuolumne]

I had two and sold one. I'd never sell the remaining one.

/T

 

[ampguy]

Size was a major reason. Carrying it around with 2-3 of my favorite primes ended up being larger than a small DSLR kit. Same sensor, more lens availability, along with good zooms in the DSLR option.

I love the RD1s. Had 3 of them, with about 15,000 great images from them, just a bigger than M camera, and with no zooms, the whole kit was in small DSLR kit size range.

 

[tbarker13]

I bought an M8.
The R-D1 was actually my first digital camera and I really enjoyed using it. I think I lost some faith after Epson decided to stop making them.
There are some features of the camera (the manual shutter cocking and the way they made the old film rewind knob a functioning controller) that I really miss.

 

[back alley]

BOREDOM quite frankly
its a wonderful Cam really...does a Great Job
particularly at NIGHT
thought I would be HAPPY and got an M8
and Guess what
thats Gone too

Its Film for me /M2
It just has more of an 'Atmospheric Vibe'
and more forgiving
I seem to adorn my Walls w/B&W film more than Digital
and am even cosidering a Mamiya 6 as a Playmate for the M2

Perhaps a small digital cam for the Pocket .....Cheers!- H 😀

helen, you sold the m8 also? wow...

the mamiya 6 is a wonderful camera and the lenses are magnificent and the bigger neg is awe inspiring!!
i had 2 in the past.

 

[Tuolumne]

Every time I use my Mamiya 7 I wonder, why do I bother to shoot 35mm film? Or even digital for that matter. They still can't touch medium format quality.

/T

 

[laptoprob]

the past...

the past...

i had 2 in the past.

haha, what didn't you have in the past?😀
No seriously, you've been to a lot of cameras through the years. Maybe more than most of us. Hindsight ideas? Regrets?

I plan to keep the R-D1 since slide development has become difficult to get done right. I mean, without scratches and drops etc. I still plan to do BW myself. With the IIf and CLE.

 

[back alley]

haha, what didn't you have in the past?😀
No seriously, you've been to a lot of cameras through the years. Maybe more than most of us. Hindsight ideas? Regrets?

I plan to keep the R-D1 since slide development has become difficult to get done right. I mean, without scratches and drops etc. I still plan to do BW myself. With the IIf and CLE.

you are right! see my sig 😉

the mamiya 6 was a favourite kit, not really all that big, easy and comfortable to use and i loved to shoot ilford 3200 @ 1000 in it.
many of my faves have been discontinued so it would seem i have a liking for the oddball cameras, the cle, the mamiya 6 etc.
i hope to settle down with the rd1 as it's a good combo of things for me. the ease of digital and the comfort of a range finder.
joe

 

[noimmunity]

I'm a careful reader (one of the few on RFF?) and I noticed that one of the influential and authoritative members here had leaked info last summer about Epson taking notice of the enduring interest and stable prices of their orphan RF, getting back into the game and preparing a new model; at the same time there were also plenty of rumours about a Nikon model.

Image-wise I found I always preferred film to the R-D1.

The body of the R-D1 always felt a little clunky to me.

So I sold my R-D1.

When the new dRF didn't materialize and the M8 went on crazy sale in the UK, I jumped on that. I like it for color.

B&W film is still my favorite so I got a Coolscan 5000. Now all my 35mm cameras are digital.

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

I think many of the rff and getdpi members just have fun by using cameras for a while, selling them and checking out other gear. In two years time I got almost every mark of rangefinder in my hands, used it, sold it, and bought a lot of other ones, not to make profit or losses, but just making fun with all the different gear. Most of the time when selling the cameras I kept the lenses since that became more fun to play with, the camera behind the lens became less important to me.

 

[__hh]

pure economics.... I bought mine when the AUD was strong.... when I sold it, it got the equiv in AUD back, and that equates to over 1 year's worth of free shooting.

The buyer also bought for a relatively good price (in USD) at the time. Win-win situation?

 

[gdi]

I have had two R-D1's - loved the camera and the results, but never really trusted them. I had a shutter failure - that Epson fixed in 2 weeks - and there was the constant RF drifting. I finally did the full topplate dissembly and loctited the thing into place on my second one. It seemed to work ok, but I still sold it.

All that said I will probably get another someday when I find a good deal. It is a joy to use...

 

[pphuang]

I've owned 2 - sold the first one after the novelty wore off, then missed having the camera and bought another one. The camera is capable of taking some wonderful photos, but it always felt a bit bulky in my hands. Eventually, I found that I was leaving it at home most of the time, so I ended up selling the second one...

 

[maddoc]

I had a R-1Ds, it was my bridge back to film (from a DSLR) and also my first RF camera. Two month after buying the Epson I received my first Leica (M6 silver chrome), got hooked on film again and one month later sold the Epson (together with the DSLR).

 

[mountainrivera]

Also have an M8. Couldn't justify keeping both.

 

[Pablito]

pure economics.... I bought mine when the AUD was strong.... when I sold it, it got the equiv in AUD back, and that equates to over 1 year's worth of free shooting.

The buyer also bought for a relatively good price (in USD) at the time. Win-win situation?

This seems really bizarre, to me anyway.