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[Math - Not 100% Equals Reality]
The first things I did, when I just got my R-D1s and tried to shoot with it, are:
(1) stepping back
(2) stepping back some more
(3) stepping back further more
I KNEW my Nokton 35/1.2 would turn into 53mm on a R-D1s before I really got one. I KNEW how a 50mm lens was like, since before the 35/1.2 my everyday lense is the Heliar Classic 50/f2.
But I didn't know it's like this, when I really shoot with my new R-D1s + the Nokton 35/1.2.
I almost fell out of the window for stepping back so much when taking the first shot.
And a 35mm lens on an R-D1s is NOT a 50mm lense on a Bessa. It's just not. (I'm not a tech person so I can't find the right words. Sorry.)
[Really Using the High ISO]
The high ISO color photos taken with the R-D1s are really good. Far from perfect, as the noises are still there when viewed at 100%, but far better than those small DCs I've used, including my beloved Ricoh GR Digital II.
After seeing some ISO800 color shots I took tonight, I really hope that I've had got it one week earlier, thinking back about the nice places my girlfriend and I went to at night during the past week.
[Framelines for Reference Only. Really.]
The 35mm frameline on the R-D1s is less accurate than that on my Bessa R2A. Actually the border of the finder itself is closer to the frame of the photo taken, than the 35mm frameline.
I really need to take more shots to get used to it. The degree of inaccuracy even varies when the focusing distance is different....
[White Balance Not Balanced....]
I'm still struggling with the white balance settings. The outdoor settings are good; the jpgs look like what I see in the real world. Yet the indoor settings are nightmares. Both of them, plus the auto mode, are always off. Too green most of the time. And I love warm colors, if not true to reality. So for now I'm using one of the outdoor settings for my indoor shots. Or shoot RAW for important shots.
[I'm an RF Guy]
My girlfriend borrowed a Nikon D80 for our work. It's really fast. I can sit on the bench and take 50 shots in 5 minutes, containing 5 scenes from different distances, from the birds by my feet to the mother & child 30m away.
Then I'm bored.
It's not the DSLR. It's me. Now I know very clearly: I'm an RF guy.
I love manual focusing. I know I can do that with a DSLR too. But my RF lenses look and feel better. Much better. (Maybe there are great DSLR lenses that look and feel great too, I don't know.)
I love holding a RF camera in my hand, be it my Bessa R2A or my new R-D1s.
I love walking out of the apartment door, checking the environment, then deciding to set the aperature to 4 and ISO to 800, and ready to turn the focus ring to 2m or 5m, and then hold up the R-D1s and take a shot and put it down iike nothing ever happened. (I know I can do that with a DC, but the result are different.)
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My first thoughts after one day with my new R-D1s.
I love films, but sometimes I just really need the digital convenience for work. And sometimes I just really want to see how my three lenses (Nokton 35/1.2, Heliar Classic 50/2, Elmarit M 90/2.8) work with a digital body.
The R-D1s is a dream-come-true to me. Thanks Epson.
But why didn't you keep going......🙁
The first things I did, when I just got my R-D1s and tried to shoot with it, are:
(1) stepping back
(2) stepping back some more
(3) stepping back further more
I KNEW my Nokton 35/1.2 would turn into 53mm on a R-D1s before I really got one. I KNEW how a 50mm lens was like, since before the 35/1.2 my everyday lense is the Heliar Classic 50/f2.
But I didn't know it's like this, when I really shoot with my new R-D1s + the Nokton 35/1.2.
I almost fell out of the window for stepping back so much when taking the first shot.
And a 35mm lens on an R-D1s is NOT a 50mm lense on a Bessa. It's just not. (I'm not a tech person so I can't find the right words. Sorry.)
[Really Using the High ISO]
The high ISO color photos taken with the R-D1s are really good. Far from perfect, as the noises are still there when viewed at 100%, but far better than those small DCs I've used, including my beloved Ricoh GR Digital II.
After seeing some ISO800 color shots I took tonight, I really hope that I've had got it one week earlier, thinking back about the nice places my girlfriend and I went to at night during the past week.
[Framelines for Reference Only. Really.]
The 35mm frameline on the R-D1s is less accurate than that on my Bessa R2A. Actually the border of the finder itself is closer to the frame of the photo taken, than the 35mm frameline.
I really need to take more shots to get used to it. The degree of inaccuracy even varies when the focusing distance is different....
[White Balance Not Balanced....]
I'm still struggling with the white balance settings. The outdoor settings are good; the jpgs look like what I see in the real world. Yet the indoor settings are nightmares. Both of them, plus the auto mode, are always off. Too green most of the time. And I love warm colors, if not true to reality. So for now I'm using one of the outdoor settings for my indoor shots. Or shoot RAW for important shots.
[I'm an RF Guy]
My girlfriend borrowed a Nikon D80 for our work. It's really fast. I can sit on the bench and take 50 shots in 5 minutes, containing 5 scenes from different distances, from the birds by my feet to the mother & child 30m away.
Then I'm bored.
It's not the DSLR. It's me. Now I know very clearly: I'm an RF guy.
I love manual focusing. I know I can do that with a DSLR too. But my RF lenses look and feel better. Much better. (Maybe there are great DSLR lenses that look and feel great too, I don't know.)
I love holding a RF camera in my hand, be it my Bessa R2A or my new R-D1s.
I love walking out of the apartment door, checking the environment, then deciding to set the aperature to 4 and ISO to 800, and ready to turn the focus ring to 2m or 5m, and then hold up the R-D1s and take a shot and put it down iike nothing ever happened. (I know I can do that with a DC, but the result are different.)
------
My first thoughts after one day with my new R-D1s.
I love films, but sometimes I just really need the digital convenience for work. And sometimes I just really want to see how my three lenses (Nokton 35/1.2, Heliar Classic 50/2, Elmarit M 90/2.8) work with a digital body.
The R-D1s is a dream-come-true to me. Thanks Epson.
But why didn't you keep going......🙁