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The new pricepoint is what interests me. Mostly because i really want one.
pstevenin said:The article is quite straightforward. No idea about interpolation and GUI sounds like a more natural workflow during shooting procedure? (never had a chance to try the RD-1...)
saxshooter said:The last thing we want is for Epson to think that current owners of the RD-1 100% satisfied as to the current state of this great camera and have deep pockets to run out and buy this "updated camera".
jlw said:"Forget it. The potential market is very small, it's never going to get any bigger, and the customers are a bunch of crybabies. There's no pleasing them no matter what you do. You give them the classic-camera styling and handling they say they want, then they gripe about having to wind the shutter manually. You partner with a respected producer of moderate-cost film RF cameras and they say your product feels flimsy. You price it no higher than a top-end film RF and they say that's too expensive.
jlw said:On the other hand, we don't want to kvetch TOO much. Sometimes I wonder if all the extremely vocal griping from owners, negative reviews in PeeCee-oriented magazines that don't really "get" traditional photography, etc., might not sour Epson -- or anyone else -- from ever introducing another true RF digital camera!
ulrik said:Most promising is the upgrade of the RAW converter. There is a R-D1s brochure available if you click HERE
With all due respect, I doubt it. The "demands" have not been for anything that any other company normally provides for their current product line.jlw said:From our point of view, yes.
What I meant by my "crybabies" remark is that that's how all this "tough love" from demanding consumers would likely be interpreted by other companies contemplating getting into this field.
zetablues said:found so far ...
new:
- file formats RAW, RAW + JPG, JPG
- "film"-presets (menu) plus brightness levels
- dead pixel correction
- replay zoom factor up to 16x (instead 9,4x as yet)
- software: Epson PhotoRAW 1.2, Photoshop Elements 3
Cheers
Paul, they are planning this Intel thingy - > clickPaulN said:I'm curious to find out if they support the new Intel based Macs with the new software.
I'm also hoping that they decide to support the early adopters and release a free upgrade for the rest of us.
The RAW+JPEG isn't as compelling as I had originally thought. While it is nice, with a fast computer, you really don't need the JPEG anymore. I'm running an unoptimized beta version of Adobe Lightroom working with my ERF files and it is so fast I can't even tell that I'm working on a 10mb RAW file. I can't wait to see how fast the final version is.
-Paul
zetablues said:Paul, they are planning this Intel thingy - > click
;-)
jlw said:"For the development of the RAW file the Epson PhotoRAW 1.2-Software furnishes a genuine digital darkroom, which [enables?] corner corrections and Schwarzweißabzüge
ermöglicht. [?] They provide even files with 13,54 megapixels for high-quality Vergrößerungen [enlargements?] up to 40 x 60 cm."