Rd1

[stevew]

I looked at the R2a camera at Samy's camera in Santa Barbara today:
The viewfinder is definately a problem with glasses. The 50 frame is viewable barely. If I take my glasses off, the 35 is easily viewable. The 28 in the perphial vision. So the R3a, as has been commented on, is definately a problem with glasses.

The camera itself felt solid, The rangefinder patch was off slightly in the vertical dimension. The "fuel" gage readouts are sort of funky, but maybe they are better than lcd menus. I personnaly hate using menus on my D70. Yeah, you can do a lot of things, but I like "feeling" my choices.

The camera had a 35/2 summicron. I think the focusing tabs look cool, but as peter_n has commented on, they are hard to use, at least for me. So I'll look at the 35 cv classic.

Steve

 

[Marc Jutras]

Re: Rd1

I looked at the R2a camera ...

Guess you meant the RD-1.

 

[jlw]

I'm likewise assuming he means R-D 1, not R2a, since he mentions 28, 35 and 50 frames.

Personally, I have no trouble at all seeing the 50mm frame with glasses on, and the 35mm frame is reasonably visible -- it's only the 28 frame that's past the edge of my vision. (I suppose I could assume that if I can see it in the finder, it'll be within the 28mm field of view -- but since I don't currently own a 28, I'm not sweating it.)

I'm guessing that the C-V R3a will have a similar issue with its 40mm frame -- a 40 on fullframe 35 covers about the same view angle as a 28 on the R-D 1's digital sensor, so I'm guessing the framelines will be about the same size, and similarly placed far out toward the edge of the 1:1 finder field.

However, the R-D 1's finder eyepiece is a rubber-rimmed round item that unscrews and contains a glass flat. And from the pictures I've seen of the R3a, it looks exactly the same.

So I'm hoping that either Epson or Cosina, or both, will offer eyepieces with different diopters; this should make life with either camera a bit easier for eyeglass-wearers.